Pastel Painting

Pastel Painting Resources

Pastel Painting is extremely satisfying and addictive! Currently enjoying a popularity revival, it's easy to understand why. The myriad of fabulous juicy colours are mouth-watering. You can achieve so may different effects too - from smooth skin tones to crunchy textures found in nature. And the spontaneity of pastel painting is akin to playing with crayons! :-)

I've been painting in pastel for more than 20 years and I'm still learning! I'm a trained art teacher and run pastel workshops in the U.K. as well as online in the Painting Pastel Club.

There's so much more to pastel than coloured chalks ... I hope my lens will inspire you to have a go, discover many fabulous techniques and become completely hooked like me!

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THE ONLINE PAINTING PASTEL CLUB

The PAINTING PASTEL CLUB: Learn to paint pastel with video lessons and step-by-step videos. There's also a friendly and supportive tutor led painting feedback forum for help with your woek in progress. Members also get a FREE gallery website for their artwork (upto 100!!!)Join today... it's cool :-)

Pastel Painting Resources

Useful websites for pastel painters!

Tips & Techniques from the Connecticut Pastel Society: A great website with some inspiring pastel art and useful tips and insights into the medium
Flower Painting in Pastel: One of my websites offering a free flower painting course and some examples of my flower paintings in oil pastels :-)
The Oil Pastel Society: Oil pastel was one of Picasso's favoured mediums. The Oil Pastel Society website showcases some gorgeous exaples of members art, demonstrating what can be done with this versatile medium. There's also tips and techniques for painting with oil pastel.