If you enjoyed this video and would like to see more... here a link to one of my playlists kzread.info/head/PLTgchDV4hjFRCCjCIyKzrI6yDbrPLaRCV

This is great! It's true that you can never find the right color and I had always been told you can't really easily mix soft pastels. This shows that is very wrong. Makes me happy that I don't have a need to buy new soft pastels, just use what I have. Thank you. Your art is so beautiful as well

@DavePortersArt

4 ай бұрын

Thank you Raelynn, I have always kept things nice and straight forward, colour fascinates me so much. All the very best🙏

This is a love at first sight for me ❤❤ A new subscriber you've got sire ❤

@DavePortersArt

8 күн бұрын

Welcome aboard Baron!... thanks for watching. 😊🙏

This has opened my eyes to pastels in a big way. I’ve always tended to avoid them because I usually work light to dark with Magic Markers, then go textural with graphite, Pencil Crayons and other mediums like Gouache for highlights and sometimes watercolours etc. I loved how you explained both the ‘thinking and approach’ required at times when in the act of drawing/painting etc, as well as how to use complementaries to neutralise a hue. This is a beautiful thing to me. I have subscribed and thanks very much!

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Hi Pete, Pastel medium is a great way to express colour... the use of the complementaries to neutralise a hue is crucial to achieving a realistic look. All the very best... thanks for watching and subbing. 🙏

Love all your work! I would like to see a demo with pan pastel.

@DavePortersArt

17 күн бұрын

Thrilled you love my work, pan pastels are something I am considering to try. 🙏

color richness is acheived early very interesting

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

It was fascinating, the ugly stages was extreme this way, Just had to persevere with the mixing on top with pencils, which seem to work. 😊🙏

I am a recent Patreon member and I so appreciate the “whole experience” you bring to your videos. I also find art to be a spiritual journey. I am just starting to be interested in portraiture, and I look forward to learning a lot from you!

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Amy, thanks for taking the time to give such great feedback, thrilled you are enjoying the Patreon experience and share the connection to the spiritual aspect of the art journey. All the very best with your portraiture. 😊🙏

Great work sir

Always lovely. A great lesson for pastel and for life…I always feel more centered and calm after your videos….thank you for the gentle reminders to be kind to ourselves❤

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much for your kind words, thrilled you enjoyed watching my videos... means the world to me 🙏😊

I am a bit of a snob in the art world, having had both parents deeply involved, even at an international level. Having said so, I would like to express my most vivid compliments for your work sir, I really appreciate your narration as well. You have a new subscriber, cheers!

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Thank you so much for your kindwords... appreciate the great feedback. Thanks for subscribing and watching my videos. All the very best 🙏

Great info❤️

@DavePortersArt

12 күн бұрын

Thank you Brenda... thanks for watching 😊🙏

Like it? I loved it. It is so life-like!

Thanks that was very interesting

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

You are Welcome Glenda 🙏

Amazing. Thanks!

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching 🙏😊

❤ Loved it.

@DavePortersArt

9 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🥰

Great! ❤

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank You! 😊🙏

Thank you for the tutorial👏

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

You are very welcome... thank you for watching 🙏

Brilliant! Absolutely Amazing!

@DavePortersArt

5 ай бұрын

Thank you so much! 🙏

Wow, this is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

@DavePortersArt

4 ай бұрын

Glad you liked it! You are very welcome... thanks for watching! 🙏

currently an art student using soft pastels in class, loved watching your process! thank you for talking about what to do when you’re overwhelmed by all the colors, it happens to me all the time

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Glad the video was helpful, I like to keep things nice and straight forward, less colours the better.... thanks for watching... all the very best with your art studies. 🙏

This is excellent. Thank you!

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Elizabeth... You are very welcome... thanks for watching🙏

Very cool.

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Cheers Andrew 🙏

magnificent work!

@DavePortersArt

2 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! 🙏

Well done !

@DavePortersArt

4 ай бұрын

Cheers! 🙏

Awesome!!!🖖😎

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Cheers! Thank you for watching! 🙏

Fantastic!

