On the layering issue: I've made a panpastel + color pencil realistic and fine-detailed portrait not too long ago. I used the color pencil only on areas of fine detail, like the eyes, with a minimum base layer of panpastel, and the skintones I layered with panpastel. If you combine them like that, it works really well! Also, I used pastelmat, which surely helped a lot too. Thanks for the video!
Another good technique for soft pastels is to use water as if they were watercolors in the base layers, they'll melt down and allow more layers on top with soft pastel or other mediums. It's an interesting technique that I learned from Monet Cafe here in youtube.
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArtAs long as the binder isn't water resistant i believe it will work regardless of brand. I've used it with soft pastel sticks and it worked without issues. Pan pastel would be an interesting experiment to do 👀✨
I have done a few oil paintings, I actually prefer to paint on a flat surface so you can definitely do that It's just harder if the canvas is large, and you have to avoid light reflections etc
I bought Pitt Pastel Pencils and PastelMat and have been nervous to do a full drawing on the mat. This video inspired me to draw some blueberries. I used the FC Pitt Pastels and FC Polychromos.
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art Thank you. I love watching your videos and the variety of media, materials, and subjects that you share. You definitely inspire me to explore new medias.
The information in this video is accurate. I find that color pencil over pan pastel works well on Uart 600 grit. Then there’s plenty of tooth left for the color pencil to work well. 😀 I get mine at Dick Blick in the USA.
I thought it might! I'm hesitant to use Uart or Fisher because the backing they use on the paper isn't actually acid free (meaning it could potentially make your artwork yellow over time) Also, it's very difficult for me to get in Australia anyway haha
You can use soft pastel sticks, but it is a lot harder and much more unpredictable You have to apply the sticks very lightly and make sure you really blend the pastel well (so it pushes the pigment into the paper) The problem with sticks is that you can't really control how much pastel you're laying down so it can fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly if you're not careful I know I sound like a walking advertisement for Pan Pastel but they're actually not that expensive when you compare how much pastel is in each pan Pan Pastels contain 40% more pastel than an average stick and have 4-5 times more coverage. They last a very long time in comparison to sticks You can actually just buy the basic set of 5 colours (red, yellow, blue, black and white) and mix any colour you need, just like paint! That is something you can't do easily with soft pastel sticks (this is why people usually have hundreds of pastel sticks - which is way more expensive than buying 5 Pan Pastels) I've had my set of pan pastels for about 5 years and haven't run out of any colour yet, and I do a lot of artwork , and if you take care of the Sofft tools, they last a long time as well 😊 There are also many other benefits such as not having to touch the pastel (so it's less mess on your hands/artwork/desk etc), less excess dust in the air, as well as being able to control how much pastel you are applying to your surface which means you don't fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly - allowing for the addition of a few layers of pastel pencils/coloured pencils etc if you wish! You can also use the smaller Sofft tools or brushes to apply into smaller areas, which can be hard to to with a soft pastel stick I honestly recommend Pan Pastels over any other type of pastel because they are actually more cost effective (along with all the other benefits mentioned above) 😊
I have longer, real-time tutorials (the entire drawing process with step by step instructions) available if you're interested in learning more! The website is www.patreon.com/kirsty_rebecca_fine_art You can choose either $4 per month or $9 per month. The $9 tier gives you access to more tutorials than the $4 tier If/when you sign up, you will be able to watch new tutorials every month, and also watch all the tutorials from previous months as well You can see what I have available to watch here www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/patreontutoriallibrary Hopefully that helps!
Yes, I found that happened on this Pastelmat paper with this combination... but this video is a little older, and since then, I have discovered the Luxarchival Sanded Paper which works beautifully with Pan Pastels and Coloured Pencil! This is a more recent tutorial to show you what I mean 😊 ua-cam.com/video/AQZHGGUfRAs/v-deo.html
I meet you today in YT, and already I turned the Abo button on. Your paintings are grandios. Thanks a lot for sharing. I just started with pastels. Could you make a tutorial how to bring the pastels on the wall? How to frame? Firstly I tried to paint directly on canvas, just I did it with acryl. But of course it failed. I saw some complicated videos to frame pastels. Maybe you have a better method with Clairefontaine to bring it onto the wall. I will buy Claire Fontaine paper next, as you suggested. Thank you very much. You make my day happy.
