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RE: My ArtVenture: Pastel painting "Mando and IG-11"
Neat stuff. How do you like those pastel pencils? Are they more waxy or powdery? Your pastel piece is much much better than that original photo by far!
Hi @bdmillergallery thank you for your nice comment. I use only soft pastel both as sticks, they are from "Rembrant" to blend large spaces, as they are powdery. For fine details I use soft pastel pencils, I bought recently "Derwent" brand, they are very soft and also easy to blend. I prefer soft pastel to Oil one, as it is easy to control and if you do not like then using kneatable eraser you can pick up the pigment. I hope it is helpful.
Yes. Very helpful. I have only the sticks. I don’t use them much due to my inexperience at using them. It always seems as though I suck at using them. Haha. Thanks for the reply! 😊
I can just advice start using them you will discover amazing world of beauty. Especially the way of using your fingers to blend will build up a special connection between you and your work. By the way, try to use pastel paper too, as powder of soft pastel will stick to pastel paper better. I recently bought "Pastelmatt" and love it, it is a cardboard thickness and pastel sticks good on it, especially if you will decide to frame it with this paper you do not need to fix it. Good luck!
Oh boy. Lots of good info. Thanks 😊 I have the cheep paper. I will look at the thicker stuff next time I’m at the store. Using the right tools is probably a good idea. Hehe. I really appreciate all that advice!!