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Some basic pastel techniques:

Scumbling - When you apply loose broken color over another layer of color.

Hatching - When you apply parallel strokes close to one another.

Cross Hatching - Apply one set of hatch lines over another, usually in the opposite direction, and you have cross hatching.

Blending - Blending with pastels can be accomplished using two different techniques. You have optical blending where the colors are not actually mixed together but instead lines are drawn closely together as in hatching for instance. The other type of blending is when the colors are actually mixed together, by rubbing with your fingers or using tools like blending stumps.

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Art Directors Guild Honors 'Hugo,' 'Harry Potter' and 'Dragon Tattoo' Hollywood Reporter The Art Directors Guild announced the winners of the 16th annual Excellence in Production Design Awards at the Beverly Hilton Hotel on Feb. 4. The most watched category was for best production design in a period film, won by Hugo, which bested fellow ... 'Mildred Pierce' and 'Girl With the Dragon Tattoo' Hailed by Art Directors GuildAceShowbiz Art Directors Guild Honors 'Hugo,' 'Potter' & 'Dragon Tattoo'The Gossip Girls 'Hugo,' 'Harry Potter,' 'Dragon Tattoo' Honored by Art Directors GuildReuters RopeofSilicon.com -Pittsburgh Post Gazette (blog) -SnitchSeeker.com all 49 news articles »

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National Gallery of Art Celebrates Black History Month The Root Washington, DC's National Gallery of Art plans to celebrate Black History Month with a calendar full of festivities, lectures and podcasts paying homage to black history and the legacy of black art. Lectures discussing the role of blackness in art ... Art gallery displays Black History MonthSignal Black History Month events in FebruaryWorcester Telegram all 197 news articles »

Arts for all, and what it would take TODAYonline And in order to get there, key players from the arts, education and commercial sectors have drawn up a massive blueprint with more than 100 recommendations, some more radical than others, to promote greater participation and to boost capabilities of ... and more »

Orlando Sentinel

Mount Dora Arts Festival has judges on the run Orlando Sentinel Strollers gaze at art during the 37th annual Mount Dora Arts… (Stephen M. Dowell, Orlando Sentinel) A casual art lover could easily spend both days of the 37 t h annual Mount Dora Arts Festival wandering the booths to savor the dazzling array of ... and more »

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Huntsville Museum of Art exhibits works by contemporary black artists al.com By Pat Ammons, The Huntsville Times Charles Joyner's 1999 work, "Akua’ba," is in the Huntsville Museum of Art's permanent collection. (Courtesy of the Huntsville Museum of Art) HUNTSVILLE, Alabama - The Huntsville Museum of Art will celebrate Black ... Musuem explores the evolution of Latin artColumbia Daily Tribune The Chinese Art of Cricket Keeping: The Ernest KH Lee CollectionDallas Art News all 4 news articles »

Dennis Flint High Country Art Group Tours America San Francisco Chronicle (press release) Art tour hosted by self-run art firm Dennis Flint High Country Art Group is sweeping the nation, one state at a time. Dennis Flint High Country's one of a kind pieces are being displayed around the nation, raising America's appreciation of Modern Art. and more »

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The £160m hand of cards The Independent The sale, from the collection of the late Greek shipping magnate George Embiricos, heralds the arrival of the tiny oil-rich Gulf state as the pre-eminent force in the international art market. As details of the purchase leaked out in Vanity Fair, ... Cezanne Sold To Qatar For A Record PriceNPR Paul Cezanne breaks art market recordRT Cezanne Breaks Record For Worlds Most Expensive PaintingArtLyst Sudan Vision -Los Angeles Times -UPI.com all 98 news articles »

Instead of celebrating art, El Fan Midan mourns attacks in Egyptian football ... Ahram Online The Coalition for Youth of Fine arts designed a large memorial to the Ultras Ahly, who were attacked in the stadium. On the asphalt they graffiti'ed an Ultras Ahly chant, which they got in coordination with the fan group. "As long as I'm alive I will ... and more »

The Guardian

The art of recession-dodging The Guardian The percentage rise in sales of contemporary art was even better, at 22%. Sotheby's doesn't announce its complete results until the end of February, but its total auction sales increased by 14.5% with contemporary art up a significant 34%. Art auction house sales total US.7 billion in 2011Dubai Chronicle Christie's 2011 Sales Total £3.6 Billion// $5.7 BillionMiddle East Events (press release) Business booming for big auction houseIrish Times all 12 news articles »

Business Mirror

Art For A Vision Manila Bulletin By HANNAH JO UY With these words, National Artist Arturo Luz perfectly captures the essence of Art for a Vision. A project of the Ophthalmological Foundation of the Philippines (OFPHIL), Art for Vision thoroughly exemplifies the ideology of art for a ... Betsy Westendorp leads artists in 'Art for a Vision' at The CruciblePhilippine Star Artists say aye to 'Art for a Vision'GMA News Seeing the lightBusiness Mirror all 4 news articles »

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Basic Pastel Techniques Painting Art Books Tips How Paint Oip Canvas Oil Arts Crafts

Some basic pastel techniques:

Scumbling - When you apply loose broken color over another layer of color.

