Expressive gestures: Pastel, pen, and fingerplay

This is probably my favourite stage of the painting process. Just after I’ve got some colour down I like to play with all sorts of different mediums and marks.

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Background layers for this series:    • Watch me paint: Obliterating the blan...  


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Daler Rowney Hard Pastels https://amzn.to/42Gyn40

Jackson’s Handmade Soft Pastels: 479 light ultramarine blue, 309 dark olive beige
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Liquitex Acrylic Marker 15mm nib: light pink, parchment, unbleached titanium, cadmium yellow medium hue, burnt sienna
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Daler Rowney System 3 Acrylics
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Timestamps:
00:00 Intro
00:37 Pastels
08:57 Acrylic paint pens
13:15 Finger painting