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View the intricacies of painting skin tones with this portrait gallery of pastel portraits by Alain Picard.

This is a Pastel portrait process of a very charismatic girl...She was quite difficult and delicate to capture her well. I´ve enjoyed making her portrait...

It is such a confusing controversy that is more interesting than heated, and yet the question remains: is it pastel drawing or pastel painting?

This is a step by step Pastel portrait painting of a young boy with his favorite hat. I took several pictures of him inside doors, playing with the lights and the shadows, inspired by his strong personality. I choose an image where his pure and innocent look observed me intensively. I felt it could be […]

Artist Gwenneth Barth-White demonstrates how to create pastel portraits that not only reveal the likeness of the subjects, but the truth of them too.

So often people ask how to paint this or that. So often you find tutorials about how to paint something specific. You might have noticed (or not) that on my blog there are no ‘how to paint x’ posts…

I made this portrait a few weeks ago. It was a request from a very special and charming woman, who is in love with her little granddaughter. The photos were “homemade” with a sidelight coming from the window. Sometimes it happens! We capture something special with the lens of our camera and this is what […]

Sabine | Some of you have already seen in my story that I’ve been working on a new drawing. Here is this drawing. For this drawing, I used the… | Instagram

I'M SO EXCITED TO ANNOUNCE THAT 'EASY LISTENING' HAS BEEN SELECTED FOR INCLUSION IN THE BOOK 'STROKES OF GENIUS' 10!!!!!!!!!! After a long day - nothing like some 'easy listening' music - at least that's what I hear. For me, though, it has to be something with a beat. Right now I'm listening to salsa music, mixed with a little jive - of course, I had a really good day with no problems, so maybe I wouldn't want the zippy stuff if I were really tired. This woman is being rejuvenated by the…

A head and shoulders pastel portrait of the beautiful and irrepressible Florence by English portrait painter Rosanna Chittenden.

This is a step by step Pastel portrait painting of a young boy with his favorite hat. I took several pictures of him inside doors, playing with the lights and the shadows, inspired by his strong personality. I choose an image where his pure and innocent look observed me intensively. I felt it could be […]