Most people think of using wet pastel techniques at the beginning stage or start of a painting...to block in a work. Wet Pastel techniques can be used at any stage of the work. Here pastel artist Avon Waters demonstrates how to use wet pastel techniques in the middle stages of an artwork to create more interest after a lot of soft pastel has already been added. About 50 percent into the work, he demos how alcohol, water or any wet medium that is juicy or flows can change how the dry pastel acts after a lot of the painting has been done. He uses it often to add more interest and to let the ghosts of what was under the soft pastel interact with the ghosts of the alcohol or wet areas.
10 май 2024
