QOTD: What is your biggest tip for drawing with pastels?

@unphayzable6637

6 жыл бұрын

I don't have any big tips for pastels because they always break off. Badum-tsssh

@equesdeventusoccasus

6 жыл бұрын

Use a brush for spreading pastels over large areas. The soft pastel blocks puts down an insane amount of pastel quickly it can be spread out over a the same way as powdered graphite and charcoal.

@khawajahumza8278

6 жыл бұрын

Kirsty Partridge Art Nice tips ! 👏👏👏

@khawajahumza8278

6 жыл бұрын

Kirsty Partridge Art I would love to see your more vdo on pastel tip or drawing ⚘

@MaryDraws

6 жыл бұрын

Use them with water and paintbrush. I've heard of people using alcohol but I haven't tried it yet myself. You can get pretty fine details with a small brush and a touch of water. Be sure to use suitable paper!

I'm starting to have a liking of pastels. Anyone?

@nuttychestnutmare6483

5 жыл бұрын

DeepiArt yup

@katiericks722

5 жыл бұрын

I just got Derwent pastels and can’t wait to use them. Now I need to learn how.

@xxfoxywolfxx9447

4 жыл бұрын

Me too

@xxfoxywolfxx9447

4 жыл бұрын

Me I am

@lysiasgomes

4 жыл бұрын

Pastels are amazing!

My best tip, especially if you're using soft pastels that arent in a pencil, is to wash your hands regularly. If you smudge and blend with your fingers, like me, this is a must or else you'll transfer the colour to places you dont want. Happy little accidents are sometimes a bonus though. Secondly, pencil pastels are much harder than the non pencil versions and can be sharpened for the detail. A mix of both in a pastel painting is essential. Love this channel 👍

1-Dont apply too much pressure 2- blend your pastels with stumps 3-avoid using too many colors 4- work in layers 5-Focus on contrasts 6-prevent smudging (from top to bottom and left to right for right handed artists) 7-keep your pastels sharp 8-try to use toned paper 9-use colored pencils for details 10-for large areas use pastel blocks

This was helpful thanks! I'm only 11 but my dream is to be an artist. I don't plan to draw very realistic drawings, I think I'll maybe to cartoons. Im not very good at art right now but I have years to improve!

@randi-lynnrosa4728

4 жыл бұрын

unicornprincess40 me too I am only nine but I want to be famous! But I am learning how to draw realistically because I don’t have an art style

@tinyme2139

3 жыл бұрын

Keep practicing, you will be there !!

Hi, I am a lifelong artist and my medium of choice has been oils. However, several years ago, I grew a bit weary of oil and started working in pencil and pastel drawings. I agree with all your ten tips and here are a few of my own. The smudging problem can be better managed by placing a clean flysheet under my hand. I always sharpen my pencils with a small box cutter, exposing about a half inch of color. I then sharpen on a small piece of 100grit sandpaper that I glue to cardstock. Works great on pastel sticks as well. One of the best blending techniques I've found is simple paper towels tightly rolled into a point or flat shape. It's cheap and disposable too. I typically draw large pieces , usually 18x24. So I have amassed a sizable collection of pastel sticks. I love pastels and I still work in oils or pencil when I want to change things up. Best regards, Mono D'Angelo

This is by far the best art channel I've ever seen. I don't do pastel art but I enjoyed the video a lot.

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Thank you very much for those kind words, glad you like the channel 💕😃

Hey I have just started art classes and I chose to use pastel pencils I watched this then I went back next week I drew an apple and I remembered your tips and now it looks beautiful thank you so much this is so helpful!!

Great tips here. One I would expand on is to get a few open stock soft pastels(ie: Unison, Schmincke etc)of colours you know you will use I find the intensity of a good soft pastel really is a nice touch when done near the end of a pastel painting.

