I so appreciate your demos Karen and your amazing instruction. What a great video, as most of us can't afford to have hundreds of good quality pastels. Appreciate this demo, and you! Thank you so much.
Thank you Karen, I learnt a lot from this demo. I was given a couple of these cheaper small pastel sets, but never really knew what to do with them. Now I'm rearing to go... I really appreciate this input.
Try adding some fine sand or marble dust or pumice powder as grit to improve texture (5 parts gesso + 1 part grit + 1 part water) and coat your paper with this mix, leave it to dry completely and then paint on it.
Hi just 'discovered' your web site and your RUclips site a few weeks ago. Some fantastic videos and some great tips, thank you. I did not appreciate how the use of white was so useful. Perhaps it was because up to now I have been using watercolour. As for what to use to blend the pastel I use (in the UK) a small kitchen cleaning block, foam on one side and a rougher side on the other. Buy in packs of 5 or larger and perhaps you could rinse them out, although i have not tried that. Thanks again, not sure which video to watch next! Norman
So beautiful! ❤️I am looking at Sennelier Pastels and also Terry Ludwig and Unison - any advice or differences between them you can tell me? It’s hard to know which to try!🤷🏽♀️
Thank you! My personal favorite are Terry Ludwig. They are the perfect size and perfect combination of softeners and consistency. Sennelier are wonderful but they are quite soft and I find them good for top layers. Unison are also a good quality pastel but round shape whereas the luwigs are square. You can't go wrong with any of them though!
@@mitziemcelhaney1742 I will recommend the Floral Landscape set. This is the set I curated and I use for many of my demos and paintings. It is useful for any subject and not just flowers in the landscape!It is only available on www.terryludwig.com
How do you decide when to use a dry wash versus a wet wash underpinning? I live the way you describe things in everyday terms. Live hearing yoy say a part of the painting looks like a work
Thank you Karen, seems to be easy to paint, but it isn’t for a beginner. :) was this a Rembrandt set, if I see it well? I have the same for me, I’m so curious if I could use it for this painting. ☺️
@@KarenMargulis thank you Karen. I just expanded my Rembrandt pastel set with additional colors. I use them as “study”, affordable pastels - I live in Hungary, where the available good quality soft pastels are Sennellier and Schmicke. Later on I may invest to them, but thought for daily practicing Rembrandt with Conté hard pastels would do. What do you think? 🤔
This was very cool. And I only have a limited amount of pastels and I found that I have an old set of Castel poly chromos by Fabre Castel probably about 30 or 40 years old. It doesn’t say if they’re hard or soft but they appear to be quite hard. Any suggestions?
I'm not happy to see green sky and I've been living on this earth for moderately long period (77 years +) to see the first green sky right this moment!! It's a bright golden field in the beginning, but gradually violet colour prevailed elsewhere and the picture turn out a bit dirty.Otherwise, it could have been a great painting!!
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This video is very inspiring because it proves that you don't need expensive pastel sets to create awesome art work.
Thank you so much 😀
I can’t believe what you can do with such a limited palette. You make it look so easy.
It´s unbelievable what you can do with so few colours. Thank you very much for inspiration. It´s magic!
Thank you very much!
I want to thank you for making these videos so instructive. How well it does! Congratulations 👏👏🎉👏👏👏
Glad you like them!
Great tutorial. There is a lot to be said for a limited palette. This would be handy to try in a Plein Air kit
Definitely! I need to try that!
I so appreciate your demos Karen and your amazing instruction. What a great video, as most of us can't afford to have hundreds of good quality pastels. Appreciate this demo, and you! Thank you so much.
Glad it was helpful!
Stunning!
Thank you Karen !
Thanks for watching!
Great video, thank you Karen.
So beautiful and thank you for explaining it so clearly! You are a wonderful teacher, this is going to help me improve my paintings!
Thank you very much for watching!
Thank you Karen, I learnt a lot from this demo. I was given a couple of these cheaper small pastel sets, but never really knew what to do with them. Now I'm rearing to go... I really appreciate this input.
You are so welcome!
Fantastic Karen. I received pastels for my presents this year. I'm so excited to start painting with you. 96nu pastels and 120 sonnelier. :)
Wonderful! Have fun with them!
Absolutely gorgeous ❤️❤️❤️
Thank you so much!!
