It’s an optional step, but using a fixative will protect the pastel painting from moisture, smudging and some fixatives will even protect from UV damage. The last step is to fix pastel with a fixative. Press a sheet of paper, like glassine paper or tracing paper onto your surface to press these fine particles of pastel into the paper, so they don’t fall off. Scrape it with either a knife or your fingernail. Draw distant ocean wavesĪ tip to create the finest details of ocean spray, is scraping your white or light turquoise soft pastel onto the paper over the foam section. To create this effect, layer a lighter turquoise colour over the top of a darker teal close to the top of the wave. The sea on the horizon is dark in tone then it gradually gets lighter and more saturated nearer the wave. So by applying colour layers lightly to start off with, you will give yourself more room to build colour and adjust values as you go along. This is because soft pastel can very quickly fill the tooth of the paper. I’m applying the lightest pressure I can for the first stage of the drawing.
However, if you wanted to use a single pastel to create the horizon colour, Unison’s colour ‘Blue Green 2’ would be a good match. I’m using a limited palette to demonstrate how you can instead take the approach of colour mixing to create your desired effect. The ultramarine on its own was way too saturated, so the dark teal colour will act to tone it down. So to create this colour mix, I use my ultramarine shade, then I lightly apply some dark teal over top. The distant sea colour near the horizon is dark in value, a deep blue that leans ever so slightly towards purple in hue.
I didn’t have the exact colour match I wanted to create the distant sea colours with in pastel form, so I decided to mix two colours together.
I’m using square shaped soft pastel, so I used the edge of the pastel to establish a clean line.įor my own pastel painting, I’m using a limited palette of colours. To achieve a clean straight horizon line, stick a strip of masking tape where you want the sea to meet the sky.
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