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

Thank you Marie! 🙏

Brilliant portrait thanks for posting

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank You... You are very welcome, thanks for watching! 😊🙏

Thanks so helpful ….makes perfect sense thank you so much❤❤❤

@DavePortersArt

9 ай бұрын

You are very welcome.... thank you so much for watching... appreciated 🙏

Very interesting video. Love the application of layers that sort of includes an underpainting in colors and values. The flesh tones are lively and beautiful! I just purchased a large set of pastel pencils from conte and am enjoying watching your pencil work.

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Emily! Conté à Paris is all I used many year ago... great brand and very good value. Thanks for watching 🙏

Thanx for the video.

@DavePortersArt

3 ай бұрын

My pleasure Wesley, thanks for watching 🙏

Lovely technique and presentation!

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Carol... appreciate the kind feedback. 🙏

Mesmerising as usual! A pleasure to watch your work.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Cherry, appreciate you watching my videos. 😊🙏

Lovely tutorial. Great presentation. Thank you.

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Thank you Toni... you are welcome🙏

Excellent explanations 😊

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you! 🙏😊

Love your videos so much.

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Glad you love them! means a lot to me. 🙏

Enjoyed watching your video Dave thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thrilled you are enjoying watching my videos... you are welcome. Thanks for watching 😊🙏

You are a wonderful, down to earth teacher. Thank you!

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Thank you for the kind words... you are welcome 🙏

Brilliant, I always learn something new from you and have made my understanding of shadows using secondary colours easy. Thank you Dave

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Jan, thank you... thrilled you are getting value from my videos. You are very welcome. Thanks for watching! 😊🙏

You're the man, Dave, thanks for the help.

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

Cheers David... you are welcome... great that you find the video helpful🙏

Great🤩

@DavePortersArt

9 ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers!🙏

Thank you! This was most helpful!

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

You are Welcome Baber, thanks for watching. 🙏

Excellent as always, love your videos.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi William, thank you so much, appreciate the love for my content. Thanks for watching, much appreciated. 🙏😊

Really loved that pastel tutorial thank you. I liked the comment about opening your heart and letting go of the mind. Brilliant and absolutely true. 👍🏽

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Regan, Opening the heart and letting of the thinking mind is everything to me... aware of being aware connect us to bliss, our natural state. All the very best. Thanks for watching 🙏😊

Wooow I appreciate a lot 😊🙏🎆👏❤👏👏👏

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 😊 Thanks for watching 😊🙏

Amazing work !

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

Thank you! Cheers! 🙏

Thank you for this amazing video! It is very informative and I love it!

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

You are so welcome! Thank you so much for watching 🙏

Love your honest narration. You always inspire me. Thanks so much. Keep them coming ❤

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

You are so welcome Lynette, it is great to know my work inspires you... more to follow for sure. 🥰🙏

Thanks Dave, you make it look so easy! Will certainly give this technique a go.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome Trevor, I just flow with the moment and just observer. I keep out of the way. 🙏😊

it is a pleasure to watch and learn from your artwork.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the kind words Dimitrio... much appreciated 🙏

Great job💯❤

@DavePortersArt

9 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

This is so fascinating to watch unfold and seems so effortless!

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Glad you found the video interesting... thank you for watching... appreciated. 😊🙏

What a great study, thx for sharing! Lovely piece 🙏

@DavePortersArt

5 ай бұрын

My pleasure Oded! thanks for the feedback and watching the video... much appreciated. 🙏

lovely drawing

@DavePortersArt

11 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

Love, love the presentation! I am new to pastels - so helpful.

@DavePortersArt

5 ай бұрын

Thrilled you love how the video come across Diane. All the very best with your pastel journey... thanks for watching 🙏

Thank you

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You're welcome 🙏

Stupendo!

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you, thanks for watching! 😊🙏

I like loved the video, a small study yet I feel I have learnt a lot already.

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Ochare! Thanks for watching 😊🙏

Beautiful drawing 😍

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

Thank you so much 🙏

Thanks for sharing your way. I enjoyed your video and the description. I've just started using pastels on my portraits. Your video is of great help 👏👏

@DavePortersArt

3 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful Carlo! thanks for watching... all the very best! 🙏

Just Wao....Amazing tutorial....Thankyou...much needed 🙌❤

@DavePortersArt

2 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words and for watching the video 🙏

You are very excellent artist

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Cheers Tony, appreciate the kind words... Thanks for watching 🙏

Magnifique et impressionnant quelle maîtrise merci❤

@DavePortersArt

10 ай бұрын

Vous êtes très gentil... merci d'avoir regardé 🙏

I really enjoy watching your videos. I feel like I am learning so much. You are a very good teacher and a wonderful artist! I really like Rembrant pastels, too. They are soft and easy to use. Thank you so much!

