Wow! Loved the tip at the end about using oil pencils with soft pastels! SO cool. BTW, I received my free tee shirt and blender pencils that I won! Totally love them! As a matter of fact, I think my husband was a little jealous of the tee shirt! He really didn't believe that I had actually won something - he always thinks these things are a scam, but you proved him wrong! YAY! Thanks PencilStash! Love ya!
Oh good, I'm so glad it arrived and that you like it!! The giveaway was really fun to do and its so nice to send some folks a little something who have supported me so strongly, so thank YOU!
U are a genius .i never even thought of using soft pastels for background. Amazing idea and loved ur Way of explaining and featured art works were superb.
Thank you! A year ago I bought some soft pastels to use this way, but the video I watched made no distinction between oil and wax based pencils, and up until very recently I used only prismacolors. I had planned to use my pastels on an intricate Basford double page spread. I would totally have ruined it. So thank you!
You can in fact use soft pastels with your prismacolor pencils. Just make sure you use a cotton tip and don’t go over the colored areas’s. It will ofcourse take a lot longer, ‘cause you need to work more precise.
Thank you so much for sharing these creative tips! Loved the idea with the white pencils...Just got hold of some soft pastels, and can't wait to get started!
Oh, how I wish I had seen this before beginning my coloring book journey! I just finished my first page, an undersea picture. There are a lot of fish on a boring white background. I so want a pale blue or greenish blue background, but I do not feel my colored pencil skills are good enough to do such a large area smoothly without lots of streaks and pencil marks. Then I remembered having to make huge pictures out of butcher paper to decorate the school cafeteria with various themes. One theme was the Twelve Days of Christmas Texas Style. I had to do two panels, one with our state bird, the mockingbird, and the other with covered wagons. Since I have no confidence in my drawing ability, I did the main components on paper and then transferred them to the butcher paper...again boring white! I had to do something, and then I remembered seeing boxes of dirty broken pastels in my closet. I didn't have time for my usual negativity and lack of confidence, so I just started drawing with the pastels...a huge tree for my mockingbirds, and a prairie, mountains, and sky for my covered wagons. I absolutely shocked myself...everything looked okay. No, artists everywhere were not shaking in their books, but it was fine for decorating an elementary school cafeteria. But, I digress! I figured maybe I could do a background for all my fish. Unfortunately, I used wax pencils! I see you have another tutorial about putting down a soft pastels before using colored pencils. I hope that applies to wax pencils as well as oil based. I will definitely watch. If not, I will keep these tutorials in mind for when I can afford another set of pencils, this time oil based.I will definitely watch. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much... it's 4 o'clock in the morning here in Germany. Me.. I musst learn how to use soft pastells, with my pencils and here iam😉😅. So happy I found you, happy new year❣️🎉🎊💕✨
Your video helped me so much. I've bought some chalk pastels cause many colorist use them in a wonderful way, but I didn't know how to use them. Now I know. Thank you very much!
Hi Rachel! Loved your video! I'm just entering the world of adult coloring and am truly amazed and inspired by all of the talented artists out there! I don't have an art background, so this is a wonderful forum to learn about all of the vast techniques and art supplies used to create such unimaginably gorgeous works of art inside of a coloring book...who knew!? I'm finding that playing around with my colored pencils, markers and gel pens has helped me to think outside the box when selecting colors for my jewelry designs. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and creative spirit with the rest of us. Have a blessed day!
Great tutorial. I especially like the white pencil info. I can see how both can be used in coloring. Thank you for sharing this video. Have a nice day 🌻🌻
I just joined your channel and I love it. Your voice is very soothing as well. A tip I want to share with you and your group is if you don't have the money to buy the pastels, you can use Dollar General eyeshadow and create similar effects. You'll definitely want to use the Fixative just as you would with the pastels.
Hi I'm new here this was a good tutorial I'm a color pencil artist I spend way too much time on backgrounds I have a set of prismacolor nu pastels but never took time to learn to use them thanks for such an informative video
love your channel! I watched one of your videos when I first got into colouring and forgot to subscribe to your channel! please keep up the interesting topics such as this one!