I love using pastels, & I use an angled colour shaper to blend. Stumps are great too tho. Lovely to see you again......we have missed you x

the smudge tip is very helpful

The colored paper was the most helpful to me ! I have a competition and I wanted to figure out how to use pastels for my drawing . Your tips opened my eyes and helped me a lot !!

Your art is simply wow Kirsty and you teach it so well...thank you for this video

When I need strong highlights, such as reflected light, I sometimes use acrylic paint applied with an appropriate sized brush to my pastel drawing. Oil pastels mixed with quicktene also can be used over pastel.

@bonafrankngige4862

2 жыл бұрын

Really?…. Wow. I will try this out

Thank you! Your amazing... the color pencil over the pastel was my favorite tip... I’m working on a Koi drawing I’ll have to give it a try. Thanks

Posted four years ago and this video has just helped me get the basics. Thanks Kirsty, this was a really comprehensive and helpful video. I feel ready to tackle my first pastel piece.

These tips are so helpful! I love your patreon page and I am learning so much from you. Thank you, Kirsty!

I really appreciated the colored pencil tip, as I have struggled with detail and didn’t know I could use them Thanks!!

Thank you for all of the amazing tips! I haven't used pastel pencils yet, but I am thinking about using them later on and I already know that all of the information on the pencils will be super useful for me! I'm especially glad that I know ahead of time that they smudge easily! Thanks again and I hope you have a great day! :)

Thank you for all your useful information Kirsty.

thanks

I love the way you teach , it's pretty understandable . thanks a lot

Amazing advice and so well delivered with such skill in the examples , gifted. Well done.

Awesome tips Kirsty

So awesome! I love artists. What a gift! Thank you for sharing this. I wish you well. Stay encouraged.

Always funny when one of the tips for a particular medium is to use a different medium lol

Thank you Kirsty! ❤

Ah! Need more pastel tutorials of your s! So relaxing!

Enjoyed your tips Kirtsy....Very helpful to a newcomer Thank You

I think your tip of using Polychromos on top of Pastels is wonderful! Thank you!

Love the tips, thank you.

After 30 years having set aside pastels because of allergies I am going to try them again since I now have a dedicated art space I can deny access to others! Keep the allergic out! Thank you for sharing your expertise with us !

Missed you so much!!!😃

Thanks I'm just about to start trying pastels and this was really helpful!

You can apply fixative part way through, which will then help if you need to go over the work more. Particularly if you have messed up.

Thank you for this video! It's very informative!

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome 😃

Thank you so much for this lesson

Yaasssss finally a pastel video!!

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Crafty Cow I hope you enjoy it 😊

Great tips... a joy to watch!

I recently got pastel color pencils and these tips were really helpful for me to create good projects

Love these tips 💖💖

Amo tu trabajo

Wow! Your work is Beautiful!

You have really nice and informative videos! Keep them coming!

Thank you Kirsty for these useful tips. Greetings from Italy.

Thank you so much for this informative video, I am showing it to my students. Very helpful and well explained! :)

Thank you so much Kristi. Liked it... Kudos

Thank you! You help me with this video. 😊🙏🏻

You are a real gifted Painter!

Thank you so much for this video. I'm trying to first time to do a dog using Carbothello and I already made some of the mistakes you mentioned. I'll start over, keeping them in mind and now knowing how to avoid them.

You are a really good artist, love your work.

Thanks for the video. I learned a lot.

This was really helpful! Thank you! Cheers!

These are soooooo helpful!!!!

رسومك مذهله ..انت الافضل👍👍

Informative and creative solutions

I love working with pastel pencils. Mine are Faber-Castell PITT Pastel Pencils and I use sand coloured Fabriano Ingres paper, but am currently trying Clairefontaine Pastelmat sanded paper, which I find a little harder to work with. Smudging with your finger is a great way to blend your work, or use a stump, or in my case, a Colour Shaper. To avoid unnecessary smudging when working near completed work, try covering the area with spare paper. I never fix my work as it darkens and dulls the drawing/painting. I slip my finished work into a binder with polythene pockets, thus keeping fingers away from the artwork.