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Rita, Thrilled you are enjoying the videos. Appreciate the kind words, all the very best with your artwork. 😊🙏

c'est magnifique, délicat . Merci pour cette vidéo

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Merci pour les gentils mots Med. vous êtes les bienvenus... merci d'avoir regardé 🙏

Dave, this looks amazing. I think the pastel sticks going down first gave it more depth. I need to try this. Every time I try the pastel sticks I get in trouble. Great job

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dave. they are interesting to apply, just keep the pressure very light and be careful not to add too much pigment... that's the key . 🙏😊

Great video again, Dave. You make it look so easy.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thank you Loranne, I just keep out of the way and let the movements happen, just observer it develop. It is a wonderful feeling to let go of control and let instinct take over. 😊🙏

@LauranneJ679

Жыл бұрын

@@DavePortersArt Thank you for your advice, Dave. I enjoy art but find the process quite daunting at time. I'll certainly give your method of opening the mind a go.

So great to learn about keeping calm when one hits a wall. Love watching and learning from you. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge❤

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks for the feedback Janice, learning how the mind plays tricks on us is so important. Thrilled you love watching my videos and are getting value from them. You are very welcome... all the very best. 😊🙏

@janicetasker1854

Жыл бұрын

@@DavePortersArt I forgot to mention I am from New Zealand. Yes we have a lot of artist down here. 💖

Really enjoyed your video. I wanted to see someone demo pastel portrait painting and was very interested in your combination with pencils. Very instructive and was surprised at how totally the combination blends the pencil and the medium soft pastel. They even even layer well. Thank you for sharing this information.

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Glad it was helpful for you Emily! You are very welcome thanks for watching! 🙏😊

You make it seem easy❤

@DavePortersArt

5 ай бұрын

Years of practise. Thanks for watching Lois🙏

@aastaholtanvagsb4908

3 ай бұрын

I love this from Norway

Maraming Salamat Thank you so much. I learned many techniques and inspiring tips from your video. Gratitude from the Philippines 🌿🙏🌿

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Welcome ka Maria. Thank you so much for watching the video, thrilled you have found the tips helpful 😊🙏

Really enjoyed this video.. First time I’ve heard a pastelist use primaries and colour theory to neutralise colours. Been learning more about this because I love watercolour. Hasn’t stopped me buying 75 tubes though! Now I’m trying to use a more limited pallet across the board with all the mediums I paint with.

@DavePortersArt

9 ай бұрын

Glad you enjoyed it Robyn! I got the idea from my Oil Painting technique I use the same pallete no matter what the medium is and it seem to work. Perfect for watercolours. 😊🙏

Nice work! Keep it up! Thank you for sharing. New Sub here..💕👍

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Cheers! Thanks for the sub and watching 👍🙏

I love your content. I have been on a journey after discovering a hidden passion at 52. Been drawing for two years now and draw mostly people's pets just now. I have just taken the jump to colour with pastels and I'm struggling with colour and colour theory. I feel and am starting a new journey and find you as well as well your content to be very grounded and practical, so thank you for sharing such amazing content. I will be joining you on patreon in the next few days 🎉

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dougie, congratulations on finding your passion for art, which can be very healing and a wonderful way to connect to the energy around us. Great way to start creating is b/w work as this gives good foundation with values. Colour is such a joy and is very addictive. I try to keep things very simple. | studied many of the old masters ways many, many years ago and stayed with their ideas of the importance of a simple palette. I have developed my Pastel technique from what I do with Oils. Look forward to welcoming you to the Patreon community. All the very Best... Dave 🙏

@DougieWotherspoon

Жыл бұрын

@@DavePortersArt it shows in your passion and. Narration. My sister is the real artist of the family. She was in a coma for two months with COVID and through that time learning to draw gave me a way to feel connected to her. She has recovered somewhat but not able to do her art. It has brought us so much closer and she is thrilled at seeing my art so can't wait to get some colour to show her. Thanks for the reply and see you on your patreon👍

Thanks Dave! That was very helpful! Love your accent too ! Derbyshire? Notts? I work in pastels but have never attempted a portrait so far.

