Using Pastel with acrylic underpainting and letting the painting lead you

Wet Pastel Techniques can use any wet medium and this video demonstrates how acrylic paints were used to block in a landscape then how other wet pastel techniques created ghosts or artifacts after destroying the initial outline. Pastel Artist Avon Waters then shows how the painting can lead you rather than the artist forcing it's will upon the artwork.

[@marianmurphy5385]

Thank you for your great demonstrations. I just thought I’d ask..I know your a pastel’ist, primarily. And you paint the underpainting sometimes with acrylic..I’m wondering about a pastel under- drawing and acrylic or oil on top? I’ve seen charcoal used for this, but not pastel.

[@PastelWithAvon]

Yes, if I’m understanding your question, pastel can be used as an under painting, dry or wetted with any medium for different effects -then acrylic or oil could be painted over it - however, it would then become a mixed media if the acrylic or oil painting over it was not covering the pastel or it would become an oil painting where the artist just used pastel instead of charcoal to draft in the underpainting for an oil painting. Did this properly answer what I think you asked?

[@marianmurphy5385]

@@PastelWithAvon Yes, thank you very much. I guess, I was thinking of a mixed media.