Step-By-Step Instructions Of Pastel Paintings

Painting with pastel colors requires a specific technique that is different from other painting methods. The technique of painting varies from medium to medium. With acrylic colors, your approach to paint will be different as from pastel colors. Before deciding what to paint choose the pastel color you want to use, as pastel color come in different forms like hard pastels, soft pastels, oil pastels, and etc. Each form of pastel color has distinctive properties. Once you select the form of pastel color to use, then select the type of paper to draw the painting on using these colors. Plan your painting by roughly sketching on the paper using a pencil. You can draw any landscape like Beach art prints or Boat art prints will look amazing when drawn using pastel colors. 

1. Select a composition

After selecting what to draw on the paper, choose the composition of colors that you are going to use. Choose which color goes with which and so on.

2. Draw a rough sketch

Choosing what to draw is an important part before creating a painting. Identify the characteristics of the painting you are planning to draw lets say boat art prints, and draw a rough sketch of the boats, background using a pencil.

3. Blocking in color

The next step is to block the color of the composition, using the average color for each section. For example, If your painting a Beach art prints, emphasize the lines of sand and water waves using light tone colors. Highlight the effects of water waves and the skylight on the sand and water using darker tones. In order to show the difference between the colors of the sky and the water use blue and turquoise color respectively.

4. Adding additional colors

This step is to extend the use of color used till now and reemphasizing the lines of sand and water waves using darker color tones. Addition of different color to the background provide more details to the painting and the color blends beautifully.

5. Blending the pastel colors

After you are done putting different colors to your painting its time to blend the color using fingertips or cotton ball. Blending of colors can be done right to left, left to right, horizontally or vertically as per the need of painting style.

6. Adding minor details

For example, if you are creating pastel wall art, you need to add waves at the front and back of the boat. These waves can be added after blending the colors to give a 3-D effect of the waves in the painting. You can use turquoise and white color in conjunction to give an illusion of froth in the water.

7. Finishing the detailing

Give a finishing touch to your painting using a black pen or a black marker by adding a few effects to your masterpiece.

8. Final touches

The last stage of a pastel painting is to add a few final touches to it. Use an intensely dark or light color for giving the final details in the painting. After checking and finishing each and every detail of the painting, spray fixative on it to prevent it from being damaged. Pastel color blends easily so fixative is used to avoid any further damage to the painting. 

Learning the art of painting is not a difficult task. You need to learn and practice proper techniques and follow step-by-step instructions to paint. Some people can paint from scratch and others need a reference picture to paint a masterpiece. You can create beautiful pieces of arts like beach art prints, wall art of boats by following these step by step instructions.