Very informative video. Love the way you can use the soft pastels....I will try it out with mine. I also like the tip with the white Faber Castell pencil too.
Thanks Rachel for another helpful tutorial. Love the trick with the oil pencil. I've watched a few videos about using pastels but they didn't explain how they work or don't work with colored pencils. I also use Prismacolors and I'm so glad you illustrated what happens when you put pastels over the wax pencil! What a mess that would be! The hard part is figuring out my colors & doing the background before I color the page. It's something I definitely want to practice as pastels are cheaper than using my pencils (and I love the soft look)! Looking forward to your next video!! 😊
Charlotte Kunkel hey Charlotte......I saw another demo where the background was done first......you can easily erase if the color overlaps on picture.....you can use hair spray as the fixant and it will not effect your coloring with the prismacolor pencil.
hi, i have a doubt, so, your colors are like chalks right? i want to get them, but i dont know what kind i have to buy, chalk or oil, i like yours, are chalk pastel colors? greetings!!
Hi. Are soft pastels the same as chalk pastels? I have chalk and they go on like chalk. Should I be getting the oil pastels, they go on smoothly it seems? Thank you.
Could you please explain the difference between soft pastels and oil pastels so many times they just say pastels don't ever know which one's they are talking about oh and chalk pastels which one's would be best to get for a new colorist. I had some oil pastels but didn't like them they left bunch of wax all over the page. Had to take a end of a ruler to scrape it off then used a colored pencil to even the color's out. Sure appreciate if you could explain it for me. Just so confused with what they mean if they just say pastels. Thanks so much. Love your videos have helped me so so much.
Hey there Brenda! I actually found a GREAT article online that explains just that and much better than I could. Check it out and thanks so much for watching my channel ;-) keetonsonline.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/what-is-the-difference-between-oil-and-soft-pastels/
Hi, I’m from the UK. Although I passed an exam in Art, many years ago, I stopped drawing to concentrate on my profession. During this pandemic, I have been shielding and decided to make my own birthday cards. I am in the middle of drawing my young granddaughter’s portrait using coloured pencils and which I am copying from a photograph. The background is yellow. Do you have a tutorial on how to blend coloured pencils please? I am not an artist, nevertheless, I have managed to capture her beauty and do not wish to ruin it by over colouring the background. Many thanks
Thank you so much!!! And absolutely you can use your pan pastels in a similar way. Here's a great article I found for you to check out. www.panpastel.com/images/pdfs/panpastel_vs_sticks.pdf Hope it helps!
I have been told numerous times to never use hair spray as a fixative. You cannot beat the real thing. I use proper fixative. Sorry but I do listen to the experts who are qualified art teachers.
So how to use soft pastels for background if wax based pencil colours are used? I have already ordered Prismacolor Scholars (I hope they are good as I have never used a good quality pencil colour brand). I am new to colouring (and I am loving it: I can do it all day). Can I use soft pastels first on the entire sheet then erase it from the areas on which I want to use wax based coloured pencils? Or use the coloured pencils first and then use soft pastels? But then how will I get the soft pastels in tiny nooks and corners of the image? Is it possible to use colour pencils over the soft pastels?
Pauline Arfmann With the more expensive types it says on the packaging or the information folder inside the packaging. Or Google the pencils you have or want to get and research the brand and type. The more expensive brands are good at getting information about their products out. The cheap ones, I'm not so sure.
I just went to amazon Canada to get the fixative: it costs us over $50! and it is available in US for $10. Unfortunately they don't ship to Canada. Do you know if hairspray works? I've heard this... I might have to resort to that!
Spray fixative-- deal breaker. Soft pastels make for easy and quick backgrounds but my god does that stuff stink and is it inconvenient to use when you have "seasons" and no garage or garden (only a tiny balcony where you grow things you will actually eat and hence don't want to spray poison). I also cannot make myself tear my books apart. It's all together in a beautiful book, why tear it apart and have everything in plain old folders?