Thank you so much Karen, this is really helpful for those of us who dont have an extensive range of colours and values! Happy new year.
You are so welcome!
Great skills.
Thanks for watching!
Clear demo step by step, the color palette is even nicer than the real photo. Thx for sharing
Thanks so much 😊
This is absolutely amazing. Thank you so much Karen.
Thank you so much!
Love the demo
Perfect!!!
Thank you. I don't have to wait until I can afford a 100 color set of pastels to learn to paint! Fantastic!
Have fun! Thanks for watching!
Beautiful painting Karen ,thank you!👍
Thanks so much 😊
what a faboulous texture your paper. i did a terrible paint today with this on mi tens with clear gesso.
Oh no! I hope you will give this a try!
Try adding some fine sand or marble dust or pumice powder as grit to improve texture (5 parts gesso + 1 part grit + 1 part water) and coat your paper with this mix, leave it to dry completely and then paint on it.
Hi just 'discovered' your web site and your RUclips site a few weeks ago. Some fantastic videos and some great tips, thank you. I did not appreciate how the use of white was so useful. Perhaps it was because up to now I have been using watercolour. As for what to use to blend the pastel I use (in the UK) a small kitchen cleaning block, foam on one side and a rougher side on the other. Buy in packs of 5 or larger and perhaps you could rinse them out, although i have not tried that. Thanks again, not sure which video to watch next! Norman
Thank you for discovering my videos!
Amazing!
Thanks!
This was excellent! Thank you
You're so welcome!
You're amazing.
Красиво, приятно смотреть. Я полюбила ваши работы.
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Thank you for watching!
So beautiful! ❤️I am looking at Sennelier Pastels and also Terry Ludwig and Unison - any advice or differences between them you can tell me? It’s hard to know which to try!🤷🏽♀️
Thank you! My personal favorite are Terry Ludwig. They are the perfect size and perfect combination of softeners and consistency. Sennelier are wonderful but they are quite soft and I find them good for top layers. Unison are also a good quality pastel but round shape whereas the luwigs are square. You can't go wrong with any of them though!
Thank you so much! That is a huge help to me!👊🏽🙏🏽💖
I realized I should ask you which of the 60 piece sets you like best for landscapes if I can only get one at this time? 😬thank you again!
@@mitziemcelhaney1742 I will recommend the Floral Landscape set. This is the set I curated and I use for many of my demos and paintings. It is useful for any subject and not just flowers in the landscape!It is only available on www.terryludwig.com
Thank you again!🥰
How do you decide when to use a dry wash versus a wet wash underpinning? I live the way you describe things in everyday terms. Live hearing yoy say a part of the painting looks like a work
Thanks Jessica! It depends on the subject, the paper I am using and the time I have. I enjoy both!
love your teaching skills, what is the black block you used to rub pastel, you called it insulation foam?
Thank you! It is the foam used to insulate pipes. It comes in long strips but is easy to tear. You find it at a hardware store.
@@KarenMargulis karen,,,,,
Thank you Karen
Thank you Karen, seems to be easy to paint, but it isn’t for a beginner. :) was this a Rembrandt set, if I see it well? I have the same for me, I’m so curious if I could use it for this painting. ☺️
They are Daler Rowney pastels which are a bit softer than Rembrandts but your will work for this painitng!
@@KarenMargulis thank you Karen. I just expanded my Rembrandt pastel set with additional colors. I use them as “study”, affordable pastels - I live in Hungary, where the available good quality soft pastels are Sennellier and Schmicke. Later on I may invest to them, but thought for daily practicing Rembrandt with Conté hard pastels would do. What do you think? 🤔
This was very cool. And I only have a limited amount of pastels and I found that I have an old set of Castel poly chromos by Fabre Castel probably about 30 or 40 years old. It doesn’t say if they’re hard or soft but they appear to be quite hard. Any suggestions?
They should still be fine! They are on the hard side of the pastel scale but are excellent pastels.
con una paleta limitada hay fue donde yo aprendi mucho mas como trabajar los colores hacer nuevos
I'm not happy to see green sky and I've been living on this earth for moderately long period (77 years +) to see the first green sky right this moment!! It's a bright golden field in the beginning, but gradually violet colour prevailed elsewhere and the picture turn out a bit dirty.Otherwise, it could have been a great painting!!