First Impressions of the new Powder Blender for Colored Pencil and drawing demo w/ Lachri
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- Опубліковано 5 лют 2025
- Today I'm reviewing the new Powder Blender from Brush and Pencil. I'm going to show you how easy it makes it to blend colored pencils smoothly for a soft blurry background, and still get tons of detail after. I will also be giving you a few tips so that you can avoid some of the mistakes I made! I'm using polychromos and Luminance for this video.
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Time lapse and speed painting tutorials and demonstrations by award winning artist Lachri. Learn how to paint portraits, surreal landscapes, pets, lions, tigers, and birds...pretty sure a Wizard of OZ reference should be made right about now. Get tips and watch techniques for working in acrylic and oil paint, carbon pencil, graphite and colored pencil.
This video was shot using the Canon VIXIA HF G20 HD camcorder.
• How to paint a surreal...
looks magical Lisa!
+thefrugalcrafter Lindsay Weirich Magic is a good word for this stuff haha
You are lucky, Lisa, to have this product and so many others!!
Here, in the Middle East, we hardly get stuff!! Still living the Cave Era!
"i don't get out much" i died. thus is the life of artists.
So true
Abominable Snow Panda h
Oooooh. Getting the pastel look without pastels! Nice. : ) Thank you for sharing this, Lisa!
You are a kind and generous women for your time your talent and loyalty to your students. Thank you
that is literally the most beautiful work I've ever seen
Bought powder blender the next day from Brush and Pencil.com the next day after your demo. Can't wait!
Lisa thank you! I asked you about this a few weeks ago, you are one of the most talented cp artists I know, and knew you would be the best to review this.
+Adam Wallen Thanks :D
Color me impressed, haha. This is incredible! I'm especially loving that white colored pencil. I'm really interested in seeing you do larger more serious pieces with this stuff :) Best of luck experimenting! :D
+PimpManFan Me too!
So amazing how much work you put into your videos! The quality of them are done so well! Thanks for all you time & effort in helping the art community Lisa! You're doing an amazing JOB!!!
+scapegoat25 Thanks :)
The one that you said didn't work on the absorbent paper is still quite beautiful. I love the texture in the in the grey sky. Great video. Thanks.
Thanks Lachri Fine Art for this amazing review and demo, you made my fingers itch to get this Powder :D!
I ordered the starter kit. Can't wait to try it out. I also ordered her book, "Colored Pencil Painting Bible" and that is going to be a great reference tool. It's amazing.
+Sandra “Makeuplvr69” Martin Have fun with your new supplies!! :D
So excited to see the video. I saw your "in progress" photos on Facebook and Instagram. It's always awesome to see the videos and finished product. It honestly looks like magic with how easy it is once you start applying the product to blend. Looks like it will definitely save your hands some time. :)
+Muse Ology :D
Thank you so much Lisa!! :D
I started out with pastels and love how fast and smooth they blend out. Unfortunately, they are messy and not for traveling.
This looks very interesting- it will be worth to try out!
Glad to say that the Brush and Pencil Powder Blender is now available at Jackson Art in the UK!
Thanks for the advice!
It's so amazing, it doesn't matter what you use, but it always turn out in a masterpiece. Thanks for sharing Lisa.
+ldjtje Thanks :)
Hi Lisa! LOL - I am sure Brush and Pencil LOVES you! I ordered the set - cannot wait to get it! You sold me on Polychromos too! :) I am actually ditching clothes so I can make sure to bring my colored pencils on vacation! Thanks so much for all you do!
+Kelly Stodola haha! That's how you know you're a true artist, when you have to make room for your pencils on vacation lol!
That's BRILLIANT!!!!
As an Australian, I cannot wait till they come here!!!!
+Loren Ipsum :D
I'm so excited for you. can't wait to see what you produce with this new medium. I'll be ordering some myself. thanks so much for you enthusiasm of the new product
+Carol Ferguson :D
Too cool Lisa! I just became a patreon supporter too so I'll watch the longer vid soon. I would imagine it could be a cool experiment to use a colored gesso as well to get a different tonal layer under your pencil layers.
my birthday is on saterday and my hubby asked what I want. now I now what to tell him! I only have so much patience to complete a project...thanks ADD. this will help a ton! thanks for reviewing these products! I can't wait to see how your next project works.
+SunnysEyes Happy birthday! I'm pretty excited to try these on my next project too! I've got a few things to get done first though. The anticipation is killing me! lol
The texture fixative seems cool but I'm not sure if I could be less interested in the powder blender stuff. I'm curious, does the fixative let you layer even over burnished portions of a piece? And does it let you blend using thinner over it?
