Comment on Jan: One-For-Silence by TheAntimonyElement
Yeah. My pastels are...well, bad. They don't blend right, and all of the colors stick when I try to draw. *Sigh*
Ooh. Squishy pastels you say? I must look for them!
Ooh. Squishy pastels you say? I must look for them!
Here's a link to what the Portfolio pastels look like: [link] I use the 24-pack. They're cheap and really nice to work with. I love Dick Blick (the site); they sell all kinds of really great art supplies for low prices! 
I don't know if this helps, but a trick I used for blending pastel is to color in dots or streaks--take a couple of colors and just go really fast and nick the paper a little with each color, almost like pointillism. You can build up the colors over time and get some really fantastic patterns and textures, and individual mistakes don't matter.
I don't know if this helps, but a trick I used for blending pastel is to color in dots or streaks--take a couple of colors and just go really fast and nick the paper a little with each color, almost like pointillism. You can build up the colors over time and get some really fantastic patterns and textures, and individual mistakes don't matter.
Ooooh! Thanks! Hmm...I should probably upload my eye...nonono, not that eye. I did one in art this year, and it was all in pastel. Everyone was gaping at it...they were all saying, 'How did you do that?' and I just shrugged.
Gah. Yeah...that one took me around 10 hours to complete with all of the colors; we weren't allowed to use black for the pupil or anything. And the browns and greens had to be mixed from, say, reds and blues.
Thanks again! ^_^
Gah. Yeah...that one took me around 10 hours to complete with all of the colors; we weren't allowed to use black for the pupil or anything. And the browns and greens had to be mixed from, say, reds and blues.
Thanks again! ^_^
I'd love to see it! It sounds awesome!