I love the way you took an incredibly boring reference photo and turned it into something so beautiful. The power of creativity… And you did it in 20 minutes
I love the way you break down the steps to make pastel painting accessible to those of us learning. I treated myself to your Terry Ludwig set. I look at my mailbox every day hoping they have come!
You make it look so simple but when I try it, it’s definitely not. You are gifted - and such a generous teacher sharing your talent and knowledge. Thank you, Karen. You give me such joy - and hope
I decided I wanted to try my hand at my grandmother’s beautiful set of pastels which are now 50+ years old, so I turned your video on to give me a jumping off point. Wow! What a find. Your painting is amazing and your interpretation of the original reference really lovely. I so happy I found your channel and can’t wait to follow you. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Hi, I just created this, my first pastel painting, turned out pretty well, I'm a watercolor artist. They sure are a lot more forgiving than watercolors! But I painted with the vacuum at my side. 😁
At the end of the 7 minute mark your painting reminded me of a William Turner painting...one of my very favorite artists. Amazing how you take such a drab picture and bring it to life with color.
Your painting was much more beautiful and dynamic than the photo you had for inspiration. Your use of the colors really made the picture come to life and turned what was a rather boring looking field into something beautiful. I have inherited my Mom's art supplies and among them was a box of soft pastels. I am hoping to learn how to use them to make beautiful paintings, myself.
This is beautiful! You inspired me to paint a few snowmen. They were fun, simple and easy. I’m a senior citizen on break from my art classes and I didn’t want to rust. I enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Happy New Year!
You are so talented. The idea of putting multiple colors of same values certainly does make for interesting look. It’s so beautiful before you even finish. You just know perfectly what color to put where and it’s appearance is incredibly appealing. I truly enjoy watching you turn these creation from the opposite colors one would expect to see…. Into a gorgeous piece of artwork. You and your process amazes me. Thank you for sharing your thought process as you paint.
So good to see you and your creations. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring. Have a wonderful 2022 Karen. By the way, I took this advise from another video of yours, of using the same pallette, and I've painted 2 Completely different scenes. One a winter landscape and another just huge clouds in the sky. I hated the first one and I am loving the clouds. If I had put the pallette away It would have been just a waste of time picking it up. I thought of what you said and voila a painting that I am so happy with, and it's not even done yet. Thanks again!😘
So lovely, as always! I see a heart in purple in the sky on the left hand side. I think it is a sign from my mom who passed away in November. She was a watercolor artist and was so happy that I took up painting in the last few years. Perhaps I'm just looking for it, but I think it is a sign through your beautiful painting. ❤
This was wonderful!! Thanks for walking us through one of these paintings from beginning to end. It really helped me understand how these are done and how to begin myself
Nice work. I do really enjoyed its growing up. But, I'd say you make it complicated rather than "just" simple. May be due to the multiple color overlaps you "professionally" used. Thanks for sharing this beauty .
I am inspired by this 20 min. painting you did. It is so vibrant; it really sings! I’m going to be exhibiting my paintings at the senior community where I live in Tucson, Arizona. These are a variety of media leading up to my recent passion for pastels. Once the show is mounted, I plan on making some small paintings and completing the commission of an 18x24” pastel of a French Poodle. I did a 9x12 preliminary painting which I am using as a guide for the larger version.
Thank you for this. Describing the theoretical aspects of what you were trying to achieve in each moment of the painting while showing what you were doing was very useful. I benefited a lot from this video.
Happy New Year Karen, a very beautiful work of art, and even nine minutes into the painting it would be complete for many minimalist or abstract artists, but you continued and did a wonderful job. Though totally unlike Rembrandt's realism, and as a compliment, I now pronounce you the "Rembrant" of pastel painting. Kudos!
Karen you are a great painter. One thing I see that you could have done. The greens are isolated a few marks of green in the fore ground grasses would unify the painting. Twenty minutes What ?You are a master.