OMG this is one of the most interesting and detailed tutorials I have ever seen. Thank you very much! Hugs and blessings from Miami.
Strongly agree! Soo creative.. learnt a lot from this \[^@^]/
It is so generous of you to take the time to teach those of us new to this hobby, thanks.
Thank You Rachel for this excellent tutorial, Soft Pastels are amazing and love the result too!
Aww so glad you can still upload even when not home
Wow! Loved the tip at the end about using oil pencils with soft pastels! SO cool. BTW, I received my free tee shirt and blender pencils that I won! Totally love them! As a matter of fact, I think my husband was a little jealous of the tee shirt! He really didn't believe that I had actually won something - he always thinks these things are a scam, but you proved him wrong! YAY! Thanks PencilStash! Love ya!
Oh good, I'm so glad it arrived and that you like it!! The giveaway was really fun to do and its so nice to send some folks a little something who have supported me so strongly, so thank YOU!
U are a genius .i never even thought of using soft pastels for background. Amazing idea and loved ur Way of explaining and featured art works were superb.
Thank you! A year ago I bought some soft pastels to use this way, but the video I watched made no distinction between oil and wax based pencils, and up until very recently I used only prismacolors. I had planned to use my pastels on an intricate Basford double page spread. I would totally have ruined it. So thank you!
You can in fact use soft pastels with your prismacolor pencils. Just make sure you use a cotton tip and don’t go over the colored areas’s. It will ofcourse take a lot longer, ‘cause you need to work more precise.
Thank you so much for sharing these creative tips! Loved the idea with the white pencils...Just got hold of some soft pastels, and can't wait to get started!
Oh, how I wish I had seen this before beginning my coloring book journey! I just finished my first page, an undersea picture. There are a lot of fish on a boring white background. I so want a pale blue or greenish blue background, but I do not feel my colored pencil skills are good enough to do such a large area smoothly without lots of streaks and pencil marks. Then I remembered having to make huge pictures out of butcher paper to decorate the school cafeteria with various themes. One theme was the Twelve Days of Christmas Texas Style. I had to do two panels, one with our state bird, the mockingbird, and the other with covered wagons. Since I have no confidence in my drawing ability, I did the main components on paper and then transferred them to the butcher paper...again boring white! I had to do something, and then I remembered seeing boxes of dirty broken pastels in my closet. I didn't have time for my usual negativity and lack of confidence, so I just started drawing with the pastels...a huge tree for my mockingbirds, and a prairie, mountains, and sky for my covered wagons. I absolutely shocked myself...everything looked okay. No, artists everywhere were not shaking in their books, but it was fine for decorating an elementary school cafeteria. But, I digress! I figured maybe I could do a background for all my fish. Unfortunately, I used wax pencils! I see you have another tutorial about putting down a soft pastels before using colored pencils. I hope that applies to wax pencils as well as oil based. I will definitely watch. If not, I will keep these tutorials in mind for when I can afford another set of pencils, this time oil based.I will definitely watch. Thanks so much!
Thank you so much... it's 4 o'clock in the morning here in Germany.
Me.. I musst learn how to use soft pastells, with my pencils and here iam😉😅.
So happy I found you, happy new year❣️🎉🎊💕✨
Your video helped me so much. I've bought some chalk pastels cause many colorist use them in a wonderful way, but I didn't know how to use them. Now I know. Thank you very much!
Thanks. Just brought some pastels and this was very useful video. Love the way you present your videos.
Hi Rachel! Loved your video! I'm just entering the world of adult coloring and am truly amazed and inspired by all of the talented artists out there! I don't have an art background, so this is a wonderful forum to learn about all of the vast techniques and art supplies used to create such unimaginably gorgeous works of art inside of a coloring book...who knew!? I'm finding that playing around with my colored pencils, markers and gel pens has helped me to think outside the box when selecting colors for my jewelry designs. Thank you for taking the time to share your knowledge and creative spirit with the rest of us. Have a blessed day!
