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Diana Randolph Demonstrates her Technique for Capturing an Expansive Sky with Pastels When in the car or walking my dog I often bring my camera with me to capture nature's surprises-a bea ...

Telling a Story with Pastels: An Artistic Dramatization by Carole Katchen People think that storytelling is only done with words, but you can also tell a story in a picture. To tel ...

Diana Randolph uses Pastels to Capture the Magic of that Fleeting Hour Some call it the magical hour, when the sun sinks in the sky, casting long rays through our planet's thick atmospher ...

Master Colorist, Lyndelle Stonick Demonstrates her Method of Painting with Unison Soft Pastels To create my painting, 'Liquid Gold', I start from a photographic reference and work on a te ...

Carly Clements Shares her Techniques Using Oil Pastels in 'Toccoa River Reflections' In this demonstration I'll share several of the techniques I use when creating an oil pastel painting ...

I've been using pastels exclusively for more than 25 years, and with each passing year the beauty of the medium increases its grip on me. Along the way, I've also endeavored to learn all I can about all ...