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Summary: Painting angles with pastels can be continually refined throughout the work. Learn how to paint angles with pastels in this free video.
Dan'L Terry is a nationally award-winning artist/designer. His art has been exhibited in national juried shows and museums, on the covers of books and magazines, and in feature films,...read more
"At this point, I'm just continuing to add some of those darker red tones that will represent the darkest tones in our surface here. Again, I work from dark to light, so, I'm going to just be free. I'm seeing the edge of here and the edge of here. And I notice that it comes down and then it drops at a different angle. This is much more shallow, so, here's my shallow edge of our cloth texture and then it drops at a more radical angle. And it does the same on the other side. Comes in, hits this front surface, and then drops at a more radical angle. You notice, at this point, it's pretty sloppy looking. But that's ok. We refine it as we go along. Working large areas, so now we're beginning to see the whole structure of this painting, as it's starting to emerge from the background."
eHow Article: Painting Angles with Pastels