Painting with Pauline

The Pleasure of Pastel
Detail of pastel picture

How to Make It : How to Use It

This unique video will appeal to the beginner, to more experienced painters, and to artists who enjoy their materials and want to make their own pastels. Pauline Selhurst demonstrates how to make artists pastels economically - without sacrificing quality. She then works through a complete flower painting using the pastels she has made, as well as others, explaining what she is doing, and why.

The video includes:
  • making pastels
  • cleaning and storing them
  • suitable papers
  • composition
  • the preliminary sketch
  • stages of the painting
  • discussion of mounts
  • list of suppliers

    Running time of 60 minutes

    The video is packaged with a starter pack containing everything needed to make your own pastels, including eight pigments from Cornelissen, chosen by Pauline. The pack will make over 130 pastels following the clear and easy instructions on the video, and enclosed with the pigments.

    Pauline says: "There is a special pleasure in using pastels that you have made yourself. Making your own pastels enables you to achieve very rich dark colours, as no black is involved, and you can repeat the colours you love; the colours in your paintings will be uniquely your own."

    The video can be ordered direct from Pauline for £14.95. Contact her by email pauline_selhurst@hotmail.com or phone 01404 46077.