Absolutely fascinating, love the tones and highlights, I’ve have all my sticks and pencils , can’t wait to draw my tabby.

Who is this idiot who gives your work a thumbs down, what is there not to like about this excellent free tutorial? Another gem Emma, thank you for sharing.

Such a brilliant detailed tutorial. Thanks a million.

@EmmaColbertArt

17 сағат бұрын

Thank you for the comment!

Clever that Emma. Good effort.

Merci pour ce beau partage avec ces deux vidéos je me suis régalée de vous voir faire Merci 🎉🎉🎉😊

Emma, you probably won’t, but I would love to see movie posters and book covers painted by you. Another excellent video. Just beautiful work and terrific teaching, as always with you. And Merry Christmas to you and your loved ones!

@EmmaColbertArt

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! I did study as an illustrator so I think a bit of that comes through in my work. I do love having less of a brief to work to these days though. The Illustration world is very different.

Painting Tabby cats has always been hard for me. This helps sooooo much. Thank you❗ 😊 👍 🎨

Absolutely brilliant tutorial thank you so much amazing as ever!!

Incredible…so loved this wonderful art…you are amazing…..

It's totally the best demonstration I have ever witnessed. I was amazed at your attention to detail. The materials you used made work for you. I am 73 and never stop learning different techniques. Thank you for sharing your style and description of painting with pastels.

@EmmaColbertArt

9 ай бұрын

What generous feedback! Thank you!

I love all your art Emma and also that you are such a kind compassionate lady. Your love of animals really comes across in your beautiful work.

@EmmaColbertArt

10 ай бұрын

Thanks very much and for all your comments on my videos recently.

Great video - the eyes so hypnotic

Love it ! You are a great teacher and you don’t hold back thank you for sharing

Amazing cat & amazing portrait. Thanks Emma.

What an incredible demo and so enjoyable. You are so talented, Emma

Thank you

This is a wonderful demo Emma. I have wanted to paint my friend's Tabby as a gift for her and have shied away from cats in the past. Your demo is making it possible and I think my friend will be pleased.

A brilliant step by step tutorial, thanks Emma (-: Marion

This was SO helpful, Emma. I already painted with you on part 1 and I'm looking forward to painting with you on part 2. It helped me to watch both videos first, then go back and paint along.

Thank you Emma,It has been really interesting and revealing.love the way you work.

Thank you so much it's generous a sp long demonstration

Unbelievable, the beautiful cat and his portrait

wonderful work! thank you for sharing it.

Another great draw along. Thank you Emma.

Excelente pintura a pastel realmente precioso ❤❤😊

@EmmaColbertArt

4 ай бұрын

¡Gracias!

Looks. Fabulous. Almost 3D with realistic hair. I must try this. 🤩❤️

Soo loved this, absolutely beautiful!!

Beautiful xxxxxxxx

Masterly!! You are as awesome as you are generous!! Thank you!

Thank you so much for your very instructive video. I watched it to help me do a pastel of my cat who passed away in August of 2020. Great tutorial!

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

That's amazing to hear, thank you! Exactly what I want from my tutorials...that you can take the techniques and apply them to your own work!

Thank you for another great video, and thank you too the star of this one mokka, i found this one difficult especially the whiskers

@EmmaColbertArt

2 жыл бұрын

I think cats are notoriously difficult! I must do another type soon. Glad you enjoyed him :-)

de toute beauté

Great work. Thank you for sharing.

Amazing demo. Thank you!

Great videos. I always learn so much. Thank you.

That’s crazy ! Good

Very helpful!

Love your voice tone and accent. You are one talented artist.

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Thanks! :-)

Beautiful:)

he's gorgeous well done

Emma you make it look so easy and I wish I could get the hairs clean and realistic - respect for your talent. I tried and nearly binned him a few times but as a beginner it was a great learning experiment so thank you !! So grateful he found you and can have a forever love home with you now. I adopted a dog who also has only three legs and I love her resilience. How do you not put too much pastel down - I found the pastel pitts would not go on top of the pastel ?

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Hi Sarah-Jane. As my first time with a tri-paw I can definitely now say they are awesome in their adaptability. With the pastels I do use a pretty light touch a lot of the time. It takes a bit of practise to get some different weights behind your marks but it will come. My early work shows that talent is a small fraction. It's practise that will make the pastels comfortable and easy in your hands.

@joannschoenleber813

3 жыл бұрын

The pastelmat helps with add on layers. Great surface for pastel pencils

There is a small flap on the outside of a cat's ears called Henrys Pocket, or it's scientific name "cutaneous marginal pouch" that was rendered quite masterfully. Very well done.

