Karen Margulis: Expressive Pastel Painting

  The “M.A.P Approach” helps you gain confidence with your pastel paintings, overcome the fear of messing up, and add LIFE, EXPRESSION & BOLDNESS to your artwork without simply copying what you see!   Few pastel artists understand the reasons why they’re still struggling to create successful pastel paintings. But don’t worry… Here you’ll discover insights that could solve your frustrations for good… …including a simple-to-follow method to help you produce attention-grabbing pastel paintings consistently.   You see, most pastel artists: Rely too heavily on the reference photo and don’t know how to make the RIGHT decisions that would lead to a far stronger painting… Jump into the painting too quickly and don’t make time to plan for the outcome they want… “Decorate” their paintings too soon without building a solid foundation before adding details…   Those are the causes that lead to a bad pastel painting.   Other challenges you’ve probably encountered include, but may not be lim