I hope you enjoy this fun lesson with LOTS of instruction! Happy Painting friends!

I appreciate that you do this, but as you said KZread and Patreon is your full-time job now. Some other pastel artist I see on KZread that only show so much are selling their works but on top of that they are still willing to take people through the process. I appreciate all of the artists on KZread and learn everyday.

Hello Susan ! Thanks for your great classes, I'm a beginner in Ioft pastels and you gave me the best way to learning this marvelous technique. I'm going to do my best to make this great photo. Know I'm becoming your pupil. I live at Mexico City. Best Regards from Claudia

@monetcafe

2 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, @claudiarioszertuchedelafue925! Your comment blessed me.

I've just watched this from my sick bed Susan and can't tell you how much I enjoyed it. They say the best teachers teach from the heart. Thank you for all that you do! xx

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Sandy, you are so precious. I’m so sorry you’re sick! Gosh, I pray you get better soon sweetheart! I have so enjoyed watching you grow as an artist and your work is just gorgeous.

@Amethyst260

2 жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe Thank you Susan for your kindness ....and your encouragement! Among other things I have fibromyalgia, which makes me the most miserable.....but some days I feel better than others, Thank God. x

I love your channel. Thank you for these tutorials.

@monetcafe

16 күн бұрын

Thank you so much, @kittymcmeowski5979! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!

i love how real you are . thank you for being a great teacher

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Oh, that is music to my ears because I’m just not good at faking anything. I’m so glad people tolerate my ramblings and genuine expression of life and Art.

Thank you, Susan, for a great tutorial! Loads of ❤ ❤❤🙏🙏🙏

Om goodness! How beautiful is this session. I cried throughout the whole dedication to your Mom. My mom's name was June also and I lost her 5years ago this month, she was my best friend and I miss her every day. I know I'll see her again in heaven on that beautiful day. Thank you for this tribute and wonderful blessing to look forward to. God bless you 🙏❤🙌

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, how beautiful that your mamas name was also June. It happens to be my middle name. God be with you sweetheart. I don’t think the missing gets any easier.

God bless you and your patreons for all you give! Without you many of us would not have any means to learn!

@monetcafe

Жыл бұрын

😘😘😘💜💜💜💜💜💜

Thank you so much Susan for this lesson. I'm self taught too and rely on your videos.🥰

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

I’m happy to help! I remember how hard it was to learn without many resources other than what I could find online. Have fun!

Excellent!

great video! therapeutic music and voice as usual...

Ваши работы вызывают у меня восторг!!!Лимоны просто прозрачные!!!

Wonderful. Thank you for sharing. You have renewed my love of pastels, one of the best mediums in my humble opinion. God bless.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Yay!! And I agree Sharon!

@1DaTJo

Жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe I agree too. I’m addicted to pastels.

Thank you Susan I always enjoy your demonstrations and drawings.

OMG! You wowed me again and helped me understand how light makes incredible changes to your art. Thanks for sharing!

Very delicate but colorful painting! Beautiful Susan!!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much! It was fun!

I’m just learning sift pastels. And wow what a painting! Learned a lot! Thanks!!!

This is breathtaking. TFS....absolutely stunning :)

Wonderful painting tutorial,on light shining thru lemon slices. Thanks so much Susan!

Thank you Susan. I like your style.

Lovely pastels set ! Beautiful painting ! Thank you for the lesson .

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

You are very welcome Petra! My pleasure.

Last night I discovered your channel! I'm very happy! Thanks for sharing your knowledge!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

My pleasure! Happy to help! and HAPPY PAINTING!

огромное спасибо за разнообразие техник и подробные уроки )) Удачи в творчестве !!!!

Lovely channel.

@monetcafe

7 ай бұрын

Thank you so much, @danamarta7803! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!

I learned so much watching you paint! I am trying to teach myself the art of soft pastels and you pushed me forward with your example and comments. Thank you! I am now following you on Instagram where I have found many tips and hints.

I’m just getting started with pastel. This is such a helpful video - thank you for sharing!

