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Refining Edges with Pastel Background Colors

Edges of pastel paintings can be refined using background colors - find out how in this free pastel painting tutorial.

- How to Use Color in Pastel Paintings
- Painting Still Life Objects over Pastel Backgrounds

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Now, as I look at this I'm noticing that I'm missing the gap between here and the edge of our vase. And, there's some of the wall showing through underneath this trapezoid shape that represents our greenery. So, I'm going to go ahead and use my yellow to bring in some of those colors. This is the top of our vase. So, I'll use my yellow to bring that in. And, the reason I'm using yellow is I want to create some contrast so that when I put the greenery in here. If I use a green back here there won't be enough contrast. So, I'm going to use the lighter color yellow as a way of bringing some of that shape in. And, then I'm going to refine the edge of this with the same yellow and the edge of that pot or the vase with the same yellow until it comes down and hits the back of our kitty cat. And, I'm going to do the same thing over here and try and start to reform and reshape the edge of our pot in the foreground. And, then we have a leaf that's in the way. And, now we're starting to see these objects start to separate and have some form and shape creating the outside shape. And, let's go ahead and add that in there. Because, that's also a clear area that I can see quite clearly.

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Refining Edges with Pastel Background Colors

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