Page 443 - (DK) The Ultimate Visual Dictionary 2nd Ed.

P ASTELS
EXAMPLE OF A PASTEL PAINTING
Woman Drying her Neck, Edgar Degas, c.1898
Pastel on cardboard, 24½ x 25½ in (62.5 x 65.5 cm)

Pastels
applied
directly to
support
Rich color of
fabric created
by overlaying
yellows and
oranges

Broken colors,
characteristic
of scumbling
Colors are technique
blended together
using fingers or
tools such as
tortillons

Built up
layers of
pastel Toned color
of paper visible
beneath thinly
applied pastels

Pure bright colors laid side by side DETAIL FROM “WOMAN
produce strong contrasts
DRYING HER NECK”

EXAMPLES OF TEXTURED PAPERS AND PASTEL BOARDS
Feathering
technique
used to produce
skin tones

WATERCOLOR GLASS PAPER WATERCOLOR EXAMPLES OF
COLORED AND
PAPER (ROUGH PAPER (MEDIUM
TEXTURE) TEXTURE) TINTED
PAPERS

INGRES PAPER FLOCKED PASTEL CANSON PAPER
BOARD