This was wonderful, thank you for sharing this information!

Loved this one. Thank you.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Kathy, this one was really fun to paint.

Fruits,veggie make great still life,watermelon for the light

The information on making your own backgrounds is so interesting! Also, It's very surprising what colors you used to start on the lemons- blue and brown. Thank you.

Thanks Susan. I’ve been gone from pastel for a while. Life has been busy and I did 10 small watercolors for a show at the local library. I didn’t see how I could do 6” pastels to be displayed and available for sale so I did watercolors and they were very popular. Now I’m looking forward to getting back to pastel. I’ve learned a lot from this little video. For one thing I am greatly undersupplied with pastels and can’t afford to buy more right now. So thanks again.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Judith, glad you’re getting back into pastel painting. You are right about watercolor paintings though for display purposes. They’re easier to display and lots of people love them. And don’t we always need more pastels, LOL!

Amazing!

Amazing job! I can’t wait to try this one.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Karen! Have fun!

Love your videos!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thank you so much Jamie! It’s my pleasure.

Lovely tutorial

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks Eileen… I enjoyed painting it. And it’s my pleasure to share.

So beautiful! Thank you for all the instruction and description. One of my first sets of pastels were the Jack Richesons. I really like them. I have been doing pastels about a year now, But have not had a lot of time lately to try new things. I have quite a few of your videos queued up and each time I think all I want to try that one next

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

You are so welcome Jessica!! Hope you get some artistic time🙌🏻🙌🏻😊💜💜

I recently bought this set, which is just beautiful. I am just getting into pastels and am more of a beginner - intermediate artist. I am a bit surprised though that there is no red in the set - purple, violet, etc and I think just one oragne. I was trying to do a beach sunset and could not replicate what I saw in the sky. Or should I have been able to with the colours provided?

@monetcafe

Ай бұрын

Hi, @melisherwood5300. Here is a list in my Amazon Shop of some pastel painting products I recommend for beginner pastel artists. Happy Painting! www.amazon.com/shop/monetcafewithartistsusanjenkins/list/2NY2AMTL7D050?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_list_d

Hi Susan, thanks for this informative tutorial. My question relates to blending the colors, in this case, using the hard pastels…what about the concern of ending up with a muddy color instead of clean, crisp colors?

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

That’s a great question Toni. To get the brightest, what I call “punchy“ colors, it is best to use a pure pastel stick of that particular color. However, I like to blend as I stated in this video, to create new colors and often to purposely neutralize colors. The harder, Prismacolor Nupastels, are perfect for this. But you can blend colors of many different brands as well.

While retooling my studio of late, I did a deep dive into the currently available pastel brands. I stopped researching Richeson when I found they are manufactured in China. I did find some references to limestone on the MSDS which brings up the question of fillers. With the cost of pigments as they are today, does the statement "too good to be true" ring loudly?? Mungyo is yet another brand to have flooded the market, made in Korea and with Kaolin Clay on the MSDS. Now, I do not mind Kaolin in my pastels, just want to know when it is present as with Rembrandts. I just like to know what I am purchasing. Now having said this, the cost of a brand cannot guarantee quality, necessarily. But that is a different discussion for another day. PS love the luminosity of that central lemon. Nice!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Wow, thanks for that information. I love to buy American made whenever possible. And I truly love the Terry Ludwig brand of pastels. The people at that company are awesome. I also love buying from Mount Vision Pastels which is made just around the corner from me in Tampa Florida. I do really like the Jack Richardson hand rolled Pastels… wish they were made here as well.

Thank you, Susan, for this lovely video on painting light...that's what it all comes down to, ultimately! I really liked the musical interlude, too; what was the music? Thanks!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much Elizabeth! I can’t remember the music I used to this song, darn it. I get music that has no copyright from the KZread audio library. I think the music adds a nice touch.

@ElizabethBattle

2 жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe It really does! And no worries. I wouldn't have remembered, either. Lol.