I have been watching you for years and I admire your painting, I am also like you, only I am an amateur this year and last year we experienced years of misery and pain, I wish the new year to bring you health and to do what your heart desires, thank you for everything you offer with your painting =Athens /Greece
love how you transform a fairly bland photo into an incredibly dynamic and vivid painting. i paint with watercolor so i can't really put light values on top of dark, but i do get lots of inspiration regarding color and composition from your generous demos. thank you!
Karen your teaching technique reminds me of the great mentor I had. A great painting , the greens in the trees could have been repeated in the foreground grasses they are a bit isolated. Repeats in the fore ground grasses would unify the painting.20 minutes WHAT ? Great work.
Love this one, it's so fresh! I wonder in 2022 if you may do a demo in Oils?? :-) would love to see you paint an oil too. You're a master pastelist, sheer perfection!
Happy New Year, Karen! Your relaxed style has always been my mainstay and mantra from the beginning! You're a great teacher and folks can easily incorporate your lessons into their own technique and style. I know you've been a great influence on me! Thank you, so much for the beautiful works I've seen in person and here on youtube from you! Your work is amazing and I am forever grateful to you for sharing your gift!
Dear Karen, You have a unique and beautiful style. Did you paint like that from the start or did it develop over time? What method did you use to obtain this style? So beautiful.
@@KarenMargulis thanks for sharing that. Did you use reference photos for your small daily studies? I’m addicted to painting and hope to develop my own style too. Thanks so much Karen. Best wishes 💖
happy and safe 2022 to you and all 'yours". I hope you know how great your videos are, not just the painting teaching etc which is great, but how you come across really cheer does me up in these difficult times !
Thank You Karen for a Beautiful start to the New Year! I Loved watching you and listening to you on this lovely painting! Your generous soul and talented hands bless our lives!
Wonderful to see what you accomplish in just twenty minutes. i am going to give this kind of painting a try. I always make rather elaborate paintings. Happy New Year!
Karen, hope all is well. Been having a VERY tough year and was remembering how at peace my soul feels when I watch you paint in pastels. So that's what I'm doing, watching your work. Was wondering if I could use a pool noodle to do the blending as opposed to the pipe insulation. Also, when you are traveling out in nature, do you look at a scene and think of it in layers on your sanded paper? Because of you, I am finding myself doing that! LOL You are truly a gifted pasteler.
Really enjoyed this! It has been many years since I have used pastels, sure makes me want to get them back out! Happy New Year, I look forward to your next video❤
Thank you for a fabulous demonstration! I am new to pastel painting but have already realised that the quality of soft pastels and paper one uses is important - what would you recommend that won’t break the bank?
Thanks so much for watching my video! I would recommend getting some harder pastels such as Nupastels or Rembrandts as well as softer ones. I love the Sennelier Paris half stick set. These are very soft but give you a good variety of colors and values. Unison pastels are also great soft pastels and also offer a half stick set. Rembrandt has 1/2 stick sets as well. Any of these sets would give you a great start!
I’m trying this 20 minute painting. So far it’s taken me two hours loll
Loh😂😂
😂😂I know, right?
I love the way you took an incredibly boring reference photo and turned it into something so beautiful. The power of creativity…
And you did it in 20 minutes
Looks great! As someone with ADHD and someone who gets stuck in the details, the 20 minute idea is very smart.
I love the way you break down the steps to make pastel painting accessible to those of us learning. I treated myself to your Terry Ludwig set. I look at my mailbox every day hoping they have come!
Wonderful! Thank you so much for choosing my set and watching my videos!
I loved this! I especially appreciate how you interpret rather than duplicate the reference photo.
Thank you very much!!!
I find it so helpful how you explain the process of composition, colour and tone, thank you
You make it look so simple but when I try it, it’s definitely not. You are gifted - and such a generous teacher sharing your talent and knowledge. Thank you, Karen. You give me such joy - and hope
Thank you very much for the kind words!!!
I decided I wanted to try my hand at my grandmother’s beautiful set of pastels which are now 50+ years old, so I turned your video on to give me a jumping off point. Wow! What a find. Your painting is amazing and your interpretation of the original reference really lovely. I so happy I found your channel and can’t wait to follow you. Thank you for sharing your talent.