Thankyou so much 😊 The way I frame mine is very simple! I do it the same way as a watercolour, graphite or charcoal drawing It's a frame with glass, with a matting border around the artwork (so the artwork doesn't touch the glass) You can buy them from a lot of places reay-made! Like this fineartamerica.com/featured/in-the-snow-kirsty-rebecca.html?product=framed-print
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt I am just an amateur newbie in the world of art. I'm trying to make a portrait for the girl I like. The only pastel I have available with me, and the only one I can afford, are oil pastels by pentel. My problem is I can't get the finer details right, like retina, eyelashes, and hair. So, as a solution, I thought about using Pentel colored pencil to take care of those details. And the way you discussed the relationship of the two cleared my head. So thanks a lot for that. 😊😊😊
Pan pastels are way too expensive and I don't understand that. I wish they were made in smaller 'pans', and charge accordingly. I have always been very happy with my Mungayo soft pastels. Even the Pan Pastel applicators are way overpriced.
They're actually not that expensive when you compare how much pastel is in each pan Pan Pastels contain 40% more pastel than an average stick and have 4-5 times more coverage. They last a very long time in comparison to sticks You can actually just buy the basic set of 5 colours (red, yellow, blue, black and white) and mix any colour you need, just like paint! That is something you can't do easily with soft pastel sticks (this is why people usually have hundreds of pastel sticks - which is way more expensive than buying 5 Pan Pastels) I've had my set of pan pastels for about 5 years and haven't run out of any colour yet, and I do a lot of artwork , and if you take care of the Sofft tools, they last a long time as well 😊 There are also many other benefits such as not having to touch the pastel (so it's less mess on your hands/artwork/desk etc), less excess dust in the air, as well as being able to control how much pastel you are applying to your surface which means you don't fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly - allowing for the addition of a few layers of pastel pencils/coloured pencils etc if you wish. You can also use the smaller Sofft tools or brushes to apply into smaller areas, which can be hard to to with a soft pastel stick I honestly recommend Pan Pastels over any other type of pastel because they are actually more cost effective (along with all the other benefits mentioned above) 😊
Hi there, If you would like more in-depth tutorials (including all the colour names) then you can check out Patreon - there's a link in the description 😊
On the layering issue: I've made a panpastel + color pencil realistic and fine-detailed portrait not too long ago. I used the color pencil only on areas of fine detail, like the eyes, with a minimum base layer of panpastel, and the skintones I layered with panpastel. If you combine them like that, it works really well! Also, I used pastelmat, which surely helped a lot too. Thanks for the video!
Oh awesome! Maybe I'll try it that way next time 😊
Can you do the same on mixed media paper?
@@petelarsen2654 I haven't tried it, but I think it's worth a try?! Good luck!
@@petelarsen2654... except you won't be able to layer much of the panpastel, so you should keep that in mind.
Another good technique for soft pastels is to use water as if they were watercolors in the base layers, they'll melt down and allow more layers on top with soft pastel or other mediums. It's an interesting technique that I learned from Monet Cafe here in youtube.
Interesting! I wonder if all pastels are watersoluble or if it's just some brands?
I haven't tried this with Pan Pastel yet!
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArtAs long as the binder isn't water resistant i believe it will work regardless of brand. I've used it with soft pastel sticks and it worked without issues. Pan pastel would be an interesting experiment to do 👀✨
I love the effects soft core pencils over oil pastels and using oil to blend
Those blueberries are insane! So talented!
Thank you 😊
Your art is just at another level . Nothing to say it is just amazing .Can you please tell the name of the tool you used
Thank you 😊
Do you mean the tool I used to apply the Pan Pastel? It's a Sofft tool (that's the brand name 😊)
Hi! I absolutely love your work it’s so inspiring and definitely deserves more recon
Thank you so much!
yayyy another video 😆 have u ever tried oil paint. and can we paint without a stand and like on a flat surface
I have done a few oil paintings, I actually prefer to paint on a flat surface so you can definitely do that
It's just harder if the canvas is large, and you have to avoid light reflections etc
Fantastic information. Thank you. 😊
You're welcome 😊
wow..Amazing tutorial.. very well explained.. your drawing is realistic.. I am so impressed with your drawing..
