This comprehensive instructional video guides the artist in a 2 1/2 hour journey into pastel portraiture. Follow Greene step-by-step as he paints a pastel portrait from start to finish.

This video includes:

• Valuable tips on how to best organize your materials as well as thorough explanations on pastels, paper and other materials used.
• An introduction into selecting backgrounds and lighting, and choosing comfortable and natural positions for models.
• A glimpse at Green's creative process through composition and preliminary drawing, painting in the early stages, and progression from darks to middletones to lights.
• A checklist to help determine when a portrait is complete.
• Tips for painting hair and clothing.
• Covers which materials are used and why.