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I love drawing space art digitally, but I thought it might be fun to try drawing it with pastels instead. I took a sheet of paper, painted it with black ink, and then coated it with some clear gess…

Lavender Fields by Eve Miller, Pastel, 8 x 8

Chalk pastels are one of the best mediums to use if you are just learning how to paint. The medium has a painter- like quality very similar to brush strokes on a canvas. This post will cover everything you need to know about Chalk Pastels for Beginners, the differences in chalk pastel brands and how to finish a chalk pastel drawing!

I created artworks with various mediums this year, ranging from acrylics, watercolors, oil paints, oil pastels, and soft pastels. I also experimented with powdered bronze pigments, genuine gold watercolors, metallic oil sticks, some of the world's best and finest pastels, and more. A few of these artworks received awards and have been displayed in venues such as the Venetian Expo in Las Vegas, a digital exhibit at Times Square in New York, The Oculus at the World Trade Center in New York…

We hope you will find the above tips and ideas useful in creating beautiful chalk pastel artworks.