+Unmask Art I believe the answer would be yet to both of those since she said she spray it like a starting with a fresh piece of paper (or something of the like) and said that the fixative is unaffected by solvents.
You are a such wealth of information. So happy I found your UA-cam channel....thank you again. Hoping Canada will get this product soon. I'm going to check out my local art supplier. Your the best!
Wow! I can't wait to try this. Side note: You are already a prolific artist, you are going to be unstoppable now! Lol
+KATORIA H haha thanks!!
Wow-Awesome-I really liked what I saw. Can't wait to try it myself.
+Sallie Jarman :D
Can't wait for next week surreal painting 😊😊😊
+Colin Jewett :D
Amazing product...AND drawing!! I'm excited to try this! I feel the same about (chalk) pastels... I! Can't! Touch! Them!!!! I even gave the Pan Pastels a try... Nope! I like to be free of fear when working with art materials! Loll!
Thanks Lisa for another exciting product review... Actually I hate these! Now I gotta get it!
Lauri
+Windkisssed just thinking about pastels makes me shudder! lol
I love seeing ur videos I be inspired is like I cant stop drawing I neva felt like this eva
Oh my goodness!! I can't wait to get this stuff! Thanks for the great info, super excited!
+Studio Vasquez 949 :D
Wow i love this product. I really hope it will hit Europe soon!!
I'm sold. I do a lot of pet portraits, and like you mentioned, drawing in whiskers and white fur detail is a pain. I'm gonna pick this up as soon as I can, can't wait to try the texture spray.
+Becca Pilot :D
Very useful video Lisa, I'm excited too ;-). Can't way to try it! x
+gabs :D
Oh my stars !!! I am very excited to give it a go .. thanks Lisa very much :)
+Samantha Janzen :D
Thank you Lisa, i was using it wrong too, so now i am looking forward to try it again. The only problèm i have is the can of fixative broke alter a caple Time using it. 🙁
blimey you kept this drawing on the quiet Lisa! Don't remember seeing this on your facebook. Lovely work hopefully the kit works its way over to the UK :)
+Hyogail I posted one in progress shot but that was it. :D
Ahhh I see, I must have missed it!
Does it leave a ton of dust, like pastels? That you need to vacuum up?
I'm a mere hobby colorist, but may I say how relieving it is that a professional artist like yourself also finds doing skies tedious? I swear, the next time I have a sky, I may print the line art with the sky already light blue. Since I'm just coloring for my own amusement, I can do this. ;-D
Girl I agree with you on this powder blender... I don't like messy medias either.
THIS might be a great idea for me, "color pencils & powder blender". 🤔
Can't wait for it in Canada!
+smileyfaceXD12 Hopefully it won't be too much longer :D
Is pan pastel colorless blender even close? I have it. Thanks. I'm looking at the kit for my birthday ❤
Love the picture you choose!
+Jennifer Brock Thanks!
Love the video as always. I bought some of the blender powder after watching this. I want to see if the pan pastel blending pads will work with it before buying anything extra for it. Lovely picture!!!
+William Hetrick I was thinking the same thing and they have the longer handled tools unlike the short "eyeshadow applicator" sponge Lisa was working with on this. Let us know how it goes.
How did your experimenting work out?
Hi Lisa, I love your videos and have learnt a lot from them. I am about to start using pencil and brush products and I am looking forward to that. However a big problem is that i have invested heavily in drawing paper like Clairefontaine Pastelmat, and Strathmore drawing paper. Are these B&P products compatible with these papers? Is there any way that they can be treated so that they can be use, I think I read somewhere that clear acrylic gesso can be use to add tooth to certain papers?
Could one use a piece of foam rubber or a small foam paint brush to blend it out?
What sorcery is this!? I am just a wee bit confused about the white pencil. Does it show up because of the powder blender, or is this a different kind of white colored pencil altogether?
I really want this because you make it look so good your amazing
+cameron woodman Thanks :)
+Lachri Fine Art no problem but it's true though I was also wondering weather it was worth sending in one of my drawings but there not the best I'm only a 13 year old it's just because I'd like some professing tips
Wow, this is so exciting!! I can't wait to try this stuff...thanks a bunch for sharing :D
Hi Lisa, I know this video is kinda old. I was curious as time has gone by, if you find this method better or rather more enjoyable than using oms.