Hatching - When you apply parallel strokes close to one another.

Cross Hatching - Apply one set of hatch lines over another, usually in the opposite direction, and you have cross hatching.

Blending - Blending with pastels can be accomplished using two different techniques. You have optical blending where the colors are not actually mixed together but instead lines are drawn closely together as in hatching for instance. The other type of blending is when the colors are actually mixed together, by rubbing with your fingers or using tools like blending stumps.

Washington Times

Spring Arts: Art Philadelphia Inquirer Van Gogh's "Iris" (1889), from the Art Museum's survey of his still lifes and landscapes, "Van Gogh Up Close." The most exciting art season in years is upon us, with the opening this weekend at the Pennsylvania Academy of the Fine Arts of a major ... VIDEO: A passion for nature is revealed in Van Gogh Up Close at Philadelphia ...Main Line Business Digest for Saturday, Jan. 28, 2012Milford Daily News Sun Life Financial Provides a Chance for Thousands of Philadelphia Youth to ...MarketWatch (press release) The Nation all 32 news articles »

India Today

Art goes places: Metros to Tier-II Times of India When the fourth edition of the India Art Fair comes to an end on Sunday evening in Delhi, some new records would have been set, some broken, some overachieved and some not met at all. And then, the art world would plunge itself into a pool of analysis, ... India Art Fair: Three exhibits that made me go huhFirstpost India Art Fair: Day 4 highlightsIndia Today Globally, art gets govt help but we don'tMumbai Mirror Indian Express -Hindustan Times all 92 news articles »

Los Angeles Times

Critic's Notebook: Matthew Marks Gallery design blurs line between art ... Los Angeles Times Kelly, who has frequently tiptoed up to and over the line dividing art from architecture during his seven-decade career, designed a simple black rectangular bar, 8 feet high and 40 feet long, to hang along the top of the building. Matthew Marks Discusses His New LA GalleryHuffington Post all 4 news articles »

Los Angeles Times

PST: Ceramic arts through the years Los Angeles Times Billy Al Bengston referred to him as a "germinator" for the way he planted the seeds of abstraction in postwar LA art. Through the force of his raw, muscular ceramic sculpture and intense personal magnetism, he made those seeds flourish. and more »

Fiber and other marvelous media Philadelphia Inquirer If fiber art still brings your mom's macrame to mind, rather than the awesome textile sculptures of Sheila Hicks or Nick Cave, you've clearly not been getting enough of it. So plan to hang out in some galleries and museums when FiberPhiladelphia 2012, ... and more »

Boston Globe

How much do we believe in abstract art? Boston Globe Serge, a character in Yasmina Reza's oft-revived play “Art,'' is just such a person. He has bought an abstract painting. It is all white. But in it he sees - in the right light, and from the right distance - all kinds of nuances. Theater Review: Likeness issues mar 'ART'Wicked Local all 2 news articles »

Break Brick, Break Bread, Break the Mold New York Times Art and food mixed at a dinner last Thursday at Engine 43, a private residence and social club in San Francisco's Excelsior neighborhood, in the form of bricks served on a bed of hay. Using small hammers, a group of about 40 diners smashed the bricks ... and more »

Telegraph.co.uk

Pollock's Legend Still Splattered On Art World NPR Influenced by Mexican and Native American art, Pollock popularized action-painting and drip style, as seen in Number 7, 1951. Influenced by Mexican and Native American art, Pollock popularized action-painting and drip style, as seen in Number 7, 1951. 100 years of Jackson Pollockmsnbc.com (blog) Happy 100th Birthday, Jackson PollockHuffington Post (blog) all 10 news articles »

ArtLyst

Madison Avenue Art Dealer Faces Fraud Charges New York Times (blog) By PATRICIA COHEN A Madison Avenue art dealer, Robert Scott Cook, has been charged with defrauding a client of 16 artworks by Picasso, Manet, Matisse, Renoir and others worth more than $4.2 million, the United States Attorney's Office in Manhattan ... NY art dealer charged in $4M fraudCorning Leader all 135 news articles »

TribLocal

Sculptors turn ice into art at ECC TribLocal By Maria Burnham Local news editor Yesterday at 2:21 pm Elgin Community College culinary instructor Patrick Stewart and International Culinary School instructor Robert Childers work on their ice sculpture dragon. (Michelle Stoffel/Tribune) Though it ... Cool ArtChicago Sun-Times all 2 news articles »

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 Rosebud Art  Introduction to Oil Painting  Range of Paints  Feeling the Paint  Oil Paint Drying Time  Testing Water Color Paper  Ideal Watercolor Brush Qualities.  Standard Watercolor Brush Kit  How to Stretch Artists' Canvas  Basic Pastel Techniques  Color Pencil Tips  Paints  Crayon Stain Removal Tips  Buying Coloring Books  Tie-Dye Tips  How to Draw With Charcoal