Underpainting Techniques for Successful Pastels

In this demonstration watch as Stephanie Birdsall shows how to create four different styles of underpaintings using pastels. Learn how to do a value sketch, monochromatic, complementary, and local underpaintings that help build up your painting and give a richness to it. Pick up Stephanie’s pastel techniques for blending, using alcohol to spread color, keeping color clean, setting up a strong composition, layering and more as she guides you through a full pastel painting demonstration, step by step!

Stephanie Birdsall is back soon with ArtistsNetwork.tv to share her Underpainting Techniques for Successful Pastels. In this demonstration you'll watch as Stephanie shows how to create four different styles of underpaintings. Learn how to do a value sketch, monochromatic, complementary, and local color scheme to help with composition, color choices, and vibrancy. Stephanie then guides you through a full pastel painting demonstration, step by step, teaching pastel techniques for blending, using alcohol to spread color, keeping color clean, setting up a strong composition, layering and more along the way.  MATERIALS: Pastels Variety of Colors (Heilman, Holbein, Terry Ludwig’s, Great Americans)  Red Blue Yellow Purple Orange Green Brown Black White Charcoal   Brushes   Hake Brush (Couple of large sizes)  Paper  Ampersand Boards Kitty Wallace Pastel Paper Gator Foam    Other Alcohol   Tape (White Masking)  Paper towels (Viva) Foam Square View Finder