Did you know you could do THIS with your Pastels and Charcoal?
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- Опубліковано 28 січ 2022
- A different way of working with "dry" media. Did you know that you can blend chalk pastels, soft pastels, and charcoal with.. water?!! This was a game changer for me!
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Blick Charcoal- shrsl.com/3d1tv
Generals Charcoal- shrsl.com/3d1u0
Pastel Pencils- shrsl.com/3d1u4
Chalk Pastels- shrsl.com/3d1ts
Soft Pastels- shrsl.com/3d1tm
Pan Pastels- shrsl.com/3d1u6
Strathmore 400 Series Mixed Media Paper- shrsl.com/3d256
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Hey! That was me! The watercolor question.
Haha I wasn't sure if I should mention any names! Thanks for helping to fuel the inspiration for this video!
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I love it when i hear my name on a video. I grab the kids and make them watch too, lol.
I will try to remember that for next time!
Ur welcome
When I was in grade school in the 60s, my teachers used to keep a glass of water near the blackboard to dip the chalk in before writing important information on the board. That’s how the marks lasted longer than usual. To finally erase it, they would use a wet cloth or sponge. That’s how far back I learned that water definitely changes the quality of chalk/pastels.
It's neat to think about those days. I grew up in a transitional time period where, when I first started school, we still used traditional blackboards, but by the time I graduated high school, we were using whiteboards! Crazy to think about!
Try it with gum Arabic; a watercolor binder. It turns it into watercolor and stabilizes the pigments so you can do layers.
Great idea! Thanks!
I recently saw a pastel artist use her prisma color nupastels with water for her portrait background. I have a whole set of those. I’m in the middle of doing a watercolor of a lighthouse overlooking the sea. I hauled out my nupastels and used a wine colored pastel on the little houses for an under painting then burnt sienna over the walls and burnt umber over the roof. I loved it! Some of it washed out but some of it stayed so I got texture on the walls and roof. It just looked more interesting. I’m going to be using them for this now.
That's so exciting! I love combining mediums like that!
I used this technique a few times in high-school; it was one of the fun usage tips listed on the back of my NuPastel sets. Didn't know you could do this with higher grade pastels, pastel pencils, or charcoal though. Going to start using this method again, thanks for this cool video💕😁!
Oh cool! Glad I could reinspire you to use this technique again! 💖
I'm definitely trying this with my charcoal! I also have a box of Grumbacher charcoal sticks that I are I don't know how many years old and I swear my box looks almost exactly like yours, with the wear and tear. I just took the tape of them for the first time since my family moved across the country while watching your video.
Hey Sara! I hope you have been well! I can't wait to see what you come up with when you add water to charcoal! That's neat that you have a similar set, my dad's friend gave them to me when I was a teenager and she had them a long time before that, so I don't know exactly how old they are either. I love them though! 💗
Best "how to use dry pastels wet" video. Thank you, very helpful!
You are very welcome! Thank you for watching. I'm glad you found it to be helpful! 😊
I love this kind of experimentation
Me too! It's so fun to try different things with art supplies!
Thank you for this inspiring and helpful video=3
Thank you for watching!
This was awesome! It was so helpful to see how the different brands and delivery responded to the water. I can't tell you what a jumpstart that gives me in getting a new image from my head onto paper. Thank you. Lots of love and best wishes to you!
You're welcome! I'm so glad I could help! Thank you for watching, I wish you all the best in your creative adventures!! 🥰
Thank you for this! I have sensory issues and charcoal/pastels are major problems for me. This gives me a new way to play!
So glad to hear that you found this helpful!
This is most interesting, thank you!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching!!
Thanks for a great video!
You're welcome! Thank you for watching, I'm glad you enjoyed it!!
Hello, thank you so much! This is super helpful!
Hey there! Thanks for watching! I'm glad you found it to be helpful!
Great video! Thanks for sharing🧡💙
I'm glad you liked it, thanks for watching!! 💖
Just great, thanks.
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Lovely video thanks for sharing 😊
Thanks for watching! I'm glad you liked it! 😊
This is so cool!! I will have to try NuPastel and Carb Othello.
I hope you have a blast!
Did you try the Carb Othello? I'm on the fence about buying them. Thx!
Yes! Prismacolor NuPastels are water soluble. I love when I discover materials are water soluble! Great video!
