Dear Carole, this cat is incredible and the black you have painted is so perfect that I thought I saw my old cat, it died 5 years ago. It made me cry ... really. Your generosity is enormous for sharing your talent and teaching people that we do not have your skills, but we want to draw pictures for our loved ones and for ourselves. god bless you really

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Awe! Sorry about your cat. I’m happy this helped you though and I hope this helps you have great results with your work!

GORGEOUS!!! I just came up on your tutorial and am I ever glad I did! Beautiful and so lifelike! WOW!

Hi, Carole!! Another wonderful tutorial! I’m enjoying each one I watch so much! I particularly love this composition because of the up close and personal nature of it. Love the intimacey. Thank you for sharing your talent and process. I’m learning so much by watching and I’ll be watching many of them iver and over again. Love your work!

@CaroleRodrigue

5 жыл бұрын

Brenda Trujillo Thank you! I’m really happy you’re enjoying my tutorials Brenda. It’s really fun to know people are getting something from them. ☺️

Excellent tutorial! I'm just starting out and I've learned so much from you already

Truly incredible!! Such attention to detail, thank you for sharing this, it's very inspirational

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

You’re very kind Dave! I’m happy you found this inspiring. Happy painting!

Love your tutorials...your work is just amazing ! I just invested in some pastels and paper and Thank you for sharing your great wisdom !!💗🙏

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

It’s my pleasure! I’m so glad you enjoy my tutorials. Have fun with your new pastels!

@deejay2838

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaroleRodrigue I hope to...I never used them before. Thanks!

Thank you very much for the video. I learned a lot and I love your work.

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I’m glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

Magnifique merci!

Carole, I just want to say, I think you are an extraordinary person to share your ability of this art without chopping and cutting the video. You are an excellent artist. Please keep showing your talent to us. Beautiful work.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I’m glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you so much for this tutorial. It was just what I needed to breakthrough some areas where I was stuck.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad this helped! Good luck with your art!

Thankyou Carol fabulous tutorial you are a wonderful teacher just a lovely at learnt a lot

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

I’m so glad you did! Thank you for the kind words. I love it when ppl get something from my videos that they find useful.

Magnificent!

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you so kindly!

Está precioso. Me encanta

@CaroleRodrigue

5 жыл бұрын

rachellestrella Gracias!

Superb 👌

Thank you! This is so helpful.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

I’m so happy this helped! Good luck with your art!

Thank you so much!!

@CaroleRodrigue

5 жыл бұрын

Cindy Sorensen It’s my pleasure! ☺️

Amazing tutorial thank you.

@CaroleRodrigue

5 жыл бұрын

Shams Arts My pleasure! Glad you enjoyed it. ☺️

Really enjoy your work, Carole. Would love to see a portrait of an Orange Tabby. I have one and the color selection is quite challenging.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

I’m glad you enjoyed it! Orange cats can be tricky. I do have this full length tutorial here for you. 😊 kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZZl8s66SnseXm84.html

Fabulous tutorial thank you

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

Another great one. Even though I will be working in oil, your pastels impress me.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

That’s very kind Jeff. I’m hope you have fun with the oils!

Such a brilliant tutorial, love it 😍

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Fay!

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Fay!

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

I’m happy you enjoyed it!

Hey, beautiful work.i mean BEAUTIFUL! I dabble in pastels but am a watercolourist. I'm trying to train my brain to flip from light to dark to dark to light. It is so backwards to me, but your tutorials are so helpful. Thanks so much, looking forward to learning more from your spectacular video tutorials.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Susan O'Donnell Awe! Thank you so much for the kind words. Ironically, I’m learning watercolours right now and completely understand the brain flip, lol. Enjoy your pastels! I hope to have more videos coming soon once I can clear up some commissions and other art jobs. ☺️

Great job

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks!

You do beautiful work I wish you had a patron I would join it!

one word (perfect)

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

That’s very kind! Thank you!

Beautiful work (-: Marion

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Thanks Manon!

Absolutely brilliant work and I really appreciate the time you take to really explain your techniques for the different areas on the cat.I am finding it really difficult to apply the right amount of directional pressure on the Pastelmat in order to achieve the realistic look of the fur and get disheartened when blotting away too much work already worked whilst trying to change over to other coloured hairs in the same layer!!(if that makes sense).It's hard to know and recognize just how many layers you can get render before being able to apply the final details. 😍

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

I understand what you mean. The best thing I can say is that this will come with more time and practice. Get a very thin bottom layer on, then start building up. I tend to start dark, add mid tones, and light details last, most of the time. Your bottom layer does not need to be perfect. Are you perhaps spending too much time there? Just keep practicing. It’s those errors that will give you “aha” moments eventually, and you will learn more. Look at your subject, squint to determine your darkest colours, start there, then build up your details. I hope this helps!

