Pastels Courses and Certifications

Expressive Portrait Drawing with Soft Pastels

Learn how to combine mark-making, composition, and color using soft pastels to create captivating portraits filled with emotion

• Domestika
• 3 hours 18 minutes
• On-Demand
• Paid Course

Oil Pastels Boot Camp: A Missing Manual for Success

Comprehensive guide to oil pastels: blending techniques, special effects, and practical tips for creating vibrant artwork. Suitable for beginners and experienced artists seeking to expand their skills.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 51 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Soft Pastels for Beginners | Easy Drawing Tutorials & Techniques

Discover soft pastel techniques through guided projects: create stunning sunset, underwater, and galaxy scenes while learning essential skills and tips for beginners.

• Skillshare
• 1 hour 31 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Soft Pastels - Beginner Tips & Techniques Workshop

Discover soft pastels: learn strokes, blending, and techniques in a hands-on workshop. Create vibrant artwork with beginner-friendly tips from an experienced artist.

• Skillshare
• 26 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Soft Pastels For Beginners

Explore soft pastels: brands, surfaces, blending techniques, and color manipulation. Create vibrant artwork through guided exercises and a complete project. Perfect for beginners seeking structured instruction.

• Skillshare
• 2 hours 7 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Oil Pastels and Mark Making

Explore oil pastel techniques through hands-on exercises, from basic blending to advanced mark-making, culminating in a unique abstract artwork that showcases your newfound skills.

• Skillshare
• 47 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Sea waves in soft pastels | Soft pastels for beginners

Learn to paint a stunning seascape using soft pastels, focusing on color selection, mark-making techniques, and creating depth in your artwork. Perfect for beginners exploring sanded surfaces.

• Skillshare
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Sketching Animals in Soft Pastels with Kate Amedeo | Coco

Learn to create vibrant animal portraits using soft pastels. Master color selection, layering techniques, and achieve painterly effects for various animals in under an hour.

• Skillshare
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

SOFT PASTELS TUTORIALS FOR BEGINNERS & ARTISTS

Comprehensive guide to soft pastels: tools, techniques, and applications for beginners and artists. Learn dark-to-light method, paper types, and realistic portrait drawing.

• Skillshare
• 3-4 hours
• On-Demand
• Free Trial Available

Getting Started with Pastels

Discover the art of pastels: types, supplies, techniques, and surfaces. Learn blending, layering, and creating depth for beginners to start a drawing practice with confidence.

• CreativeLive
• 1 hour 20 minutes
• On-Demand
• $29.00

Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

Basic Color Theory Through Oil Pastels

Explore color theory fundamentals using oil pastels, covering the color wheel, mixing, value, intensity, and harmonies for a solid foundation in artistic color application.

• YouTube
• 24 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

Landscape Painting with Pastels - Desert

Learn to create a vibrant desert landscape using pastels and pastel pencils. Master layering techniques, color schemes, and application methods to bring a desert scene to life on PastelMat paper.

• YouTube
• 29 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

How to Paint a Sunset with Pastels

Learn to create dramatic sunset scenes using pastels, focusing on light, contrast, and color layering techniques for sky, clouds, and landscape elements.

• YouTube
• 21 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Farjana Drawing Academy

How to Draw a Girl Playing Violin - Step by Step - Oil Pastels Painting

Learn to create a captivating oil pastel painting of a girl playing violin in a moonlit night scene. This step-by-step tutorial guides you through the process, focusing on technique and composition.

• YouTube
• 15 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video

Drawing & Painting - The Virtual Instructor

Cat Drawing with Pastels - Getting Sketchy

Learn to create a stunning cat portrait using pastels on black paper in this live drawing lesson. Observe techniques and develop skills for capturing feline features and textures.

• YouTube
• 1 hour 9 minutes
• On-Demand
• Free Video