Excellent Karen. Love the 20 minute lesson. Very straight to the point. You make it look so easy. Thank you.
Thanks for your feedback!
Hi, I just created this, my first pastel painting, turned out pretty well, I'm a watercolor artist. They sure are a lot more forgiving than watercolors! But I painted with the vacuum at my side. 😁
Welcome to the wonderful world of pastels!! Thanks for watching!
You make this look effortless.
Thanks!! I appreciate you watching!
!!!!! Completely gorgeous ❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤
At the end of the 7 minute mark your painting reminded me of a William Turner painting...one of my very favorite artists. Amazing how you take such a drab picture and bring it to life with color.
Thank you Sharon!
13:11 the painting comes through you and not from you. A synchronous zone. Great stuff, very informative and inspiring.
I am amazed at the beauty you added to that boring old field! I too want to give this one a shot. It will probably take me a week! Lol
Alaways a pure joy to watch a new pastel video from you! Even if I do not like what I paint for now!
Thank you so much 😀
Your painting was much more beautiful and dynamic than the photo you had for inspiration. Your use of the colors really made the picture come to life and turned what was a rather boring looking field into something beautiful. I have inherited my Mom's art supplies and among them was a box of soft pastels. I am hoping to learn how to use them to make beautiful paintings, myself.
Thank you so much 😀
This is beautiful! You inspired me to paint a few snowmen. They were fun, simple and easy. I’m a senior citizen on break from my art classes and I didn’t want to rust. I enjoy watching you. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. Happy New Year!
Wonderful! I'm so happy you had fun with them!
Can’t wait to give this 20 minute process a try!
You are so talented. The idea of putting multiple colors of same values certainly does make for interesting look. It’s so beautiful before you even finish. You just know perfectly what color to put where and it’s appearance is incredibly appealing. I truly enjoy watching you turn these creation from the opposite colors one would expect to see…. Into a gorgeous piece of artwork. You and your process amazes me. Thank you for sharing your thought process as you paint.
Thank you for your kind words. I hope you are inspired to paint!!
So good to see you and your creations. Thank you so much for sharing and inspiring. Have a wonderful 2022 Karen. By the way, I took this advise from another video of yours, of using the same pallette, and I've painted 2 Completely different scenes. One a winter landscape and another just huge clouds in the sky. I hated the first one and I am loving the clouds. If I had put the pallette away It would have been just a waste of time picking it up. I thought of what you said and voila a painting that I am so happy with, and it's not even done yet. Thanks again!😘
That is awesome! Thanks for sharing your experience!
So lovely, as always! I see a heart in purple in the sky on the left hand side. I think it is a sign from my mom who passed away in November. She was a watercolor artist and was so happy that I took up painting in the last few years. Perhaps I'm just looking for it, but I think it is a sign through your beautiful painting. ❤
Thank you Bonnie! I didn't notice the heart until you pointed it out so it must be there for you!!
Thank you
This was wonderful!! Thanks for walking us through one of these paintings from beginning to end. It really helped me understand how these are done and how to begin myself
Nice work. I do really enjoyed its growing up. But, I'd say you make it complicated rather than "just" simple. May be due to the multiple color overlaps you "professionally" used. Thanks for sharing this beauty .
Thank you for your feedback! I do break down how I layer color in other videos and lessons!
I want to try this! You are a wonderful teacher and I loved listening to you and your paint language
Thank you so much!
I watch. I listen. I think I understand.
But what you do and why is still a great mystery to me.
Great
Thank you, Karen. I always find your painting tutorials very helpful. You give a lot of info in 21 minutes. And a nice painting
I am inspired by this 20 min. painting you did. It is so vibrant; it really sings! I’m going to be exhibiting my paintings at the senior community where I live in
Tucson, Arizona. These are a variety of media leading up to my recent passion for pastels. Once the show is mounted, I plan on making some small paintings
and completing the commission of an 18x24” pastel of a French Poodle. I did a 9x12 preliminary painting which I am using as a guide for the larger version.