I really really loved the cat! And thanks for the tips😊

All tips are very useful 👍

Thanx.becous i need this tips.thank you so much.love you

Even tho this video was 2 years ago, I’m only just starting with Oil pencils and this was so helpful. Also you’re extremely talented!

thank you so much!! i'm about to start my first pastel horse portrait and these tips will help a lot! you have a new suscriptor!!! cheers Kristy!

Great tips! Just received my first set of 36 Carbothellos! Enjoy your videos!

Thanks for the tips!

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

My pleasure 😊

Useful tips, thanks a lot!!

Very helpful Thank you

Very helpful. Thankyou.

Thanks you really do great work

thanks! I do with u watercolor and these pastels are chalange for me!

Absolutely appreciated the tip about using colored pencils over pastels thxs

My Favorite Tip: #5 Very, very important!!! My Personal Tip: Pastels love to travel; so final details can be difficult to establish. So, if all else fails, Fixate the piece, ( I use Krylon Workable Fixative spray). Then, use Acrylic Paint on the LAST layer for anything you couldn't work in!

Thanks. Good tips . Good video. And great drawing ♥️

Solid tips, thanks for sharing!

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Your welcome 💕😊

ayeee lefty squadddd

Thanks for the video

Great video!!

Great tips. Snce some time I follow you. You do an exceent work. Thanks so much for all your teaching. I love to paint with pastel pencils and blocks of dry pastel. also with poychromos. And some aquarele as weel. You teach me some good tips in your videos that help to start. Thanks so much

Great Tips Thanks 😊 🙏

Wow helpful tips... Thank you so much sharing your valuable tips... Really love the way you speak and ur accent is sweet...

very helpful!

I have a tip: you can easily blend the pastels with water or rubbing alcohol to make some painterly like effects. Makes nice underpaintings as well. Be careful you test the paper as not all pastel papers can take liquid, like PastelCard. Uart pastel paper handles it very well. Thanks for the video Kirsty!

Thank you so much for this video . And i really appreciated your hard wok that you put into this videos. And let me tell you are the best art you tuber on the planet and every digital platform and keep sharing your skills with universe and thank you for being kind to your viewers for this kind of information and knowledge and looking forward to more videos. #kirsty is a Queen of art KZread world.

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Aww thank you so much 😍💕😃 your the best

Great tips..thanks. I think the best tip was sharing that you can add colored pencil on top of the pastels

Wow i hope i can buy pastel pencils..i love drawing too.thank you for the tips..

You got a new abo. You're so great

Nice tutorial. ^^

Helpful information. Someone look beautiful today. Stay like this rest of your life!

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

It’s good to hear that you found it useful and awww thanks 😊

Nice to see you back Kirsty, you look very lovely in this video, great video btw 😙👍

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much 💕💕

best lesson about pastels

U r One of greatest artist ❤👏

@KirstyPartridgeArt

6 жыл бұрын

Aww thanks 😊

Starter here, glad to hear that they mix with normal colorpencils for detailwork as well, gives a bit higher chance at succes :)

Thank you.

thank you very much

The artist is super beautiful 😍😍😍

Ahoj Kristy.Video je veľmi výborné a poučné.Potešilo ma.Rada,že môžem miešať pastely s farebnými ceruzkami.

good !

Hmm. I have never thought of using a toned paper except for light cream. Good to know. I will look into it!

Thanks

Goodjob!!!!!👍👍👌

Haven't had my pastels out for a while now, but when I use them I always keep a piece of paper under my hand to prevent smudging, as well as working away from the drawing. The pencils are notorious for snapping when you sharpen, though, aren't they? Maddening! I read that if you use a manual sharpener and turn the sharpener, not the pencil, it doesn't happen so much. 🙂