Thank you 😊
I bought Pitt Pastel Pencils and PastelMat and have been nervous to do a full drawing on the mat. This video inspired me to draw some blueberries. I used the FC Pitt Pastels and FC Polychromos.
Hi Lorraine,
I just saw your blueberries on my Facebook post!
They're beautiful 😊
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art Thank you. I love watching your videos and the variety of media, materials, and subjects that you share. You definitely inspire me to explore new medias.
Thanks for your video!
My pleasure! 😊
The information in this video is accurate. I find that color pencil over pan pastel works well on Uart 600 grit. Then there’s plenty of tooth left for the color pencil to work well. 😀 I get mine at Dick Blick in the USA.
I thought it might!
I'm hesitant to use Uart or Fisher because the backing they use on the paper isn't actually acid free (meaning it could potentially make your artwork yellow over time)
Also, it's very difficult for me to get in Australia anyway haha
waaaw............. it's amazing 😳😳😳😳😳😳😳
Thank you 😊
Nice video ...I love blueberries.. great talent thank you
Thank you so much 🙂
Can soft pastel be used same tecnique as pan pastel? Thx 😚🙏
You can use soft pastel sticks, but it is a lot harder and much more unpredictable
You have to apply the sticks very lightly and make sure you really blend the pastel well (so it pushes the pigment into the paper)
The problem with sticks is that you can't really control how much pastel you're laying down so it can fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly if you're not careful
I know I sound like a walking advertisement for Pan Pastel but they're actually not that expensive when you compare how much pastel is in each pan
Pan Pastels contain 40% more pastel than an average stick and have 4-5 times more coverage. They last a very long time in comparison to sticks
You can actually just buy the basic set of 5 colours (red, yellow, blue, black and white) and mix any colour you need, just like paint!
That is something you can't do easily with soft pastel sticks (this is why people usually have hundreds of pastel sticks - which is way more expensive than buying 5 Pan Pastels)
I've had my set of pan pastels for about 5 years and haven't run out of any colour yet, and I do a lot of artwork , and if you take care of the Sofft tools, they last a long time as well 😊
There are also many other benefits such as not having to touch the pastel (so it's less mess on your hands/artwork/desk etc), less excess dust in the air, as well as being able to control how much pastel you are applying to your surface which means you don't fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly - allowing for the addition of a few layers of pastel pencils/coloured pencils etc if you wish!
You can also use the smaller Sofft tools or brushes to apply into smaller areas, which can be hard to to with a soft pastel stick
I honestly recommend Pan Pastels over any other type of pastel because they are actually more cost effective (along with all the other benefits mentioned above) 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt thx u so much 🙏🤩🤩🤩🤗🤗🤗🌸🌸🌸😍😍😍😍🍅🍅🍅🍅🍅🍄🍄🍄🥦🥦🥦🥦
Thank you so much for helpful video it's really helpful to me 🙏🙏🙏🙏👏👏👏👏👍👍👍
Thank you 😊
Just beautiful 😍
Thank you! 😊
Please I am not totally sure I understand correctly:there r several payments for different learning.?
I have longer, real-time tutorials (the entire drawing process with step by step instructions) available if you're interested in learning more!
The website is www.patreon.com/kirsty_rebecca_fine_art
You can choose either $4 per month or $9 per month. The $9 tier gives you access to more tutorials than the $4 tier
If/when you sign up, you will be able to watch new tutorials every month, and also watch all the tutorials from previous months as well
You can see what I have available to watch here
www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/patreontutoriallibrary
Hopefully that helps!
feel sad though for such professional educational channel to be underrated maybe sometime it will hit 2million
Haha 2 million?
My long term goal is 100,000! I would be really excited about that!
I find that the pencils just dig out the pastel, if you put them over the top. I haven't had much success. Great video. Thanks.
Yes, I found that happened on this Pastelmat paper with this combination... but this video is a little older, and since then, I have discovered the Luxarchival Sanded Paper which works beautifully with Pan Pastels and Coloured Pencil!