Wow!! This is my first time to watch your video and you're so talented!!! 😍❤️❤️
I really enjoyed your video. I will most definitely be giving this a go. Thanks for sharing. ... Glenis (Australia)
Thank you very much you really explain yourself so well . I really enjoyed watching this and you have a very clear calming voice . 😊💕
Great tutorial. I especially like the white pencil info. I can see how both can be used in coloring. Thank you for sharing this video. Have a nice day 🌻🌻
Hi from St. Louis! Great video!
I love your tutorials. Thank you!
Wonderful instructions
Thanks for sharing the pastel a bird work with pastels before but I want to give it a try
Wonderful
I just joined your channel and I love it. Your voice is very soothing as well. A tip I want to share with you and your group is if you don't have the money to buy the pastels, you can use Dollar General eyeshadow and create similar effects. You'll definitely want to use the Fixative just as you would with the pastels.
Thank you so much for making this and the next video. I have been wondering about using Prismacolors with soft pastels, now I know!
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+jayteadesigns it be a great medium to incorporate into your coloring! Thanks so much for watching!
Hi I'm new here this was a good tutorial I'm a color pencil artist I spend way too much time on backgrounds I have a set of prismacolor nu pastels but never took time to learn to use them thanks for such an informative video
Great tips. This tutorial is a keeper; thanks for sharing.
Thank you for doing the two pastel videos I am now thinking I might like to try it myself with my colored pencils.
love your channel! I watched one of your videos when I first got into colouring and forgot to subscribe to your channel! please keep up the interesting topics such as this one!
+Patricia Ueno Thanks so much for watching!! ❤
Very informative video. Love the way you can use the soft pastels....I will try it out with mine. I also like the tip with the white Faber Castell pencil too.
+Melody Jones Thanks Melody!
I watched this earlier but for got to tell you I found it very interesting. I have not used soft pastels befoe
Great video. Now I have so many options to use the pastels I have.
Thanks Rachel for another helpful tutorial. Love the trick with the oil pencil. I've watched a few videos about using pastels but they didn't explain how they work or don't work with colored pencils. I also use Prismacolors and I'm so glad you illustrated what happens when you put pastels over the wax pencil! What a mess that would be! The hard part is figuring out my colors & doing the background before I color the page. It's something I definitely want to practice as pastels are cheaper than using my pencils (and I love the soft look)! Looking forward to your next video!! 😊
Charlotte Kunkel hey Charlotte......I saw another demo where the background was done first......you can easily erase if the color overlaps on picture.....you can use hair spray as the fixant and it will not effect your coloring with the prismacolor pencil.
+Charlotte Kunkel thanks so much! I'm so glad folks are enjoying them and finding them useful!
Thanks so much!
Good stuff!
This was so informative, would it be easier to use the pan pastels?
I'm a newbie to pastels! Can I color over pastels with prisma color pencils?
What about using mica powders?
hi, i have a doubt, so, your colors are like chalks right?
i want to get them, but i dont know what kind i have to buy, chalk or oil, i like yours, are chalk pastel colors?
greetings!!
Awesome ive just been trying this this week 😀
where did you get that beautiful design and love the techniques
Hi. Are soft pastels the same as chalk pastels? I have chalk and they go on like chalk. Should I be getting the oil pastels, they go on smoothly it seems? Thank you.
Very useful! Thank you for share it! ;)
Enjoy your videos.
Thank you, it helped me a lot. Have subsribed.
It sounded wonderful. Maybe you should patent that audio technique! Thanks for doing it for us! You ROCK!
+Linda Crowder haha, good idea! Hear that TH-cam?? Doing audio in a closet with a bathroom over my head, that ones mine... :)
Could you use Q-Tips also for better control?
+Matthew Ward absolutely!
Is there a different way to get the pastels in small spaces, or do I just use oil pencils?
