"An apple a day keeps the doctor away"
I'm taking a soft pastel
class
again.
I forgot what a forgiving medium
it
is!
Pastel crayons can be traced
back to Leonardo da Vinci.
Pastel crayons
can be soft, hard, or oil-based.
The first two of which are chalky, and the last
of which is “buttery” in texture.
The
techniques for using the two types of pastel
crayons differ fundamentally and express very
different things.
I use SOFT PASTEL.
Pastel crayons are
used for painting in pastel.
Soft pastel is composed of high quality pure
pigment grounded with a natural transparent
binder.
The various binders used include
china clay (kaolin), resins and other
substances.
The hardness or softness of
pastel crayons depends on the binder used,
that means there are pastel crayons in varying
degrees of hardness.
Copyright Olga van Dijk
2009©
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Piero Lucia 21 Jul 2013
You are good! This is a nice piece of art. :)Vernonette Gaddy 10 Oct 2010
Marvelous Still Life artistry.Kovács János 27 Oct 2009
Fresh! :)Jan van Baarle 07 Oct 2009
Great work!Anonymous Guest 07 Oct 2009
Beautiful work, Olga, great reflections!