Article · Pastel Portraits
Odilon Redon and His Pastel Technique
- Type
- Article
- Level
- Intermediate
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2020
About this lesson
An examination of how Redon's pastel handling evolved from short, unblended early strokes to densely layered mid-career work fixed in stages, before he abandoned fixative altogether in his final, most luminous symbolist pastels.
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