Pastels

Pastels

HS I.C1b Identify and understand the elements of art, including line, shape, color, texture, form, space, and value, as the fundamentals of art in personal artwork.​

Multiple Choice

Where does the name for Pastels come from?

• From pastel colors.

• From the french word Pastiche.

• From the english word Paste.

• The name pastel comes from the French word pastiche which means paste.

• As pastels are made up of pure powdered pigment combined with a gum binder, which when mixed together turns into a paste.

• This paste is then rolled into sticks and dried out.

​What are Pastels

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Are pastels the same thing as chalk?

• Yes

• No

• White chalk stickers are made mainly from calcium carbonate derived from mineral chalk rock or limestone.

• Crayons are made primarily from paraffin wax and color pigment.

• Charcoal is traditionally made from thin peeled willow twigs which are heated without the presence of oxygen.

​Pastels are NOT

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A pastel __ is a pastel artwork where you can still see the paper/board/canvas.

• sketch

• painting

• drawing

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A pastel __ is a pastel artwork where you cover the entirety of the paper/board/canvas.

• painting

• drawing

• sketch

• Pastel sketches are when the artist still leaves the surface visible within the artwork.

• Pastel paintings are when the artist covers the entire surface with pastel material.

​Pastel Artworks

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You should use pastel pencils to __​.

• draw outlines and details

• to blend with

• to fill in large areas

Multiple Choice

You should use soft pastels to __​.

• fill-in in large areas

• draw outlines and details

• render with

Multiple Choice

You should use hard pastels to ​--.

• draw outline and details

• to blend with

• to fill-in large areas

• Pastel pencils are ideal for drawing lines, shading surfaces, small pastel drawings, and picture details.

• Soft pastels are well suited to blending, layering on lots of colors, and for painterly effects.

• Hard pastels are especially suited to drawing techniques and working on location.

Types of ​Pastel

• Pastels let you layer and blend vibrant colors to create a soft look.

• Pastels work on different surfaces, such as paper, cardboard, or canvas, or choose a surface with a rough texture to make a grainy drawing or a smoother texture for a sharper result.

Types of ​Pastel

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When working with soft pastels you'll need to do a lot of ​__.

• blending

• stippling

• rendering

• The pastel medium lends itself to layering of colors and tones, in a more indirect manner, to build up the image.​

• Pastel sticks cannot be mixed except on the paper by layering; so to get in-between colors, overlapping of strokes is the only way.

​Soft Pastel Techniques

• One of the most unique aspects of soft pastels is that you are able to blend the colors together.

• You can use the blending technique to either mix colors together or create a variety of edges.

​Soft Pastel Techniques

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What is it called when you cover an area of the artwork with another sheet of paper?

• Masking

• Stippling

• Rendering

• Blending

In art, craft, and engineering, masking is the use of materials to protect areas from change or to focus change on other areas.

​Soft Pastel Techniques