All you need to know about (soft) pastel.

(Soft) Pastel consits of 3 components:
1. Pigment.
2. Chalk.
3. Gum

The balance between the pigment, chalk and gum makes the pastel softer or harder.

If more pigment is added, the pastel gets softer. It gets harder when more chalk and gum are added to the pastel.

Therefore each hardness of pastel has its own qualities and applications.

Different kinds of Pastel:

There are different kinds of pastel, ranging from hard to soft.

Opening exhibition "ode to" in care center "Aelsmeer".

This morgning I've opened my exhibition "Ode to" in care center "Aelsmeer".

The residents were interest to here about me and painting with pastel.
After I had told about myself and the pastelpaintings, I gave a short demonstration in painting with pastel.

In the meanwhile Wilma held the microphone for me, so everyone could here my explanation while I was painting.

After this I went along the tables with "Tulip 2" and answered the questions.



Everyone got the opertunity to feel the different types of paper, from smooth to rough.

Touching and feeling the pastels was a nice experience and made them laugh about the "dirty" coloured fingers which they got from it.

They were especially surprised that you could paint with such a dry material without using a liquid.

You can visite my exhibition "Ode to" every day until 1 March 2012. The admission is free.

See for all the details page: Exhibition 2012.

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