Drawing with pastels

Pastels are a type of chalk sticks that are used to create drawings in a style similar to painting. Though you might associate the name pastel with soft, muted colours, the range of pastels we offer also contain a large selection of bright, vibrant colours! We offer three different types of pastels: soft pastels based on clay, hard carré pastels for sketching and oil pastels based on wax and oil. Get inspired to use your collection of pastels with our step-by-step plans!

Build clean layers in pastel with Talens Fixative Spray

Want to build up layers in your pastel artwork without your colours blending together? Talens Fixative Spray helps you create clean, cris...

Drawing with pastels

Production process soft Pastels

Rembrandt Soft pastels are made on the basis of the finest kaolin, also known as China clay or pipe clay. In contrast to the binders of t...

Small Pear Tree in Blossom - Royal Talens

Drawing with pastels

Drawing Van Gogh's Pear Tree

In this step-by-step plan, Merel Jansen, technical advisor at Royal Talens, shows us how to recreate Van Gogh’s Small Pear Tree in Blosso...

Drawing with pastels

Drawing a Lascaux cave

This step-by-step plan shows you how you can create a cave-like surface to pay a tribute to the ancient cave drawings found in Lascaux. T...

Japanese garden in oil pastel - Royal Talens

Drawing with pastels

Drawing a Japanese garden

In this step-by-step plan, Gerdien shows you how to create a tranquil Japanese garden using Sakura Cray-Pas oil pastels. These smooth, br...

Drawing with pastels

Drawing a Japanese city at sunset

One of the most easily identifiable elements of a Japanese city is the presence of overhead power lines on every street. We tried to capt...

Cherry blossoms in oil pastel - Royal Talens

Drawing with pastels

Drawing cherry blossoms

In this step-by-step plan, Gerdien shows you how to create these beautiful cherry blossom branches using Sakura Cray-Pas oil pastels.

Drawing with pastels

Building a portrait in soft pastel

Soft pastels are a great medium for portraits. Building a portrait, however, can be tricky. This step-by-step plan contains some useful t...

Drawing with pastels

Build clean layers in pastel with Talens Fixative Spray

Production process soft Pastels

Drawing Van Gogh's Pear Tree

Portrait on Sanguine Red toned paper

Portrait on Mystical Blue toned paper

Portrait on Industrial Grey toned Paper

Drawing a Lascaux cave

Drawing a Japanese garden

Drawing a Japanese city at sunset

Drawing cherry blossoms

Building a portrait in soft pastel

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