Lovely, I’m now really inspired to try soft pastels! Can you color over the pastels with colored pencil?
Hi Rachel. so excited about your channel. I would love to share but no Twitter or Facebook.
Could you please explain the difference between soft pastels and oil pastels so many times they just say pastels don't ever know which one's they are talking about oh and chalk pastels which one's would be best to get for a new colorist. I had some oil pastels but didn't like them they left bunch of wax all over the page. Had to take a end of a ruler to scrape it off then used a colored pencil to even the color's out. Sure appreciate if you could explain it for me. Just so confused with what they mean if they just say pastels. Thanks so much. Love your videos have helped me so so much.
Hey there Brenda! I actually found a GREAT article online that explains just that and much better than I could. Check it out and thanks so much for watching my channel ;-)
keetonsonline.wordpress.com/2013/01/28/what-is-the-difference-between-oil-and-soft-pastels/
Hi, I’m from the UK. Although I passed an exam in Art, many years ago, I stopped drawing to concentrate on my profession.
During this pandemic, I have been shielding and decided to make my own birthday cards. I am in the middle of drawing my young granddaughter’s portrait using coloured pencils and which I am copying from a photograph. The background is yellow.
Do you have a tutorial on how to blend coloured pencils please? I am not an artist, nevertheless, I have managed to capture her beauty and do not wish to ruin it by over colouring the background.
Many thanks
I am loving your channel! I have a few pan pastels - can I use them in this way?
Thank you so much!!!
And absolutely you can use your pan pastels in a similar way. Here's a great article I found for you to check out. www.panpastel.com/images/pdfs/panpastel_vs_sticks.pdf
Hope it helps!
thanks for sharing that!!!
I have been told numerous times to never use hair spray as a fixative. You cannot beat the real thing. I use proper fixative. Sorry but I do listen to the experts who are qualified art teachers.
So how to use soft pastels for background if wax based pencil colours are used? I have already ordered Prismacolor Scholars (I hope they are good as I have never used a good quality pencil colour brand). I am new to colouring (and I am loving it: I can do it all day).
Can I use soft pastels first on the entire sheet then erase it from the areas on which I want to use wax based coloured pencils?
Or use the coloured pencils first and then use soft pastels? But then how will I get the soft pastels in tiny nooks and corners of the image?
Is it possible to use colour pencils over the soft pastels?
Alfiya Khan Peta Hewitt has a video on this exact question.
So, the lesson here is to buy the Fabre castell pencils. Maybe when I win the lottery. Lol
This would make getting a bokeh effect so much easier, thanks.
How can you tell if your crayons are oil or not ?
Pauline Arfmann With the more expensive types it says on the packaging or the information folder inside the packaging. Or Google the pencils you have or want to get and research the brand and type. The more expensive brands are good at getting information about their products out. The cheap ones, I'm not so sure.
@@ForeverLumoz I cannot see that info anywhere on my Polychromos box.
@@mchobbit2951 okay. It says it on mine.
@@ForeverLumoz Mine are from Germany (bought there, I know Polychromos are always made there), so maybe that's why. They are definitely Polys though.
@@mchobbit2951 mine are bought in Denmark.
I just went to amazon Canada to get the fixative: it costs us over $50! and it is available in US for $10. Unfortunately they don't ship to Canada. Do you know if hairspray works? I've heard this... I might have to resort to that!
you can use hair spray too it works fine
Okay, good to know! Thanks!
no problem i use the cheapest stuff i can find $2 a can aquanet works great
+Karen B. Holy cow! I wonder why it's so expensive????!!!! Yeah, if cheap hairspray works, use that!
Spray fixative-- deal breaker. Soft pastels make for easy and quick backgrounds but my god does that stuff stink and is it inconvenient to use when you have "seasons" and no garage or garden (only a tiny balcony where you grow things you will actually eat and hence don't want to spray poison). I also cannot make myself tear my books apart. It's all together in a beautiful book, why tear it apart and have everything in plain old folders?