Since I first shared Landscape Painting in Pastels as a blog, I've had people ask me to offer it as an PDF they can read or print. Fina...

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You will write this book. Oh yes, it contains my thoughts and knowledge, but I think you’ll find that the insights and affirmations that you...

PASTELS Pastels are pure, dry pigments mixed with a binder to form the familiar sticks. However, anyone who refers to pastels as chalk wil...

(With thanks to The Pastel Journal, where this chapter was originally published, with additional material included here.) One of the bi...

Once you have the materials and supplies you need, it’s time to start a painting. You’ve purchased some paper and you have pastels and a few...

(Originally published in The Pastel Journal) Two very important aspects of painting are influenced by value: color and composition. An und...