Are you investing more in polychromos now, inc. White & Cream (2 colors that I would have to invest in for extra - pending I like the method of brush blender, tex. Fix, ect.). Thanks in advance
you are awesome!!I love your work!
+Zisis Mesi Thanks :D
+Lachri Fine Art I want to be like you that's why I am looking your videos.You are so great
what kind of paper are you using for this blender? I know you said sanded or gessoed paper but not sure what that means...
Hi Lisa, I am not sure I understand the need for the powder blender, especially on sanded paper. I purchased some but did not receive a blending tool with it, I guess I needed to purchase the kit from Brush and Pencil. I am working on quite a large piece and following your instruction I laid down the first layer of background pencil and then using a wide flat brush, added the powder blender. To my horror most of the pencil I put down came off, it was as dusty as pastels. I added more color then just used my finger to rub the color into the paper and smooth it out. This also made a mess but it was far less than with the powder blender. I watch your videos, particularly the portrait of the girl with flowers and you seem to get great coverage on your background with very little mess. Any ideas as to what I am doing wrong?
Finally managed to get hold of the powder in the UK, just waiting for it to be delivered! :)
Can you use the fixative in just an ordinary coloring book, without the blender and stuff?
Ok so what is the powder made of that???? Im just curious what allows the powder to create movement with the colors like a gamsol/thinner does???? Its even better looking then using gamsol/thinner......It looks almost liquid when your doing it????
Amazing piece!!! Can't wait till I can get the powder blender in Australia!!! :D
+Daniel Glover :D
I love that you don't like the feel of pastels--I too have always avoided them. Nice to know there is someone else that feels that way.Thank you for all your videos--a great help I many ways. I wasn't certain if you sprayed the texture fixative before you drew your basic shapes or did you draw them before?
Do you think that the Derwent color soft will be more blendable with this new media?
+Enkado No, because it's not only wax based, but has a LOT of wax in the lead. The oil based pencils work better for this :)
Alright so I just purchased uart 400 grade sanded paper,oderless paint thinner,and powder blender but I only have caran d'ache luminance colored pencils,would I still get that airbrushed stroke free look with these wax based colored pencils?
what brand is that white pencil that you were using towards the end with the lilac body?
Do you spray texture fixative after every layer of color pencil
I didn't here, but I've found that it works best when you do.
Beautiful!!!
Does the texture fixative work with wax based pencil and paint thinner?
i bet you could use makeup sponges, and eyeshadow sponges (like the cheap ones that come in drugstore eyeshadow pallets). i have often thought of using eyeshadows, loose and pressed! is that weird? thank you for the great videos!
Thank you so much for all the info. I bought the powder a while ago and have not used it yet. I did not know it came as a kit... Can you just use the powder to blend? I lowered the speed of the video and your voice is slower. You are very bright and speak so fast, that sometimes I forget to breathe lol. I really enjoyed this video.
Love your channel! Just found this totally unique technique. I'm a little confused as to when and where you stopped to spray. How often did you actually spray?? Thanks so much!!
Hi, I've just watched this video and was wondering how you put your gesso on with any brush marks and make it look smooth?
This looks awesome! Could you use colored pencil normally then spray the texture fixative or use the touch up texture by itself over it then use white colored pencil on top or would you have to go through all the steps you showed us?
Also, have you tried blending with those triangular makeup sponges, or beauty blenders? The little sponge they gave you looks like an eye shadow brush. Those beauty blenders look like bigger versions of eye shadow brushes.
Hi Lisa, I'm so excited about this product. I am working on a dog from a very bad picture. Now that I'm seeing other pictures of her I see that the dog has a lot of blonde in it. My picture is mostly whites and greys. If I finish how I am working on it, can the fixative help me to be able add these different colors? I want my client to be happy since she recently lost this dog. I just wish she'd given me a better picture work with. Please help. I need advise before continuing on. Thank you. Pat Bos
In 2014 a fantastic book came out called The New Colored Pencil by Kristy Ann Kutch. She describes and recommends (among a great deal of other grounds/surfaces for colored pencil) a long list of sanded papers for colored pencil use. And yes, the coverage as far as being able to layer and layer and layer is fantastic! It's about continually trying different new and different products and working outside your comfort zone or as some say out of the box. What's a bit ironic is that you seem to pride yourself of trying new things...but these sanded papers have been out for decades used by pastel artists...and their use with colored pencil has been known by professional colored pencil artists for years. Welcome to the party! : )
Please can you suggest another product as well as I am unable to get this product shipped to my location. Thanks
Really interested in the Luminance white. Does it work well on top of Prismacolors or wax based pencils ? I know the exact frustration you talk of when you mention leaving gaps for white. I have grey paper so I'm in even worse shape !! Hoping the Luminance white is the fix !! Love your vids and your work BTW. Very informative
will that fixative work on pan pastels?