Wonderful! I am happy to share with you! Good luck with your show!
Thank you for this. Describing the theoretical aspects of what you were trying to achieve in each moment of the painting while showing what you were doing was very useful. I benefited a lot from this video.
Je viens juste de le voir. Bravo Karen, c’est magnifique!
gorgeous pallete..has a real mid century vibe
Thank you!!
I've been using charcoal and I've been wanting to experiment with pastels. They're so intimidating for some reason! Thanks for the video!
Wonderful gift to my artist development
Karen!! You are a freaking GODDESS! I absolutely LOVE the way you pastel! You have so inspired me! Bless you, goddess!! LOL
Happy New Year Karen, a very beautiful work of art, and even nine minutes into the painting it would be complete for many minimalist or abstract artists, but you continued and did a wonderful job. Though totally unlike Rembrandt's realism, and as a compliment, I now pronounce you the "Rembrant" of pastel painting. Kudos!
Happy new year John! I appreciate your kind words!!
Thankyou Karen - really useful how you explained leading the eye around the painting 😊
Karen you are a great painter. One thing I see that you could have done. The greens are isolated a few marks of green in the fore ground grasses would unify the painting. Twenty minutes What ?You are a master.
gorgeous! thank you, so fun to watch it come together!!
Well done
A lot of great info and painting for my beginner pastel class I am teaching. You have a loose style I like. Thank You!
The essence of the pastel technique. And all this in 20 minutes. Maestro! Happy New Year. 🪶
Thank you!
Just WOW ! Love Monet and painterly impressionism and I just watched this AMAZING illustration of how loose it can be - THANKS
Thank you for your comment! I appreciate you watching!
really does cheer me up
I e been pasteling for a week lol a fantastic art style that I'm not used to
Beautiful!
Thank you!
I love your process!
Thank you very much!
I have been watching you for years and I admire your painting, I am also like you, only I am an amateur this year and last year we experienced years of misery and pain, I wish the new year to bring you health and to do what your heart desires, thank you for everything you offer with your painting =Athens /Greece
Thank you so much for your kind words! I appreciate you watching my videos!
love how you transform a fairly bland photo into an incredibly dynamic and vivid painting. i paint with watercolor so i can't really put light values on top of dark, but i do get lots of inspiration regarding color and composition from your generous demos. thank you!
Thank you so much 😀
Thank you for a very enjoyable lesson !
Glad you enjoyed it! Thanks for choosing to watch it!
Learn so much with every video. Your marks are stunning, full of energy and life and yet so nicely controlled.
Thanks so much 😊
Your Patreon channel is the best deal going! I love this 20 min painting.
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your support!!
Karen your teaching technique reminds me of the great mentor I had. A great painting , the greens in the trees could have been repeated in the foreground grasses they are a bit isolated. Repeats in the fore ground grasses would unify the painting.20 minutes WHAT ? Great work.
Thank you so much for your feedback! I appreciate it! Thanks for watching!
Really enjoy the images you paint and how you explain, Wonderful
Thank you very much!
This was great. Thank you!
Glad you enjoyed it!
Love this one, it's so fresh! I wonder in 2022 if you may do a demo in Oils?? :-) would love to see you paint an oil too. You're a master pastelist, sheer perfection!
Thank you for the kind words! I will do an oil demo soon!
Beautiful and very calming painting. Thank you. Myst get my pastels back out again.
Thank you for watching!!
You are a very good fun teacher. Awesome!
Incredible!
Thank you!
Great tutorial. I have a painting I have been procrastinating that has a lot of yellow and some distant treeline. This painting inspires me.
Glad it was helpful! Thanks for watching!
What an expressive picture !!!! Like !!!
Thank you so much!
I like your easy style in the ssame way i sdmire lorenzo chavez.it looks sp simple,yet the end result is always. Great!!
Thank you very much!
I love that painting so much! One of your prettiest to me because colorful and full of life!
Thank you so much 😀
Amazing.
Happy New Year Karen thank you for your wonderful videos.
