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The Secret to Effective Layering with Pastels
'Late Afternoon Walk' 8x10 pastel ©Karen Margulis available $145 Do your pastels whisper or shout? Do they glide across the paper with hardly a sound? Or do you scrub in the pastels with vigor with a loud 'scratch'? I am often asked how I get interesting color in my pastel paintings and the answer is layering color with a light touch. I make sure my pastels whisper. I only let them shout when I want to really emphasize a passage. There are a few different techniques for layering pastels. You...
