Colouring Book Tutorial. Colour Pastel Background Made Easy.
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 11 พ.ย. 2024
- An in depth video demonstrating how to colour a background quickly and smoothly using soft pastels. Using a picture from Johanna Basford's colouring book 'Lost Ocean' I will give you an in depth description of the materials and the process I use to quickly achieve a lovely, even, coloured background before starting my pencil work. You can check out how I coloured the fishy fellow in the Speed Colouring video right here:
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PETA , you are a master colorist and teacher. Every single demo is a work of art.
I recently bought pastels and had no idea what to do with them. Now, I do. Thank you for this video.
Unable to sleep, my creative mind wondered - and it wondered right over to discover I am in fact not totally loopy for using the same technique !
I cannot draw to save myself, but have found art therapy useful for years; so thank you Peta for your tips. Love hearing a fellow Aussie voice to.
"Rubber" usage unite !
+reikiessence11 Rubbers and textas!
+Peta Hewitt Hah ! Yes ! Actually, I don't even know what others refer to textas as. Markers ?
Yup, so I've learnt.
PETA,you are a wonderful teacher and you are a very wonderful coloring. I Love to watch your videos.
Thank you Peta, would have been scribbling with a pencil for days unless I tried this, which I did and it came out great!
Thank you, you have went beyond in taking your time as to which tools to use and how to use it. I appreciate the details in how to achieve a beautiful pastel background. Yours was one of the best explanations and demonstrations. I am new to coloring and a senior with a new hobby besides beading. It’s true when they say you are never to old to learn new things.
Great tips - many thanks for sharing! I just started using pastels to hand-color my black and white photographs and these techniques will work great!
Peta, You are simply THE BEST!! You have taught me everything I consider important about adult coloring. You have made the hobby a joy!
I am so glad I found you! I now have learned, I can use pastels on backgrounds and make them beautiful, without having to spend a great deal of time, always using watercolor!!! Your tutorials are so nice to watch, and your voice is as soothing as your background musica. As always, thank you for taking the time to show us how to use pastels in our artwork.
Thank you so much for this informative video! I have both chalk, and oil pastels. I have been struggling with using them because getting in tight areas takes so long. You've helped me tremendously!
Essential for another view of this video. Thanks again, Peta Hewitt, this time for a re-education.
Lovely backgrounds. I’ve done the same technique but I didn’t have any pastels so I used pencil shavings. Turned out wonderful.
keep your amazing videos going. I love them! the vibrancy of colour, the technics you show us. thank you so much.
Cheap Eyeshadow from the dollar store works great too. No shaving needed.
Absolutely great tutorial! Thank you for sharing your technique. Finished picture is really lovely as well.
Awesome. You never cease to amaze me with your artistic skills.
WONDERFUL video! Thank you so much for sharing your time and talents with us!
Your videos are wonderful, I have learned so much watching. I enjoy your explanations and demonstrations of techniques. I also want to complement you on your selection of background music as well. Spanish guitars are one of my favorite forms of relaxing music. Thank you for all your beautiful work and sharing it with us.
Thank you for the review! I saw this book on Amazon and wanted to get a glimpse before purchasing. It is a beautiful book!
You're a great teacher, by the way.
What an EXCELLENT TUTORIAL!!! I have recently finished my first Artist's Edition of Secret Garden. The Secret Door. I have been searching for instruction on "how" to do the background, other than with a million shaded pencil strokes. I would never have even known about pastels and how they are used. Alas, I wish I had watched your tutorial BEFORE I did my big picture! I threw caution to the winds and shaded in a soft black path leading away from my secret door - and it really looked dreadful. Fortunately I have now been able to erase most of the dark path.
Live and learn :-(
I sure miss you and I said a prayer for you. I am hoping you are well, skipping along through this world we live in. Take care of yourself and that cute puppy; I guess he is a dog by now. Have blessed days and color when you can. God bless!
Enjoyed. Thanks! I use masking tape rather than plastic wrap & as long as one remembers to first touch it to your skin or clothing so it won't damage paper, it works great.
