Pastel Drawing Techniques : Pastel Drawing Complimentary Colors

Complimentary colors in a pastel drawing will help foreground objects pop. Learn how to utilize complimentary colors with tips from a professional artist in this free instructional art video.

Pastel Drawing Techniques : Pastel Drawing Contrast & Depth

Using contrast in a pastel drawing will create depth between the objects you are rendering. Learn how to create depth using contrast with tips from a professional artist in this free instructional art video.

Get Started in Pastels: Deborah Secor Paints the Landscape

From ArtistsNetwork.TV: Deborah Secor walks you through the essentials of the pastels—different brands, useful strokes, papers and blending tools—and then shows how to cut, mount and tone your paper. She demonstrates how to use the medium to paint a landscape—from first sketch to first layers of pastel—providing plenty of tips on composition and value along the way.

Unusual soft pastel techniques by Tim Fisher

Pastel Drawing Techniques : Pastel Drawing Completion

A pastel drawing is complete solely at the discretion of the artist. Learn about the artistic process of completion with tips from a professional artist in this free instructional art video.

Pastel portrait by Gerard Mineo

Free Art Lesson – Luana Winner – Pastel Grapes

Pastel Painting Lessons : How the Brain Processes Color

Find out how color is perceived and how the artist can use color in pastel paintings in this free video.

Pastel Drawing Techniques : Pastel Drawing Basic Leaf Groups

Drawing basic leaf groups with pastels will help define a large area of foliage. Learn how to render basic leaf groups with tips from a professional artist in this free instructional art video.

Pastel Drawing Tips and Examples

In this pastel drawing video, artist Aimee Keene discusses her drawing subject matter as well as demonstrates one of her techniques. A big thanks to Aimee for sharing this video on pastel drawing tips.  You can learn more about Aimee by visiting her website here. Aimee is a talented artist and also the Founder/President of a  Non-profit center in the Manchester/Concord area that will allow people of all ages to take classes free of charge and use space to work on their own art projects.