The Pastel Society of Southern California fosters fine art in the pastel medium. In this channel we share pastel tutorials, activities of the PSSC and useful information in pursuing your love of working with pastels.
Great demonstration. I enjoyed Steve's oil and watercolor demos at Winter Park Paint Outs 2023 & 2024 and seeing him at Plein Air Live 2024, Cherokee NC.
The pins holding the paper seem to stand away from the surface. I can hitting them with my fingers or palm. He hits them After on. See tape behind is much better.
Not quite so, when I take a photo of a landscape, the colours produced are precisely true to life, sorry to disagree. I use Canon 40+megapix mirrorless equipment, and the colours have never, ever let me down
Desmond O’Hagan is probably my favorite painter of urban scenes in pastel. I found his explanation of his thought process throughout the making of a painting illuminating and interesting. I loved his explanation of why he never uses white. It makes total sense to me, and it very obviously works brilliantly in his method of bringing forth the chroma inherent in light. His paintings are a visual feast.
I am learning so much as I watch and rewatch this! I'm totally rethinking my approach to underpainting! Do we know where this resource photo was taken? It looks like California. And, is there someplace where we can see the final painting?
I Have just discovered your channel and loving it as I am new to pastels. Do you use alcohol to set your charcoal. Underpainting as well? Thank you for sharing your knowledge and talents with us 😊
It’s hard to understand why this association would not hiring a knowledgeable person for one hrs to show/ help these great presenter how we have achieved good sound/ video in the 21 st century.
