Pastel Painting Lessons & Techniques

For the backround apply 184 and rub well in with your finger, then apply 186 on top of 184 to deepen again rubbing this well in with your finger.

Stage 8 - Once the backround is complete re-establish the image by using the appropriate pencil colour bringing your image over the backround leaving no tell tale areas of the sand coloured paper showing (left picture).

Stage 9 - Finally with a sharpened 101 and 176, add the whiskers (right picture).

The finished portrait.