Happy new year! Thanks for watching them!
Thankyou so much that is the first time that pastel has made sense to me I was just about to give my pastels away.
Thanks for watching! I hope you do keep them and have fun exploring them!
Happy New Year, Karen! Your relaxed style has always been my mainstay and mantra from the beginning! You're a great teacher and folks can easily incorporate your lessons into their own technique and style. I know you've been a great influence on me! Thank you, so much for the beautiful works I've seen in person and here on youtube from you! Your work is amazing and I am forever grateful to you for sharing your gift!
Happy new year!! Thank you so much for the kind words!!
Loved the colours.
This is not a painting, it is a poem! :-) Great, I love it !
Thank you so much 😀
Dear Karen,
You have a unique and beautiful style. Did you paint like that from the start or did it develop over time? What method did you use to obtain this style?
So beautiful.
Thanks 😊 I was a bit tighter at first but started painting small daily studies and this really helped me develop my style quickly!
@@KarenMargulis thanks for sharing that. Did you use reference photos for your small daily studies?
I’m addicted to painting and hope to develop my own style too. Thanks so much Karen. Best wishes 💖
beautiful
Thank you! 😊
Fantastic!
happy and safe 2022 to you and all 'yours". I hope you know how great your videos are, not just the painting teaching etc which is great, but how you come across really cheer does me up in these difficult times !
Wow, thank you! I appreciate your kind words. It is a pleasure to share with you!
A very happy New Year Miss Karen. Very nice to see you paint for this early beginning of the year! Thanks for your sharing.
Happy new year! I am happy you are watching my videos!
Thank You Karen for a Beautiful start to the New Year! I Loved watching you and listening to you on this lovely painting! Your generous soul and talented hands bless our lives!
Thank you so much for watching!
I loved this! Thanks for sharing your tips.
Wonderful to see what you accomplish in just twenty minutes. i am going to give this kind of painting a try. I always make rather elaborate paintings. Happy New Year!
You can do it! Thanks for watching!
Красочно и вдохновляюще! Как мне нравятся ваши работы!
Fabulous .......
HAPPY NEW YEAR🥰🙏🏻
Happy new year!! Thanks for watching!
Thanks Karen for a stunning painting. I learned a lot.
You are so welcome!
Great colors...I love it! Thank you,Karen
Thank you so much!
You are very talented thank u for sharing
So inspirational! Thanks for this great video :)
Karen, hope all is well. Been having a VERY tough year and was remembering how at peace my soul feels when I watch you paint in pastels. So that's what I'm doing, watching your work. Was wondering if I could use a pool noodle to do the blending as opposed to the pipe insulation. Also, when you are traveling out in nature, do you look at a scene and think of it in layers on your sanded paper? Because of you, I am finding myself doing that! LOL You are truly a gifted pasteler.
Happy new year Karen!! Thanks 🙏 for your generosity, encouragement and masterly advice all year round!
You are so welcome! Happy new year!
Beautiful!!!! Thanks Karen
You are so welcome!
absolutely stunning work!
Thank you! It's very helpful!
Loved this lesson...thank you:)
Grazie🌹
Great video Karen. I love your style.
Thank you so much!
Thanks for these grea5 tutorials
Gorgeous!
I really loved at 10:53
quick and perfect
Really enjoyed this! It has been many years since I have used pastels, sure makes me want to get them back out! Happy New Year, I look forward to your next video❤
Happy new year! I hope you do get out your pastels!
Thank you for a fabulous demonstration! I am new to pastel painting but have already realised that the quality of soft pastels and paper one uses is important - what would you recommend that won’t break the bank?
Thanks so much for watching my video! I would recommend getting some harder pastels such as Nupastels or Rembrandts as well as softer ones. I love the Sennelier Paris half stick set. These are very soft but give you a good variety of colors and values. Unison pastels are also great soft pastels and also offer a half stick set. Rembrandt has 1/2 stick sets as well. Any of these sets would give you a great start!
just excellent thank you ⭐⭐⭐⭐⭐