The stencil method can add a little DIY trick to your dry pastel compositions. It allows you to easily obtain forms with very clean contours: guaranteed style and graphic effects!

In the presence of moisture, pastels become pasty. When you moisten them more, you can use them as light washes.

For a truly personalized result, certain artists prefer to tint their medium themselves. Play your hand!

While it is quite possible to create a work off the cuff, doing a preliminary drawing is always advisable.

Pastels require stumping with your finger, a rag or a stump! Your work will be stronger, more sensitive, and gain in subtlety.

When working with pastels, you don't mix shades ahead of time on a palette. To create green from yellow and blue, for example, you will need to blend the two primary colors together directly on your work.

The rub, with pastels, is that it isn't very easy to correct your mistakes… There are several methods for minimizing them: this will at least leave you with a surface you can rework.

Pastels are rather laid back: they blissfully embed themselves in the contours and hollows of the support medium. Applying an acrylic primer before adding colors will allow you to create visual effects. An intense result!

This simple geometric composition will allow you to learn about colors and how the interact, the basic principle of pastels!

Fans of dry pastels, this tutorial was created just for you! This 9-step still life will allow you to tackle all the issues involved with this technique: choosing and composing your subject, choosing and assembling the colors, applying the right pressure to the pastel stick.