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Pastels - how to paint Skin Colours
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To complete this lesson you will need:

Soft pastels, blues, purples, creams, oranges, pinks, browns
Dark brown pastel pencil
Pastel paper – I use blues as a complimentary colour or sandy orange/brown to harmonise
Tracedown paper if you want to trace it off
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Pastels - how to paint Skin Colours

Level: Beginners
Instructor: Dee Cowell
Price:  £2.50 

The beauty of painting people with pastels is the brilliance of the colours – there is nothing between you and the colour. Skin can look pasty so beware of over blending it.