Ridiculously good, I am busy with cheetah and needed to see what I am doing wrong, it seems like my pencils not getting the desired effect. It could be my paper not allowing me to layer as much. But looking at you drawing it seems I should just keep going. Thank you for this video.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you. I’m happy you got something from this. 😀 Good luck with you cheetah!

Really enjoying all your tutorials your explanations as you work are invaluable. Absolutely stunning artwork. I have currently been trying to master colour pencil, Polychromos to be specific. I have used solvent to blend the pencils to gain a painterly effect. However I do find colour pencils have some limitations and one important factor is the difficulty of laying light colours over the dark which is often a challenge. It is for this reason I have been looking at more pastel tutorials and found yourself. Have you ever used colour pencils and if so, do you find pastels more forgiving than the coloured pencils?

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Art By Connie Dawn Why thank you Connie! I appreciate that. As for color pencils, yes I have worked with them. They’re a completely different beast from pastels. Pastels are much more forgiving and easier to layer with as long as you’re using a good toothy paper. I love working with pastelmat or Uart sanded paper, 400 grit.

@katskinnerart1708

4 жыл бұрын

Pastels are SO much more forgiving than coloured pencils. I used to work in coloured pencils, and tried out pastel just for fun. It took one project for me to never go back to coloured pencils. They are insanely fast compared to coloured pencils, and so so forgiving. Use a good paper - I also love Pastelmat for its very fine grain. It takes quite a number of layers. You can layer lights on darks pretty well, but there are limitations (you won’t get a pure white on top of a very dark color for example). Also with pastels, if you use a kneaded eraser you can remove pastels to a decent degree (dab don’t rub).

@artbyconniedawn9680

4 жыл бұрын

@@katskinnerart1708 thank you for your advice.

Love your work!! Are you working flat on a table or upright on an easel? I am in awe!

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! Yes, I’m working flat only for recording purposes, otherwise the camera has to be on an angle. I normally work on an easel when not recording.

Hi This is great artwork! where can I find the referencephoto? I don't see an attachment :(

After painting in oils for the last 15 years, I bought my first pastel pencils yesterday, just a few to start with. It's not as easy as I thought it would be. Still trying to work out which base colours to use. Seems to be 3 or 4 layers of different colours before I get to the highlight colour. Your videos are very helpful, thank you! Sharpening these pencils is a nightmare, just can't get that perfect point!

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, sharpening isn’t always easy. I don’t worry about keeping a very fine point all the time since there’s usually a sharp edge even on a blunt pencil. Keep your initial layers thin to allow subsequent layers. As for which base layer to start with, that comes with time and practice. Often, starting with a mid tone is easy unless you know the darker tone will be better. The more you experiment, the more you’ll learn. It becomes intuitive after a while. Best of luck and have fun! 😃

@davekennedy52

4 жыл бұрын

Thank you Carole for the advice. Sandpaper seems to work for me. I sanded a pastel stick into a chisel shape and got a razor sharp edge. Works for a pencil as well. Yes, you're right, I'll learn by my mistakes. unfortunately I think I've started on the most difficult - it's a white cat. Used grey base layers but it gives a cold white look so changed to browns. Thanks for your very helpful videos. It's actually your fault that I started with pastels:)))

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

davekennedy52 Yes, whites are tricky. Your underlayer can be various colours depending on what your painting. Sometimes a cool underpainting is required, sometimes warm. Reflected light can be various colours too. And if you end up not liking pastels, don't blame me. 😉

@davekennedy52

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaroleRodrigue Haha, no I won't, thanks Carole, looking forward to your next fur painting

Excellent, love the eyes. Only just started to lean painting (at my advanced age lol). Want to paint our cat who passed a few months ago as a pressie to my wife. He was predominately black with some white. Couple of questions if I may. Would you suggest pastels or oil would be easier, and do you have a video of how to paint a black cat in pastel ? Many thanks loving your work here. Richard.

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

Pastels are easier than oils and much quicker. And I do have a black fur in pastel video. ☺️

Amazing...I also draw and film

I'm an animal portrait artist, and I'm wanting to try some pastel portraits. Can you suggest what paper and pencils I should use to get realistic detail? I would greatly appreciate it.

Hi Carole! Maybe I missed where you mentioned it in the video... what brand pencils and sticks are you using? I’m guessing Caran D’Ache pencils...