Thanks! I thought they probably were!
I was just learning pastels and I was doing a drawing of the step pyramid at Seqqara. I wanted to do the rubble since it was very prominent in the picture I was working from. I just couldn't get the pebbly rubble the way I wanted it. Then I got the idea to use a chewed up bristle brush and water. I used my stumpy worn bristle brush by dipping it in a small dish of water then dragging it across the pastel block of the color I wanted, then "stamped" the wet brush on the paper, roving it around randomly. IT WORKED!! I continue to use this method on pebbly/rocky beaches and other things where I want a rubble look. I don't use pastel pencil for this. I use the soft blocks.
Fabulous idea Karen! Thank you for sharing! Sounds like a great way to create texture!
Fantastic, thank you and you have a great day too
Thank you! I'm glad you found this helpful!
@@CautionArtistatPlay oooo I’m surprised we are both awake right now, I’m in Australia it’s 10am ish, thought you would be sleeping lol
Lol it's 7:20 in the evening where I am in the U.S. right now, I will be in bed in a few hours.
@@CautionArtistatPlay well you have a good sleep and a great day tomorrow
Thank you Leanne! You have a wonderful rest of your day! 💗
This is genius!
Thank you, glad you found it helpful! 😊
I DID NOT KNOW THIS!! I was shopping for charcoal pencils, and all sorts of water-soluble and Graphitint sets. And, I MAKE MY OWN CHARCOALS. Hello! TY glad I found this!! SUBSCRIBED! (Can you tell I'm excited? :-) )
Glad I could help!! I hope you have a ton of fun using this trick!!! 😁 Thanks for watching and for subscribing!!
I wish I never broke my shoulder last month, because it prevents me from painting with my right hand/arm. Someone suggested I try pastels with my left hand since it doesn't take much muscle action and now I'm learning a new medium, which is costing me time and money too. Although many my friends are clicking on my Amazon wish list and sending me supplies and books so I can learrn about this new medium. NOw I've found your channel and you've now created an art monster that wants to play with new toys. Damn I never should have turned on UA-cam to find videos about pastels. And you my dear are a bad influence to someoen who loves to create art. :) lol
I'm so sorry to hear about your shoulder! Yes UA-cam definitely has that affect on people, I have bought a great number of art supplies myself because of other artists on UA-cam. I have had to scale back myself lately because of funds, I was a bit out of control for a while there lol. Buying art supplies can be addictive at times!
Oh my gosh I have a set of Grumbacher's, too, (#40) that was given to me by a friend of my parents when I was about 10 or 11 years old! How cool is that!?!? I'm 65 now and still have them...and still use them on occasion!! I don't think you can get them anymore. Thanks for the demo!
That is so neat! What are the chances? Yeah, I'm pretty sure they were discontinued at some point. I go through art supplies and get rid of them every once in a while, but I will always keep these. The family friend who gave them to me has passed on now, so I cherish them!
@@CautionArtistatPlay They're definitely antiques, and the colors are still just as bright. The man who gave them to me passed away a long time ago, too. They're pretty special. 💜
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Hello Caution Artist at Play. You can seal them whit hairspray. I love this video
Yes, hairspray does work as a fixative, but I don't recommend using it because it's not archival. It causes yellowing and ruins the artwork as time goes on. Thank you, I'm glad you liked the video!!
Great video, I knew they were all water soluble but I've never actually tried it before lol. I see you have some of the derwent pastel pencils, are they softer then the pitt ones? I have never tried them but I also have the stabilo ones which are softer so wondering if it's worth trying the derwent ones?
I feel like they are somewhere between the Pitt Pastels and Stabilo as far as softness goes, if memory serves me correctly. I haven't done a full piece with pastel pencils for a while though so it's hard for me to remember the qualities for each. I do remember really liking working with the Derwent though.
You should use sand paper to shave the sticks down to dust and blend that with water.
There are a bunch of ways to do it, I use sand paper sometimes, I also have a Caran d' Ache palette that has a rough sand like textured side that I love to use. The possibilities are endless!
Been doing it for years with my soft pastels , but I don’t use water , I use odorless oil based solvent , not truly soluble but works fine and it don’t buckle up the water color paper.
