Wow! You did it again‼️I have so many different emotions when I watch your work come together. I start off a bit dubious, then you start to scare me, then I see it transforming & can finally breathe!...... then comes the finished piece & I am relieved/amazed & stunned at how fantastic it ALWAYS turns out ❤️ 👏👏xx
I've only just started using pastel pencils (as I can no longer carry the weight of my soft pastels to my art group) and would love to have a list of pastel pencils (carbethello) to us for a child's skin tones. I've painted in oil, acrylic and oil and soft pastels.
I don't really use that many pencils so I wouldn't be the best person to ask for recommendations on specific colour selections. The best idea would be to look at some soft pastel palettes that exist already for skin tones and then look through the pencil brands to find similar colours. You could compile your own set. The Carbothellos and Caran d'Ache are similar in softness. But I'm guessing you could mix and match the brands a little to make a set.
Yes for sure. In fact this was the first portrait I tried on Pastelmat as I prefer velour for portraits usually. Check out both my paint along demos on RUclips for painting people. They're in the Playlist for people portraits. Both are on velour.
Beautiful portrait! I find it interesting -- and refreshing -- that you said you would like to loosen up in your work. It seems like more and more artists on RUclips are tending towards hyperrealism where you cannot distinguish the artwork from a photograph. It seems like people are thinking this is the only way to do good artwork. Hyperrealism is a great showcase for technical skill and it is very interesting to look at, but it shouldn't be the only form of art that is considered good. When we study the Old Masters, we find that many of them actually got looser and looser as they progressed, and when they did artwork just for their own enjoyment it was always much looser than their commissions. Realism doesn't always mean that we have to duplicate a photograph down to the last centimeter. It would be disturbing to think that we cannot show that it was made by the human hand and that the artist added their own creative touch. I find it funny because just a few decades ago a lot of detail & tightness in artwork was frowned upon and even disdained and discouraged. Now the trend seems to be going in the exact opposite direction. There is room for all kinds of art in this world. It's great fun to explore all different styles in our own work.
Yes Gloria, it's funny the trends it goes through. I remember realism being very unpopular when I was studying. I have to be honest it's not what I look for in art. I don't feel like my work is photo realistic as I create images that often didn't exist in photo form. The realism an artist can create is often more 'real' than a flat photo, especially in pastel where it has such a 3D quality in person. I think my journey is naturally following the 'getting older and looser' pattern that many artists follow as the more you learn, the more you realise less can be more and still look real! Not so much with this portrait as the pressure was on to get a likeness on a paper I'm not used to :-)
@@EmmaColbertArt Your work is superb, and we all cansee that you definitely do enhance and improve upon the photo references, which is what being an artist is all about. Your paintings are extremely realistic, but also artistic. I love realism and strive for it myself, but I honestly don't see the point when artists take a photo and copy it slavishly down to the last pore on someone's face, with all hard edges and absolutely no interpretation of the photo. Yes, that takes great technical skill, but IMO. In that case, just enlarge the photo! I for one would not like myself portrayed exactly like that second in time when the camera shutter snapped, if the lighting was harsh and it showed every flaw, which people might not notice so much in person. Not many people would want that -- especially women! :-) Our job if we are portraitists is to show our subject at their very best, and that can mean considering many photo references and combining elements (as you do), and personal observation if at all possible.
Perhaps you could consider doing a series of videos to cover how to create/paint fabrics such as velour, leather, patterned as they are such an integral part of doing portrait whether they be of animals or humans and they are often overlooked by portrait artists as secondary in the scheme of a finishing piece even though they are just as important as the fur on an animal or the skin tone of a human.
Hi Jay, That's exactly what I've started this month on my Patreon channel at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Full length 'Textures' tutorials dealing with fabrics, sofas, leather etc. I love painting backgrounds and I know many artists avoid these subjects which is why I'm producing this series. Broadening the range of what you can paint makes the whole process a lot more fun especially in portraiture!
Any chance you would post an amended versions of those videos here on good old RUclips, Emma? It may tempt some to join your Patreon channel. May you have a blessed New Year!
Hi Mehmet, I release time lapses of my paintings but I also have some longer tutorials with slowed down footage on my channel. You can see part of this portrait at ruclips.net/video/_gNMdaexh68/видео.html&lc=UgzzsjuMXWbNTM0Gvax4AaABAg
Ohhhh soooo cute little baby!!! I wanted to see the whole process of that painting of that cuties baby! You're Amazing artist!!!❤❤❤❤❤❤❤❤😊😊😊😊😊😊😊
You always amaze me Emma. Beautiful work. This baby has very fortunate parents.