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you! Never knew it was called that, how interesting :-)

Hi Emma, Your beautiful cat is the splitting image of my sister's cat so following this tuturiol has been amazing although I have almost binned 3 attempts! Can you tell me which of the pastel mat papers is best value for a beginner. Is it better to buy bigger pads or use the boards? You are a fabulous teacher!

@EmmaColbertArt

6 ай бұрын

Thank you and I'm so glad you found Mocha's portrait helpful. He is such a good boy! I always like to buy individual sheets to be honest as the pads often come with a couple of colours I don't like so much. I also like to be able to cut the bigger sheets down and make several paintings of different shapes. So I recommend a couple of sheets in different colours until you figure out what colours and sizes you like best.

Cara menggambar sangat baik 👍

Большое спасибо за Ваш подробный урок! Скажите , пожалуйста, можно ли рисовать этого котика масляной пастелью? Я новичок... Thanks a lot for your amazing lesson!❤ Kiev, Ukraine

@EmmaColbertArt

4 ай бұрын

Thank you! You could certainly try this in another medium. The information you have is what colours to use. The information you lack is how to work with the different medium. Oil pastel and soft pastel are similar in some ways, but also quite different. I know that many people paint along with me in different mediums though so give it a go!

Thanks Emma this was truly a masterclass. I am now undaunted by fur and whiskers. Do you have a full range of Faber Castle pencils for your art or a limited selection? Keep it up

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Mark that's great to hear! Many subjects seem daunting when there is a very doable method. I have lots of pencils but really only use a small selection of them. Black and white, light cream, light grey, a couple of browns, a blue, a couple of light flesh tones. Mostly I use the sticks and use the pencils to push the pigment into place without relying on the pencils to make every mark.

I like to use a General brand white charcoal pencil for the whiskers. It is softer and whiter than thè pastel pencils.

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Must try it thanks! I find Pastelmat difficult to get the whiskers first time.

@brendamaas4293

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmmaColbertArt You are welcome. I use Uart 400 or 500 and have never tried pastelmat so not sure if that will make a difference; but the charcoal pencil goes on much softer than the pastel pencil and is quite a bright white.

@raggedymania

3 жыл бұрын

@@EmmaColbertArt I use Koh-I-Noor Coal White pencil Grade 2. It's super white, much whiter than any pastel pencil I own

Hello love your videos I have a question how do you choose what color to put first then the rest on top

@EmmaColbertArt

13 күн бұрын

That's a good question. If it's fur then I'm looking below the top layers of fur to the roots and it's often darkest in there. I start with the darkest tones and try to build gradually to the highlights. With everything I'm looking for a darker base layer that the next layers will show up on. So it's usually darker than you think.

Thank you so much Emma for these 2 videos. Which pencil sharpener do you use? . Which one do you recommend me? Regards.

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

I sharpen my pencils like this kzread.info/dash/bejne/ZI2Z0MiqqZvMgLQ.html

@ezequielruiz2488

3 жыл бұрын

Thank you Emma. The Same as I do. The different thing is that I do not use the "cutter" as quick as you do for Sharpen the points of pencils. Thanks.

I took a look at your Patreon channel. How many full length tutorials can you access at the Dusty Level 2?

@EmmaColbertArt

2 жыл бұрын

Hi Jeff, you can browse my library of tutorials available to that level at www.emmacolbertart.com/tutorials/ These are all open to that level. I try to make the main tutorials available to Patrons across the levels and I create separate content additionally for the higher levels. But this library is available to levels 2 and up.

Hi Emma I am just starting out with pastels and am struggling to get the light colours to go over the top of the dark they kind of just merge with the darker colour any advice on what I am doing wrong?

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

It depends on the paper and pastels you're using. Also try to use the softer pastels for your lighter marks. The harder sticks will struggle to make light marks.

How do I do a black cat I'm a beginer

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I feel like ill never be an artist bc i don’t see this blue that everyone else sees underneath black or on shadows.

@EmmaColbertArt

3 жыл бұрын

Don't worry about seeing colours. I couldn't see anything past grey in shadows in the beginning. Firstly it's not always necessary but seeing more colours will help your work look more 3D. Secondly, please have a look at my colour theory videos here on KZread. Watching some things like this will really help. If you do, at some point you'll realise you're starting to see things differently. Don't stress about it. Art comes in many forms, you can still be an artist and not use blue in shadows :-)