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  • Hrudgat

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    December 8, 2023 at 12:31 pm in reply to: Inspiration

    The best way to get inspiration for art is to look at other art! Frequent museums and galleries, pack your social media feeds with artists, and fill your home with art books. Take the time to study pieces and notice what about them inspires you.

    The most unique creatives find ideas outside of their medium, too: A painter inspired by the fashion world, a sculptor intrigued by a building. Pay attention to anything that catches your eye, even if you don’t immediately know how it could integrate into your art.

  • Hrudgat

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    December 8, 2023 at 12:29 pm in reply to: Oil Pastel Layering

    Textured papers that have a ‘tooth’ like Pastelmat, can hold multiple layers of pastel without the colours looking muddy. The first layer of pastel won’t cover the texture of the paper. So use consecutive layers to build colours, Refine values, clean up shapes and add details.Oil pastels are generally an opaque medium, so you can layer with ease. However, their ability to fully cover colours beneath can vary. So if you want to create some ultra light highlights in your pastel painting, leave these sections of your paper blank. This will ensure that none of the colour great trick to use for the underpainting. It means that you can cover the white of the paper, then layer thick pastel on top. Use e pastel with a brush, or brush a tiny amount of solvent onto the top of the pastel then draw with it to make it release more intense colour. <div>


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