I'd love to see more of your painterly portraits you spoke about too :)
Beautiful painting❗ 🎨 Love your work. 🎨
Wow! You did it again‼️I have so many different emotions when I watch your work come together. I start off a bit dubious, then you start to scare me, then I see it transforming & can finally breathe!...... then comes the finished piece & I am relieved/amazed & stunned at how fantastic it ALWAYS turns out ❤️ 👏👏xx
Haha! Love that I scare you at some point...I'm usually scared at that point too :-)
Beautiful Portrait!
Awesome work really great 👍 👌
I've only just started using pastel pencils (as I can no longer carry the weight of my soft pastels to my art group) and would love to have a list of pastel pencils (carbethello) to us for a child's skin tones. I've painted in oil, acrylic and oil and soft pastels.
I don't really use that many pencils so I wouldn't be the best person to ask for recommendations on specific colour selections. The best idea would be to look at some soft pastel palettes that exist already for skin tones and then look through the pencil brands to find similar colours. You could compile your own set. The Carbothellos and Caran d'Ache are similar in softness. But I'm guessing you could mix and match the brands a little to make a set.
Oh Emma, this is gorgeous 😊👍🏻🌸💖
Thanks Amy! :-)
Amazing!!
This is beautiful! Emma, would portraits come out nicely on velour paper??
Yes for sure. In fact this was the first portrait I tried on Pastelmat as I prefer velour for portraits usually. Check out both my paint along demos on RUclips for painting people. They're in the Playlist for people portraits. Both are on velour.
@@EmmaColbertArt thank you so very much Emma 💜
Beautiful portrait! I find it interesting -- and refreshing -- that you said you would like to loosen up in your work. It seems like more and more artists on RUclips are tending towards hyperrealism where you cannot distinguish the artwork from a photograph. It seems like people are thinking this is the only way to do good artwork.
Hyperrealism is a great showcase for technical skill and it is very interesting to look at, but it shouldn't be the only form of art that is considered good. When we study the Old Masters, we find that many of them actually got looser and looser as they progressed, and when they did artwork just for their own enjoyment it was always much looser than their commissions.
Realism doesn't always mean that we have to duplicate a photograph down to the last centimeter. It would be disturbing to think that we cannot show that it was made by the human hand and that the artist added their own creative touch. I find it funny because just a few decades ago a lot of detail & tightness in artwork was frowned upon and even disdained and discouraged. Now the trend seems to be going in the exact opposite direction. There is room for all kinds of art in this world. It's great fun to explore all different styles in our own work.
Yes Gloria, it's funny the trends it goes through. I remember realism being very unpopular when I was studying. I have to be honest it's not what I look for in art. I don't feel like my work is photo realistic as I create images that often didn't exist in photo form. The realism an artist can create is often more 'real' than a flat photo, especially in pastel where it has such a 3D quality in person.
I think my journey is naturally following the 'getting older and looser' pattern that many artists follow as the more you learn, the more you realise less can be more and still look real! Not so much with this portrait as the pressure was on to get a likeness on a paper I'm not used to :-)
@@EmmaColbertArt Your work is superb, and we all cansee that you definitely do enhance and improve upon the photo references, which is what being an artist is all about. Your paintings are extremely realistic, but also artistic.
I love realism and strive for it myself, but I honestly don't see the point when artists take a photo and copy it slavishly down to the last pore on someone's face, with all hard edges and absolutely no interpretation of the photo. Yes, that takes great technical skill, but IMO. In that case, just enlarge the photo! I for one would not like myself portrayed exactly like that second in time when the camera shutter snapped, if the lighting was harsh and it showed every flaw, which people might not notice so much in person. Not many people would want that -- especially women! :-)
Our job if we are portraitists is to show our subject at their very best, and that can mean considering many photo references and combining elements (as you do), and personal observation if at all possible.
Woww, beautiful : )
Perhaps you could consider doing a series of videos to cover how to create/paint fabrics such as velour, leather, patterned as they are such an integral part of doing portrait whether they be of animals or humans and they are often overlooked by portrait artists as secondary in the scheme of a finishing piece even though they are just as important as the fur on an animal or the skin tone of a human.
Hi Jay, That's exactly what I've started this month on my Patreon channel at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Full length 'Textures' tutorials dealing with fabrics, sofas, leather etc. I love painting backgrounds and I know many artists avoid these subjects which is why I'm producing this series. Broadening the range of what you can paint makes the whole process a lot more fun especially in portraiture!
Any chance you would post an amended versions of those videos here on good old RUclips, Emma? It may tempt some to join your Patreon channel. May you have a blessed New Year!
Wow
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Just imagine if 2:39 was the final masterpiece..............
You are very fast draw can you draw slowly please
Hi Mehmet, I release time lapses of my paintings but I also have some longer tutorials with slowed down footage on my channel. You can see part of this portrait at ruclips.net/video/_gNMdaexh68/видео.html&lc=UgzzsjuMXWbNTM0Gvax4AaABAg