Pastel Portrait Painting - Pastels Are More Often Referred To As A Painting Rather Than A Drawing Medium
Using pastels in capturing landscapes on paper is the best as it makes painting easier and quicker in order to capture the best scene before the scene changes with the source of light.
(prHWY.com) February 21, 2013 - Florida, FL -- Florida, Feb 21, 2013 - Using pastels in capturing landscapes on paper is the best as it makes painting easier and quicker in order to capture the best scene before the scene changes with the source of light. Though the painting can be completed very quickly, pastels make sure that the colors of the picture are vibrant to represent entities like sky, glowing sun, and richly colored flowers and trees bathed in the sunlight.
What is it about pastels that makes them seem to be the odd ball of painting? It's not uncommon to think that drawing is what you do with dry mediums, and that 'painting' is a term reserved only for wet mediums. Hence pencils and charcoals are drawing mediums, while oils and acrylics are painting mediums.
In fact, pastels are more often referred to as a painting rather than a drawing medium. The reason is principally color: you can make full-color representations of things with pastels in a way that you can't with graphite pencils or artists' charcoal (quite where this leaves colored pencils is anyone's guess!). Also, they can be blended to create soft, delicate tones that are perfect for portraits.
Pastel Portrait Painting - This is reflected in the fact that in history, pastels have been used mostly for portrait painting. Indeed, the first recorded mention of pastels was polymath and famous Renaissance figure Leonardo da Vinci talking in 1495 about a French artist, Jean Perreal, using them for portraits (at that time they were a new medium to Leo).
Some of his most well known works are pastel paintings of women bathing, or drying themselves or combing their hair after having bathed. It is also recognized for pushing the boundaries of pastels: he used fixatives extensively; layered pigment; used brushes; mixed pastels with other mediums, and used surfaces like cardboard and canvas.
The vibrant colors, closeness to reality, and the ease of use has made pastel paints the most lovable medium of all painters. These paints have been the most versatile medium around for hundreds of years, and, even today, painters are discovering the many advantages of this medium. Here is a look at some of the uses and advantages of pastels in the three most popular subjects of art: the still life, landscapes and portraits.
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Pastel Portrait Painting - Portrait Artist and Master fine art Pastel Artist, L.A. Cline, a professional commissioned artist creates custom portraits for a variety subject matter of fine art pastel paintings from landscape paintings, family portraits, corporate portraits, nature settings, pet portraits and wildlife paintings, sports portrait paintings and so much more.
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