Chalk
Materials:
Pastels
Paper
Drawing board
Masking tape
Rag for smudging
Fixative spray
These can be soft, medium or hard and come in a vast range of colours. Soft pastels are easiest to smudge and can be used on most papers, harder pastels can rough up the surface of poorer quality paper and make it hard to work on. Drawings can look especially effective if limited to a few colours such as a browny red with a lighter colour reserved for highlights. Pastels can be used for quick sketching or built up into detailed drawings that can display the depth and finished quality of a painting. As with charcoal, pastel drawings can be protected with a light spray of fixative between stages or when finished. This can darken the colours however and should be sprayed across the work rather than directly at it and from approximately 30cms away from the drawing.
Techniques for making self-portraits using chalk
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