This is a more recent tutorial to show you what I mean 😊
ua-cam.com/video/AQZHGGUfRAs/v-deo.html
I meet you today in YT, and already I turned the Abo button on. Your paintings are grandios. Thanks a lot for sharing. I just started with pastels. Could you make a tutorial how to bring the pastels on the wall? How to frame? Firstly I tried to paint directly on canvas, just I did it with acryl. But of course it failed. I saw some complicated videos to frame pastels. Maybe you have a better method with Clairefontaine to bring it onto the wall. I will buy Claire Fontaine paper next, as you suggested. Thank you very much. You make my day happy.
Thankyou so much 😊
The way I frame mine is very simple!
I do it the same way as a watercolour, graphite or charcoal drawing
It's a frame with glass, with a matting border around the artwork (so the artwork doesn't touch the glass)
You can buy them from a lot of places reay-made!
Like this
fineartamerica.com/featured/in-the-snow-kirsty-rebecca.html?product=framed-print
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt thank you so much, Kirsty! KR, Britta
how much time it took?
I honestly couldn't tell you, there's a lot of preparation, fixing camera angles, voiceover instruction etc involved on top of the actual drawing
Great video.I am a new subscriber.
Welcome! 😊
Thank you very much.
You are welcome!
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt I am just an amateur newbie in the world of art. I'm trying to make a portrait for the girl I like. The only pastel I have available with me, and the only one I can afford, are oil pastels by pentel.
My problem is I can't get the finer details right, like retina, eyelashes, and hair. So, as a solution, I thought about using Pentel colored pencil to take care of those details. And the way you discussed the relationship of the two cleared my head. So thanks a lot for that. 😊😊😊
shame you can't get the Fisher paper, its very nice, eats your pencils but I like how work looks on it 😃
Maybe one day! 😊
is that rude by saying eat ur pencil and shame ?
no, not rude. just a well known fact what the paper does
@@akshatjain2087 when the paper "eats your pencils" it's a term that artists use very often to describe that your pencils wear down quickly 😊
I love watching your videos there are so helpful.
Glad you like them! 😊
I noticed you were using Derwent drawing pencils
Yes, I love those pencils 😊 Wish they had more colours though!
I love❤you Rebecca from Calcutta India 🇮🇳 you are wonderful
Thanks Kirsty. I agree, I like pastel pencils with pan pastels (-: Marion
Pan pastels are way too expensive and I don't understand that. I wish they were made in smaller 'pans', and charge accordingly. I have always been very happy with my Mungayo soft pastels. Even the Pan Pastel applicators are way overpriced.
They're actually not that expensive when you compare how much pastel is in each pan
Pan Pastels contain 40% more pastel than an average stick and have 4-5 times more coverage. They last a very long time in comparison to sticks
You can actually just buy the basic set of 5 colours (red, yellow, blue, black and white) and mix any colour you need, just like paint!
That is something you can't do easily with soft pastel sticks (this is why people usually have hundreds of pastel sticks - which is way more expensive than buying 5 Pan Pastels)
I've had my set of pan pastels for about 5 years and haven't run out of any colour yet, and I do a lot of artwork , and if you take care of the Sofft tools, they last a long time as well 😊
There are also many other benefits such as not having to touch the pastel (so it's less mess on your hands/artwork/desk etc), less excess dust in the air, as well as being able to control how much pastel you are applying to your surface which means you don't fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly - allowing for the addition of a few layers of pastel pencils/coloured pencils etc if you wish.
You can also use the smaller Sofft tools or brushes to apply into smaller areas, which can be hard to to with a soft pastel stick
I honestly recommend Pan Pastels over any other type of pastel because they are actually more cost effective (along with all the other benefits mentioned above) 😊
❤❤❤
Plz can you draw Billie eilish
You have to keep drawing very, very nice
Thank you so much 😀
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art 🌹
Me watching kirsty create details just with pan pastels
👁️👄👁️
Please give me your colours to me
Hi there,
If you would like more in-depth tutorials (including all the colour names) then you can check out Patreon - there's a link in the description 😊