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Yes, I use mostly Caran d’Ache and some Carbothello Stabilo. I also use Rembrandt sticks.

Do you work flat on a table . I love your work thank you so much for you generous tips

@CaroleRodrigue

Жыл бұрын

My pleasure, and I’m only painting flat to record, otherwise I use an easel.

Can you tell me how long this piece took you to do in real time, please.

Bonjour! Vous peinturez vraiment de belles oeuvres! Vous avez un très beau talent! Juste dommage qu'on ne puisse pas vous lire en français sur votre site web! Bravo pour vos oeuvres!

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

manon larivee Merci Manon! C'est dommage, mais il faudrait faire trop de traduction. Je doit passé plus de temps dans le studio! 😉

Will a toned paper work well for pastels.

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

Only if it’s a pastel paper. You want to be sure that your paper has tooth or texture, so it can handle layers and hold the pastel.

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

Only if it’s a pastel paper. You want to be sure that your paper has tooth or texture, so it can handle layers and hold the pastel.

brilliant thank you so much can you do some horses please

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! I do plan on doing a horse as soon as I get a chance. Commissions have been keeping me busy. ☺️

I use "frogtape" to tape down my papers of all kinds, and it works very well.

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Since this was made I’ve started using washi tape. ☺️

@lorijones9579

4 жыл бұрын

@@CaroleRodrigue I'll try that when my frogtape runs out.

@unboundbytiffany

Жыл бұрын

Both painters tape and frog tape are not acid free nor ph neutral. If you're ever going to sell or gift your work etc. Please please don't use either of those on them. It will eventually deteriorate your paper and destroy your art. Everything leaves residue behind whether you can see it or not and there have been actual paintings where blue painters tape has been used, even scotch tape etc. And removed after done, and a few years in there's holes literally 'burnt' through the paper where it was taped. It's really sad when I hear this advice given my artists. Use a ph neutral, artist grade tape on your work if you want to sell or gift it. Please trust me on that. ❤️

@lorijones9579

Жыл бұрын

@@unboundbytiffany I don't sell my work, and I've only given a few pieces as gifts. But I have paintings that I did nearly a decade ago using frog tape that are totally fine, not even a tiny bit of damage on the edges of the paper. I'll take your word for it that ph-neutral artist-grade tape is better, and now that I know this, I'll use it from now on, but let's not be over dramatic.

@unboundbytiffany

Жыл бұрын

@Lori Jones it's not dramatic, it's common sense. If you were selling your work, you don't need customer's coming back years later upset as hell they spent a good amount of money on something deteriorating. Us artists spend a quite of bit time talking about lightfastness in our actual mediums but never everything else that touches our work. Have a good day!!

What is the paper you are leaning on ...is it baking paper? Thanks 😀

@CaroleRodrigue

3 жыл бұрын

That is glassine to prevent body oils from transferring on the paper.

Are the sticks soft or dry?

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

These are soft pastel sticks.

Hola que técnica usas? Hermoso gato lástima idioma.no se puede subtitular

@CaroleRodrigue

5 жыл бұрын

Thank you! I'll have a look into Spanish translation.

How do you fix a misstake with pastel?

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

That would depend on the mistake. Sorry, but I need more details to answer this.

@desireeh1967

2 жыл бұрын

@@CaroleRodrigue like when i Made a wrong outline or fill in with the wrong color?

@CaroleRodrigue

2 жыл бұрын

First, that depends on the paper you used. If it’s pastelmat, you can roll a kneadable eraser to remove your outline as much as possible. As for the color, you can try wiping off carefully with a paper towel and just cover with the right color. Pastels are forgivable that way. There are some erasers that take off pastels too. Paper towels would be my main option.

I love pastels but im having a hard time spending 38 dollArs on a small pad of paper. Ughh but i neeeeed it!

Le résultat est spectaculaire mais on ne voit rien du processus dommage I Magnifique dessin comme d'habitudes I

Carole are you on Patreon. I can’t find you 55:30

@CaroleRodrigue

Жыл бұрын

No, I had to close it. I have some of the tutorials here and on my website.

Hello. I couldn't see what you were doing on the beginning part (above the eye.I think you have your camera set too close. Rest of it was great and certainly helpful. Thankyou

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Je constate que peindre un chat en grand format est plus aisé car en plus petit sur du Pastelmat c'est l'enfer IIMerci

@CaroleRodrigue

4 жыл бұрын

Absolument!

Most of what you are doing is out of camera. The hand holding the cover paper is well represented, but that's not what we want to see.