Yeah, I have used odorless mineral spirits with soft pastels, and it works. There are a few options out there. I love using OMS for oil and wax pastels where you can't use water to blend. For soft pastels, though, water definitely does it in a pinch, and it's a safe alternative to solvents. Thanks for watching!
Thanks for the charcole info. I dind knew charcole could do that
Glad you found my video helpful, thanks for watching!
Its super helpfull. Thank you so mutch for posting this video.🖐🏾👍🏾😁
You're welcome! 😊
you can grate pastel into an eggcup add water and make a paint to rig fine lines
Good tip! Thanks for sharing!
Derwent actually sell watercolours made out of charcoal. I want to try them some day, the colours are very muted that could be perfect for landscapes (Tinted Charcoal Paint Pan Set) from what I understand the China ink, especially the type that comes in a little block you have to rub with water and brush - is made of charcoal too. Not sure if charcoal is considered dye or pigment though, I think it's dye. So it makes sense to be the base of the China ink. I guess I have to Google that. But yeah, you could also add linseed oil to any colour powder and turn it into oil paint. Some of the oil masters were panting the first layer of their oil paintings with aquarelle. Perhaps will work fine with soft pastels too. Mixing different stuff is awesome hah.
I have been wanting to try the Derwent Tinted Charcoal Paint Pan Set too! It looks really intriguing!! I don't know if they use dye or pigment to tint their charcoal either. It's not something I have looked into yet. Hopefully, it's pigment based, so it has more of a chance of being lightfast.Thanks for the info about adding linseed oil. That could be fun to play around with, too! I agree. It's fun experimenting with things!
I was wondering if you were going to take about using them with water. And here you are. I have done a wet pastel underpainting once and I know about wet charcoal, but I have not tried it yet.
Lol Yeah, I figured it would be a good subject, I rarely see anyone talk about it, and I was really excited about it the first time I found out about it.
@@CautionArtistatPlay It was nice to see. I think it's great that you brought awareness to the possibilities too.
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What kind of paper. Did I miss that part?
Hi there! I used Strathmore 400 Series Mixed-Media paper. I have it linked, along with the other materials in the description of the video. Thank you for watching!
the pastel you didn't remember the brand name looks like weber--castell brand. It is student grade and vintage, not made anymore. I collect and use vintage art supplies. I've been pleasantly surprised how some of the vintage supplies are still really good and useful.
Oh, neat! I have a few vintage supplies, and you are right, it is always interesting to see how well they work!
DAAAAAA! i have always have been thinking about i could I blin with water , so I said . daa look it up ! be hold my prayer was answered weee Thank You ! .>
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
"Charvin Paris water-soluble soft pastels"
I think it's funny to see specific soft pastels advertised as water-soluble since in essence they are all water-soluble. I wonder if they wash out any different than any other soft pastel?
@@CautionArtistatPlay I've demonstrated both, but Charvin is specifically designed for this, it's the only soft pastels I play with
Interesting, I will have to check it out!
I had never heard that pastels, soft pastels and charcol were water soluble! this is something amazing for me. Now then... its probably to have changes in there chemical composition, for add water? It will affect the colors of your artworks in the long term? I wonder that. I know, they are pigments, but, I'm concern about this.
I haven't noticed any changes in the ones I did in school. However, I'm not sure the long term effects. I will say, that it seems to be the general consensus with any regular water-soluble media, that if a pigment is lightfast it won't fade with water, however, if it's already prone to fading it will fade faster if watered down. But unfortunately I can't answer this 100% for sure.
@@CautionArtistatPlay oh! Ok, thank you for your answer. I alredy know this knowledge, and maybe I can do one project with this method for experiment. 👍🏻🥰
Yeah, it's definitely great for experimentation!
@@CautionArtistatPlay yeah! Thanks for this tips!
You're welcome! Thanks for watching!
Just an FYI, PanPastels will not mix with water. You need to use alcohol or OMS. Most of the other will work with water, it just depends on how much gum arabic is in the binder.
Yeah, I noticed that the pan pastels didn't do as well as the others. Thanks for the tip!
*time for an evenings worth of messing about with my art supplies...not as if i really needed an excuse for that one*
Lol I hope you have fun with it!
I prefer rubbing alcohol to water
Yeah, that works too! As long as you don't mind the smell!
12:01 too late lmao
Oops! 😂😂😂