Video: Types of Paper to Use for Pastel Art

Learn what types of paper to use for creating various types of pastel art in this free video art lesson.

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hossam2 Aug 02, 2008

greaaat plz post more lessons. especially the coal drawing

hossam2 Aug 02, 2008

greaaat plz post more lessons. especially the coal drawing

hossam2 Aug 02, 2008

greaaat plz post more lessons. especially the coal drawing

hossam2 Aug 02, 2008

greaaat plz post more lessons. especially the coal drawing

Video Transcript

I want to show you a little bit about paper to be used with pastel drawing. I want you to know that there are all kinds of papers that you can use and it will really be up to you. What you’re trying to draw, what you want as the finished product and if you’re going to use water. If you watched any of our previous segments, there were couple where I actually put water on the chalk based pastel. You would not necessary want to use a thin flat paper unless you were just using a very small amount of water or the paper will buckle. This one is a sketchpad, but it is supposed to be for ink, watercolor, pastels, crayon or pencil. I would be very careful with water on this light of a paper. There are also papers that are specifically for water painting and they have a huge texture, they are very, very bumpy and these are very interesting to use with pastel because the pastel crayon will draw over the high points and not go into the low points. And this is just another one, just showing you how many sizes and colors there are. Then we also went to black, to give that a little bit of a chance, if you want to try blues, or reds or blacks, try it with construction paper, a thick grade construction paper. This is a poster board and it is fun but I think you will enjoy the construction paper a little bit more. That about wraps it up for this and I thank you for watching our segments; join us for more in the future.

Types of Paper to Use for Pastel Art

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