Pastel Portrait Demonstration of Robert Dinero
About Gerard Mineo
Gerard is a 50 year old artist from France and has been interested in art since 1983. After studying architecture for 4 years, he decided it wasn’t his calling in life, so he devoted his life to painting portraits.
Pastel Drawing Tutorial – Pink Orchids
THE SUBJECT
For this second pastel drawing demo, I used the picture of two pink orchids highly sunlit from the top left. The two orchid flowers protrude from the background which is composed of elongated leaves rising from the ground. The lower background is shadowed and makes the orchids stand out even more with color and shape contrast.
How To Draw – Creating Flesh Tones in Pastels
This is a quick tutorial on how to create a basic flesh tone using four colors:
* Brown
* Red
* Blue
* White
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






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