💓👍👀 3/25/22

I should have watched this video earlier today. You said the darker yellow is a brown, today morning I was trying to paint something in dark yellow but couldn't figure it out haha. Later I opened Photoshop and swatched the shadow of a yellow flower, that's when I found out it was brown. I was a bit surprised. Anyways, watching this video now.... The irony of life. 😅

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Perfect! That's what I like to hear!!! Have fun!

Question which is the best landsacape set of pastels. Im confused which one to buy. Im new with the pastels dont want to overbuy but insist on best.

@monetcafe

16 күн бұрын

Hi, @kathyhall668. Here is a list in my Amazon Shop of some pastel painting products I recommend for beginner pastel artists. Happy Painting! www.amazon.com/shop/monetcafewithartistsusanjenkins/list/2NY2AMTL7D050?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_list_d

@kathyhall668

16 күн бұрын

Thankyou!

Hi Susan, Thank you so much for this beautiful video and painting. I'm a newbie to pastels and all I have are Prisma Nupastels and a couple of soft pastels. Do you have any suggestions how to approach this painting with mainly hard pastels? I love this small but mighty painting and can't wait to get painting!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Nan, I’m so glad you liked the lesson. I find that a lot can be accomplished with using just prisma color Nupastels. Here’s a little video where I painted a pear with only 10 sticks. You could approach the lemons in a similar way focusing on keeping the lightest colors and values in the places where the sun is shining through. EASY Beginner Pastel Painting Tutorial - 10 Pastels in Only 5 Minutes! kzread.info/dash/bejne/eYScxtqjg9nej7Q.html

Hi Susan, Thank you so much for all your nice video's and information. I made this painting twice, the first one with the lemons and the second one I changed the painting a bit and made some oranges with light shining through and both look great. I'm happy with the result. I love looking at your video's and so is my neighbour. We both enjoy it a lot and admire your style. I have a question, I did the underpainting with a mix of watercolour and gesso on aquarelpaper, no problem. My neighbour painted a canvas with watercolour first and added the gesso on top. When she started painting the gesso did come off. We don't understand this, do you have any idea? Best regards from Marianne, The Netherlands.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Hi De.... I'm so glad you are learning, painting and experimenting! I'm not quite sure why the gesso came off of the canvas, unless it perhaps was an unprepped canvas. I don't usually paint on canvas surfaces, but it might be best to apply a coat or two of regular (white) gesso to the canvas first... let it dry thoroughly and then add the clear gesso. Hope that helps and keep painting!

@vogelvriendin

2 жыл бұрын

@@monetcafe Thank you Susan, I'll tell my neighbour!

Jerry's Artarama IN US as of 3- 18- 22 has a little amount of Jack Richardson pastels left. Very low supply.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Thanks so much for sharing that!

I don't understand why people say oils and acrylics are opaque mediums like pastels. There's nothing about oil or acrylic that's more opaque than watercolor, and certainly not opaque like pastels. Drying oils are transparent, and acrylic binder turns transparent when it dries. The exact same pigments are used for oil, acrylic, and watercolor (with a few exceptions). All pigments are opaque to some degree (look at dried watercolor pans - if the pigments were truly transparent, you could see through them like colored glass, but you can't, same with dried oil and acrylic paint piles). The only thing that makes oils and acrylics more opaque than watercolor is how most people lighten their dark colors with white instead of additional transparent binder, but that's not always necessary, and not a reflection of the inherent transparency of the mediums themselves. In short, there is nothing inherently opaque about oils or acrylic. It's all about the pigments you use. You can use "transparent" pigments in oil or acrylic and you can use opaque pigments (including white) in watercolor. i think it's misleading to imply that oils and acrylics are inherently opaque like pastels.

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Good points. I do agree that all paints are opaque to a degree. I often think of oils as less transparent that watercolor, but your description makes sense.

Tttoo much talking ! This is why I don't always watch!

@monetcafe

2 жыл бұрын

Ha ha…. It is an instructional video. If you want a Relaxing experience… Try turning the volume down. That’s an easy fix.