I'm very confused. I watched your video and you state that you painted your paper with thinned gesso, which I get, but then you later state you used the texture fixative. So when was the texture fixative added on and when was the texture fixative added for the 70 layers? Was it between layers?
Beautiful work as always! TFS
This stuff is amazing. A game changer!!!!! So getting this. Thanks for experimenting for us. xoxo
+MiMi Meems I'm working on another video with this now, I'm loving it more and more with each hour of use!
Interesting....so do you have to use the texture for the powder to work or can the powder alone be purchased and used?
+Linda Phillabaum The powder can be used alone, but then you're limited on how many layers you will be able to get.
+Lachri Fine Art thank you......but....oh my! I went to order the kit and another$17.12 was added for tax and shipping! Really too bad because I thought I'd give it a try. :( I'm glad to hear they are working on getting it out to the stores. Sadly, I'll wait.
So you mentioned not liking working with pastels because of the texture and mess, and I was curious if you have ever tried pan pastels? I haven't put out the money to try them yet, but I heard they were more fun to work with than regular pastels
I have, they still aren't my personal favorite. I love the look other artist's get with them though! They produce amazing art!
i watched this, i listenned and all but i stil don't understand at all what powder blender is and where do you put it ? and how ? i'm just confused. i don't see you putting anything else besides colored pencil
It's on the little sponge thing in my hand. It's clear so you don't really see it. :)
Try makeup sponges, they are much easier to use and provide really good results and they are really cheap. Having said that . . . where can I get this product it looks perfect for me!!
I forgot to ask what white pencil were you using in this video.
Wonderful
Lisa, what kind of gesso did you use? White or clear? Which brand? I'm asking because theres a huge difference in grit between clear and white, specially by Liquitex. The clear is substantially rougher than the white. And isn't there a chance of the gesso clogging the airbrush? Thanks for showing this product. I never heard about it and now I'm super excited about it! I ordered the kit, can't wait to get it :)
+Jade Scarlett I used white :) Yep, it can clog the airbrush. This is why it was thinned with water. :D
+Lachri Fine Art Thanks Lisa 😃
Lisa, thank you for all of your medium critiques. I am wondering since you have to prime the work surface first, and in the end you don't necessarily need to cover the art with glass, can you use fine art wooden boards and panels, such as Ampersand? Thanks!
+Wildlife Painter I think you could if they still had enough tooth. The wood ones that you can gesso yourself are the ones I'm thinking would be best. I've not tried it yet so I don't know for sure. Something for me to test :D I tried a gessoboard and it was WAY too smooth.
Lisa, is suede mat board considered a nonporous surface? Also, I'm a little confused regarding when you actually applied the textured spray. Did you spray before starting on the bird or not until later - or was the bird done with a layer of the powdered blending powder like the background? Did you spray the entire piece with the textured spray or just small areas you wanted to re-work? I bought this kit a few weeks ago, but haven't had a chance to try it yet. Looks like lots of fun
+Kathy McDaniel I don't think the suede mat board would work. I only sprayed the texture spray once on this, after I had pretty much finished everything but wanted to add additional layers at the end. I sprayed the entire piece when I did. If I needed texture on a small area, the small bottle of touch up fixative would have worked :D
+Lachri Fine Art I started a new drawing yesterday on suede mat board and used the powder blender on the background. It 'seemed' to work, but I wasn't really sure if it was a characteristic of the mat board (the blending) or the powder. Also couldn't really tell from your video or Alyona's whether I was using enough powder.
What brand and kind of white pencil are you using @13:47?
You are a such lovely artist Lisa, i just LOVE your work *-)
Wow hope this becomes available in the uk soon! What about a beauty blender? Would that give you more coverage? People usually use them for foundation, but it's basically just a sponge and I'm sure it would work.
+Clare614 I'm not sure with those. I suspect they would knock too much product off the paper. The smoother pastel blenders should work great though.
Ahh! :) Apologies! Hope they work for you!
Haha! Finally, a kindred spirit- I can't stand the feel of chalk/soft pastels either. It also makes me really uncomfortable! Chalky, powdery hands gives me chills.... But never found somebody who shared the problem!
