Learn how to make handmade Art Pastels using natural lake pigments / earth pigments / or synthetic pigments- ANY PIGMENT will work! The Tutorial is very detailed with step by step directions, recipes, materials lists including resources links to make high quality, CHALK, SOFT or HARD Pastels with all natural ingredients. Art pastels are a wonderful medium to create making use of leftover dye bath lake pigments- allowing your precious natural color to live on! Make a set for yourself or to gift to your artist loved ones.

Dry (sometimes known as: ‘Soft’ -or- ‘Chalk’) Pastels can be varied in their components depending on the desired results for the artist & the available ingredients and the type of pigment used. This Tutorial brings ultimate clarity on how to make the smoothest & most satisfying-to-draw-with -ART PASTELS-
They create splendid velvety texture on paper & can also be used in place of standard chalkboard chalk.
A great advantage to making dry pastels is that you don’t need a lot of additional tools, nor do you need to use the stovetop or cook ingredients.

They’re a great art medium for children, and easy to transport- and can be held without damage to the pastel or mess on the artists’ hand. 
I’ve worked out multiple recipes for
CHALK
SOFT
& HARD
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And this tutorial includes it all walking you though the process with all my advice on creating the finest natural pastels possible

These pastels can be made with NATURAL, EARTH -or- Synthetic pigment and can allow the natural dyer a beautiful means to an end for their leftover dye baths -Learn the best way to make LAKE PIGMENTS from dye in my Making Pigment Tutorial.
Natural Dyes resulting from time intensive color extraction either from found/foraged/salvaged or carefully cultivated plants are particularly special to make into dry pastel color that can live on.

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