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Great video Avon. I absolutely love your studio!!!

Pastels are so vibrant. I like the outcome. Beautiful!

By standing and working from the shoulder, you have achieved great energy. Im underutilizing my neocolor 2's. New subscriber

Abstraction is loosening, changing the subject Non objective is a painting about paint. (Media) Value and composition are important in both. Color is the frosting.

Is this just the cheap foam board, about 1/8 to 3/16 inch thick board you can get at the dollar store? Or is it a more robust type board? Excellent video by the way! Thanks.

I liked the one with the cat.

Thank you Avon..that is such a useful video lesson. I just watched another video of yours that showed how to simplify photographs using thumbnail value sketches, which was also great. Can I ask you what pencil value to use to grey ( in advance) the prepared thumbnail outlines. It’s such a great idea..you’ve come up with. It must be useful for artists using other media, not only pastels.

So much better. Thanks for the lesson 😊

Never heard of this before so thanks for explaining.

Me gustan mucho Los pasteles Smike, dejan bastante pigmento y son blandos

To avoid the bristle ridges you get when applying the gesso or other pastel textures, I use a plaster mud spreading tool. Unlike brushes, this tool, which is used to spread smooth seamless layers gritty plaster, will yield the same result on gritty pastel textures. Just quickly apply the gesso or texture with a brush across the surface. Don't worry about putting it down evenly, just put it down quickly, before it begins drying, and then smooth the entire surface with one or two strokes using the mud spreader. I have successfully used this method to spread Golden Pastel Ground on block watercolor paper and the paper didn't buckle. Applying the texture mix this way insures a thinner coat, so less moisture seeps into the paper. You can lightly pre-spray on workable fixative to the block or even stretched watercolor paper that is taped down, before applying the gesso to provide an extra seal to prevent buckling.

You are an amazing teacher.

I watched your analogous thing Your a good teacher I learned something

Excellent work! Where can I find the roller you arr using?

I a new subscriber and have been blown away by ypur super knowledgeable and helpful colour and value instruction!. I have spent 18mtjs soaking up yputube artists videos on colour and value to try and learn, but yours are so incredibly well explained, im hooked, bingeing all ypur videos! I use many different mediums in my art jpurney but find ypur pastel talks, also apply to acrylic, and others as the colour and value scales are so similar ao it seems. Wud u agree or am i mistaken? Your answering all the hanging questions i have abput colpur and value, even shpwing properly how to get that 'squint' im always tryimg to nail😂.really, thank u for all ypur time discussing these complex subjects. Ypur art takes pastels to a new level, and ypur patience and knowledge helps us on our way to our own nezt levels! Thank u😊❤

Really interesting to see how you went about it. And i think it is improved. Will look at the first video soon. What pastels did you use? Some Rembrandt’s maybe? But not only

Your pastel painting is coming out beautifully.

I love spectrafix for adding texture!

The camera guy! Love this Avon!

Love color theory! I have color wheels with me all the time!

Have you tried the derwent xl charcoal blocks and also tinted graphite blocks for exteme granulation texture? They can be used dry and also wet in washes.. To see technique and effect of this there two videos on the dario ccallo watercolor channel. Also nicholas lopez does fantactic textutal effects with liquid charoal and lunar black pbk 11 watercolor. Check out some of his artwork. Best video of his actual artwork would be on liron yanconskys (? Spelling?) channel where i first saw lopez's artwork. Maybe you could incorporate some of these techniques or give you inspiration for new wet pastel techniques? For the drips i was thinking perhaps you could use a wet round brush dipped into the fixative and then apply that way for more precison and control? I love watercolor as its so versatile but am immensely enjoying learning these wet pastel techniques! Your videos are fantastic!

I have practiced my art virtually every day since my retirement in 2018. Not a professional. Doubt I'll sell anything in my lifetime. I have spent money and purchased a ton of material along the way; some winners, some absolute stinkers. I have learned one unavoidable fact: practice, not my wallet, produced anything of worth I have ever created. Hone your drawing skills. Sketch, sketch and sketch some more. Take a few classes. You Tube is chockfull of great teachers. Take chances. Use inexpensive materials but know the results won't be great. THEN, after all that, spend your money on the good stuff and make something fantastic!

Really great video, thank you!

Thank you so much for taking the time to explain clearly the different ways to do underpaintings for pastel. I use pan pastels and i am very much a beginner. I want to learn how to utilize them in the best and easiest way to do underpaintings. You are very calm and you speak calmly as well which is very relaxing. Thank you so much!!

I am not a traditional artist. Model railroad dioramas are my art. I use Pan Pastels as well as the wet on wet acrylics technique. But I am just starting to explore Pan Pastels in combination with IPA and/or water. Thanks for helping me push ahead.

Love analogous color schemes. Love it Avon!

I have heard of analogous colors but have never seen it used. Now I understand it. Thanks

This was a great lesson. Such clear explanation of analogous colors and use of the color wheel to create my harmonious palette. Thank you

Just starting to use soft pastels. Very informative videos. Thank You for sharing!

La trascrizione fatela in Italiano. Grazie

Traduzione fatela in Italiano.

I'm all in on reusing old surfaces. I don't use pastelles (yet 😊), but I will paint over any failed or boring art I have produced. Also, it's good for the environment,so that brings me joy. 😊 Interesting video, l had no idea this was possible with old pastille paintings. Thanks for sharing. ❤

Very nice and well done, thank you for sharing.

Thanks

Very nice Thank you.

Amazing how much work is already done towards a completed painting by doing this

Thanks stuff i would not have thought about

Thanks didnt know about all of those techniques

Love it

I had mine sorted by value but found it hard putting them back. Might rethink that

Really interesting. I. have read some books on composition but not heard of the steel yard or the radiating line. Very useful. Having a few set ways of starting to make a composition is helpful. Thanks

I’ve been meaning to introduce this technique into my pastels again. It’s been decades since I did this. Excited to have a play soon now. Fun video Avon.

I've moved onto wax pastels they are very versatile for me less messy although some like the tactile feeling

Thank you so much !!!very interesting and great video.

really interesting thanks for the video, look forward to the next one :)

Thank you. That was so innovative and interesting. So many different techniques.

Thank you so much!

Thank you for your great demonstrations. I just thought I’d ask..I know your a pastel’ist, primarily. And you paint the underpainting sometimes with acrylic..I’m wondering about a pastel under- drawing and acrylic or oil on top? I’ve seen charcoal used for this, but not pastel.

Oh the foam board spacer! brilliant, have elmers glue will travel 😂

Does this work the same with Pan Pastels? Thank you for your informative videos!