+Mats Thorsen There are actually a lot of us out there like this :D
Hello, Lisa I just purchased this Blending Powder. You mentioned that all texture sprays are acrylic base or someone did in the now 40+ videos I have watched since I ordered the supplies. My question is can the SpectraFix Fixative work for this it is claimed to be all natural formula or is that brand even worth purchasing to try if you have any experience with it, or is another Fixative available by now I can use? I waited so long before I received the materials thanks to shipping blunders I am now once bitten twice shy about ordering from Brush and Pencil through Blicks, and Amazon, they both lost my orders and could not track the locations 1 for 4 days the other for 5 days BUT they received payment ever so promptly and so politely asked me to give them the time required to locate my orders before issuing my refunds. Do I absolutely need to Gesso my paper or can I use Canson watercolor paper, The lot I purchased well it has this surface that droplets of water bead up for a short time before soaking in? I was just so eager to try and use this product after I watched your hands perform such lovely miracles on this project, but do not recall you stating in projects since after if other papers or materials can be used or omitted altogether. I was unaware at the time of purchase that I ABSOLUTELY MUST use the texture spray from Brush and Pencil and Gesso, sadly I am one of those people who dive in head first off a cliff into a lake, hit the bolder that all before missed, just below the surface, than ask questions why was I not told about this before I jumped...lol. You truly are so very gifted I try to watch all your live broadcasts and repeatedly go to the patron site of yours. I find what you claim in videos to be as close to 100% correct as anyone can be I trust you implicitly.
Where do you buy the paper? Cause I bought some Fabriano artistico hot press off amazon but it's way too expensive and I think there not in stock anymore.
+E Mitzz www.dickblick.com/products/fabriano-artistico-traditional-white-watercolor-blocks/?clickTracking=true&wmcp=pla&wmcid=items&wmckw=10143-1020&gclid=Cj0KEQjwoM63BRDK_bf4_MeV3ZEBEiQAuQWqkTKqAjuDtgfvYq7YrsXST1c9ETq8eF6fW1arrOHS278aAmcD8P8HAQ
+Susan Nash thabks
Hi Lisa. Hope we can get this in Australia soon! Am interested in your white pencil used here? Where did you get it and what make is it?
I hope so too! The white pencils I typically use are the Luminance white (natural wood casing), the Derwent Drawing Chinese white (reddish/brown casing) or the Polychromos (white casing).
"I don't get out much", Haha, IK, I practically could hear it: "alright, who let Lisa out of the studio". Lisa, send us a sign and we'll send help to release you from your captors. Great demo, if that was just "practice", wow, can't wait to see what you can do when you're experienced with these. Thanks for posting.
+KaBluey59 I'm on the 3rd floor...bring a ladder! haha
Ok. I skimmed through the comments, and seems no-one suggested the blending tools for pentel pens. The recommended makeup sponges esp. the white dollar store kind are a little soft to work with, but the sponge tool set for pentel pans are made to smooth out chalky powders. They come as little sleeves for pointy spatulas and in different shapes in the kind of the make up sponge variety but a little stiffer. They should give you the control for larger areas and the precision to approach the edges of your foreground.
What if you try blending with a make up applicator? (the tiny ones that usually comes with with eyeshadows) Seems like a similar texture. Great job by the way!
+María Eugenia Robledo I think it would be similar. I actually want to try with some of the larger pastel blenders :D
where did the you get the refrance photo for this
A friend sent it to me :D
something I am confused by is if it is a "powdered blender" what is soaking into the paper?
Can the Pan Pastel sponge applicators be used with the powder blender?
I was thinking the same thing. I was scrolling the comments and wondered if someone would pick up on that. They have different sizes too. I am ordering this soon!
+1991Shubhi I think they would be great!
Hi
I've just bought the powder blender. Using it on Mi Teintes Touch... It blend the colors - but it also REMOVES A LOT of color...... do you have an idea, what the problem could be? I'm SO sad.... :'(
Lisa - A very good & informative video. Takes some of the guesswork out of using the powdered blender, [which I've already bought, along with the textured fixatives, etc].
Question: "Will you be doing any videos on using the blender powder, etc along with using your mineral spirits, on a drawing, anytime soon?" I would be most interested in seeing how & when you use the blender or mineral spirits techniques / mediums in the same drawing.
~SKETCHCAT
+Sketchrcat I will once I get the hang of the powder blender more. I don't want to jump into mixing the two until I get a real feel how each work individually.
+Lachri Fine Art - Sounds like a good plan to me, Lisa. But-t-t "Is it soup yet; is it soup yet?" (Anxious lil' bugger, ain't I?)...heh heh heh