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

You are very welcome Ros, I from Nottinghamshire, my mother was Yorkshire so I have a mix. All the best with portraiture... thanks for watching. 🙏

wooooooooooooooooooow

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

Thank you 🙏

Thanks Dave. Learned a lot from your clips. Was wondering if you stick strictly with Rembrandts for skin tones. I usually start with Schmenke or Sennelier and use my Rembrandts for background saturation as they work great for blending while keeping the brilliance in pigment. Do you keep it simple or do you add other pastel sticks? Thanks Dave. Love your work!

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You are welcome, thanks for watching... I haven't used many brands with sticks only Rembrandt, here are a couple of links where I have used premix colours in the tutorials. kzread.info/dash/bejne/eXyixLGpaJDHn5M.html kzread.info/dash/bejne/gYxm166jn8i5nLA.html All the best, thanks for loving my work. 😊🙏

New subscriber here sir. ❤

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for subbing! 🙏

Thank you for your diligence in posting videos. Do you find that the pencils go over the top of the sticks fairly easily?

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

You are very welcome. I am very careful not to add too more pigment down initially, it is wise to always keep some tooth of the surface as this help when using the pencils over the top. 🙏

@TjVoelkerArt

Жыл бұрын

@@DavePortersArt thank you so much! I enjoy your videos!

edjack here.. great vid.! youre technique tho is still awesome. i think the mistake i use to make with sticks is i would try to nail the colors straight away and then manipulate them andthat dont work. but your way will work like your pencil way i believe

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Thanks Edjack, It is the same way for sure that I use with the pencils for the subtleties. It as interesting to add the rich colours down first. 🙏😊

You always amaze me! Do you think down the road you will be doing demos using Panpastels as an underpainting along with the pastel pencils for the final layers?

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi there, thrilled you are enjoying the videos... I am considering buying a selection of pan pastels to see what they can offer. I will at some point create a video using them for sure. Thanks for watching! 😊🙏

@iloveoregon99

Жыл бұрын

Awesome! I look so forward to the video using Panpastels!

Your work is stunning, I also do portraits but I can't get depth in very brown eyes. Could you do a similar drawing to this one but with dark brown eyes? Thank you for sharing. I'm going to sub and like! Also, forgive me if you have said, what type of paper are you using?

@DavePortersArt

Күн бұрын

Great suggestion Charles! will add it to the list of portraits to do. Thanks for the like and sub. The paper I use is Pastelmat dark grey. Thanks for watching 😊🙏

Thank you helped so much

😍😍😍😍

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

thank you 🙏

Have you ever used "greening" for flesh tones as a base layer? I have used it a couple of times and it seems to give a little more depth to the skin. Also, if you use only primary and secondary colors what do you do with all those other colors in the pencil box?

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Hi Dan, I have seen this done before with the green... I felt it made the skin tone unnatural tbh in my experience, I do use green a lot to de-saturate the red to give natural looking values, but adding the green for base layer didn't seem to work well for me. I use the other pencils in the box for clothes and backgrounds, then add the subtleties over the top with the primaries to achieve the correct colour blends. 🙏😊

Het was leuk om te zien, mensen tekenen vind ik precies wel eng. Zoveel kleuren...😮.

