It can be very effective to use soft and hard pastels together to create images with a mix of subtle blended colours and detailed lines and texture effects. Oil pastels are made from pigments ...

Pastels are sticks of colour that can be either soft and chalky, or oil based. Soft pastels or chalk ... Work one pastel colour into another by drawing over the first colour.

Have you ever tried oil pastels? oil painting on canvas? charcoal? mixed media? pencil drawing? pen & ink? Join us and try a new technique each week. Your confidence will grow as processes, techniques ...