Green Pastel Tints & Hues

Series Summary

Painting and drawing is the art of using a pigmented medium to create a picture of reality filtered through the imagination, the senses, emotions, and life experience. Artists the world over have multiplied the uses of painting and drawing as a vital mode of human expression, whether recording history, retelling myth and legend, expressing religious fervor, or exploring the unknown. From early history to the present, we have records of men and women making graphic representations of their world, showing their understanding and their curiosity. Pastels are a medium used for both painting and drawing, depending on the application method. In this free instructional art video series, a professional artist will demonstrate pastel techniques. Learn about the tints and hues of a given color, how to achieve dimensional depth, and how to use complimentary colors to heighten the appearance of your pastel drawing. Our expert will stress the importance of observing your subject matter and analyzing the colors you will use. This video series will act as your guide while you get creative with pastels.

Video Transcript

"Ok. Next area we're going to work on is the foliage. And, of course everybody knows that the foliage is green. Right? Well, what is green? It's an excellent question Dan'L, I'm glad you asked. When I think of green, I think of green. All of these are green. There all different greens. And, to do foliage I may need to use all of them. They're various tints. They're various values. The value of this green is a middle value. This is a high value, it's lighter. This is lighter, yet. This is even lighter, yet. It's more yellow than green. But, for ours we'll need it. Then, there's greens that are almost black. Low in value. Green is not green. We have to use the real object in order to see what green we need to use to create the illusion of foliage on a two dimensional piece of canvas."