@DavePortersArt

11 ай бұрын

Bedankt voor het kijken... zeer gewaardeerd 🙏

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@DavePortersArt

8 ай бұрын

🥰🙏

I never learned pastel. Wish I had. Saw a bulgarian alcoholic do a portrait of my mother once, in Sofia back in the 80's. Even wasted he made a superb portrait - before being thrown out of the bar by the owner for making a pass at my mother. Can't deny his talent for drawing though! I bought a really expensive set of pastels years ago, tried for a while but gave up. Maybe one day! But when I was a lad at school, drawing every week, I made a breakthrough once. Did a homework mission, and decided to do montage page of Motorbike Racing. Central to the composition was a portrait of Carl Fogarty. I spent a long time sketching it, then as I went to colour it (oldschool Derwent Artists crayons), I stared at the reference and I could have sworn ... I see PURPLE there, on his face! And I see GREEN! WHY am I seeing GREEN? I thought.... But something told me to go with it. So layering up from darks to lights, I went from black to purple to green (!!!!) and then started with the creams and yellows and blending it all togehter. And I ended up with a hyper realistic looking Fogarty. That was the breakthrough moment for me, drawing from life / reference was never the same again. I had learned how to LOOK and how to SEE! Putting it down always came easy to me, drawn as a hobby since I was a child ... but once you learn to look and see, you make big bounds! Believe in your eyes.

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

Hi, amazing experience you have had and are having... once you open the heart and let go of thinking about things too much a veil lifts and you see reality as it truly is.... a beautiful, wonderful embracing of colours and energy. I love to spend time in the shadows of trees, blows my mind and magical the feeling is. All the very best... thanks for taking the time to share your experience with the community... best wishes with your art journey. 🙏

@TheVanillatech

6 ай бұрын

@@DavePortersArt Yes, I agree! I think being able to draw - learning how to disconnect your brain from your knowledge and experience and just LOOK and SEE whats in front of you - the colours and the shapes etc, not only does that give you a true ability to draw it also makes you look at the world differently. Trees (as you say) and their colours, bushes and plants, old buildings, rusty scaffolding, even people - you begin to train your brain to really appreciate whats in front of you, and it makes the world an awesome place. Pity that most of us (myself included) often fall into the trap of living so fast, always going somewhere doing something, we rarely get chance to stop and look. That's maybe one of the things I enjoy most about drawing, is being able to chill ... and really spend some time looking and appreciating the world.

Sir do you provide online classes for these beautiful Art to biggners?

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

Please check out my patreon membership... here is a link to the Library of Pastels on offer. daveportersart.co.uk/patreon-pastels-and-graphite/ thanks for watching 🙏

One good thing about oil pastel is that it does not stick to hands.

@DavePortersArt

3 ай бұрын

Yes I know what you mean. 🙏

Me encantaría que sus videos estuvieran subtitulados en español,podría ser posible? Su trabajo es fabuloso y me estoy perdiendo su conocimiento,es un artista😅

@DavePortersArt

Ай бұрын

Hola, es posible... primero selecciona el ícono de opción de subtítulos debajo del video en la parte inferior derecha. luego haga clic en el ícono de configuración (parece una rueda). Luego haga clic en Subtítulos/CC1 Seleccione traducción automática... luego elija Español. Si la traducción automática no está disponible como opción... haga clic en configurar resaltado en azul en la parte inferior y cambie su configuración para incluir subtítulos generados automáticamente. Espero que esto ayude. 🙏

@mariadelmaravila8864

Ай бұрын

Muchísimas gracias,ya puedo aprender con usted, he conseguido ponerlo en español, gracias, muy amable.

How do you do olive skin?

@DavePortersArt

11 ай бұрын

Hi Barbara... check out this video... kzread.info/dash/bejne/qHmrubqCnK7Xhrw.html

Sir which papers do you use?

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Pastelmat 🙏

Hi I loved vidoe will study more off it I am try to understand how to improve sketchs in oil a d chalk pastals and to sket more faces if can help I be great full not sure how to leave contact jack

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Thanks for watching Jack... all the very best with your art journey 🙏

Are the sticks regular or oil pastels?

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

They are soft chalk pastels, my method of colour mixing should work with any medium. Thanks for watching 🙏

What paper does he use?

@DavePortersArt

6 ай бұрын

Pastel Mat it is awesome to work on. 🙏

is it possible to send me mail a d link as wish improve chalk and oils pastel

@DavePortersArt

7 ай бұрын

Here is a quick link to my Patreon Jack... PATREON: For a quick look at all the tutorials.... daveportersart.co.uk/patreon/ thanks for watching. 🙏

Здравствуйте. Хорошего дня. 240623.

@DavePortersArt

Жыл бұрын

Спасибо 🙏

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

@DavePortersArt

2 ай бұрын

Thanks 🙏