+Pj Lewis I never thought of preparing masking tape before hand to make it less sticky. Clever idea, thank you!
+Peta Hewitt ....I'm in the process of publishing my own fashion coloring book & just wanted to make sure that you knew that your video was inspirational. Keep up the good work!
Thank you thank you thank you! I sooooooo need these types of teaching videos!!!!!!! Please do lots more teaching videos, it truly helps a beginner like me!!!!!
Best Wishes,
Renee
Agreed! I'm sitting here with a finished picture but empty background and I was lost on what to do! Now I'm omw to Amazon for pastels!! Lol.
I did find a cpl hanging around from my daughter so I'll play/test/practice with these until I get mine in the mail 😊
Thank you for this tutorial. I just bought a 24 piece of Prismacolor pastels and am feeling a bit paranoid about trying them, but your tutorial is helping me to work up the courage to do so. 😊
Excellent tutorial, very well done. Thankyou.
Your videos are always very Helpful and Fun to watch, thank you Peta!
I will have to give this a try. Great idea. 👍
Thank you for sharing this tutorial on using the soft pastels as a BG in this process! I am using this method to bring life to a piece I did on youtube an credited this tip back to you!
+MWB_ARTS Thank you for the shout out, Mark. I watched your video and love how the picture of the duck turned out.
Greetings!!! I think using soft pastels in the background is a great idea, i have a set already and now I have a great use for them, i was going to try a light wash in watercolors, but using soft pastels is a better idea!!!! I give it a 10+++!! Thank You!!
Peta ♥ So pretty, thank you for mentioning all of the supplies we will need to buy. I must buy one of the beautiful coloring books.
Thanks Peta. I've wondered how I can make a nice even background. I'm going to try that.
That was fantastic. I was always told to do the pastels after you've coloured everything as the pastel won't adhere to the waxy/oily finish of the pencils but I always wondered how to go about "setting" the pastel without ruining the colouring.
excellent tutorial, exactly what i need!
Very nice! I tried it and it came out nicely! You have taught me so much!
ty so much for posting the video im a complete beginner of this books im learning so much .
HI Peta, you can try holding the electric eraser the same way you hold a pencil or marker, and use either your thumb or index finger to press the button, and your middle finger to support the lower part of the "device". and use heavy duty or used alkaline batteries. That way it will reduce the vibration of the motor.
For me i actually brought one from Daiso for $2 and fit it with Derwent electric eraser refills.
beautiful results! thanks for sharing
Sangat kreatif saya suka..😊 artnya bagus..i love it
ouch. Beautiful work. thank you for sharing
Yep definitely subscribed love the video thanks!!!!
Hi Peta, your videos are part of my obsession you are the reason why I fell in love with my inktense! I have a couple of ideas for you and your watchers! Instead of shaving the "chalk" you can actually rub the pad or whatever you are using directly on to the pastel and color the background. As well my suggestion would be to use the pastels after you have colored the pictured. The soft pastels do not adhere to colored pencils. Good Luck!!!!!
Well, after watching this, I don't know why I was so intimidated by the pastels. I've had a set for about a year and now I'm going to try mine out as soon as I get some makeup pads.
Enjoy your tutorials so much..I just started coloring adult coloring books, and need your help. Thanks
This is perfect I’ve never known how to use pastels
Your videos are so helpful - very easy to understand and follow. Love all the useful hacks as well. Have you ever thought about teaching via the online Skillshare platform ? You should!!!
Thankyou so very helpful.👏🌈🌟
Excellent demo.
Love how you do your colouring tutorials can you do one using water colour pencils please x
Did you ever try pastel pencils like Faber-Castell Pitt pastels? Got them as a gift but don't know how to use them. Thanks a lot for taking the time to teach us all those beautiful and fun techniques 😊
Great video I use hairspray has a fixative works same much cheaper no fumes
I found a tiny grater from Walmart that works so well and quick for grinding down the chalk. The cost was like 1.00.
+Yvette Williams I guess we can also use an inexpensive dollar store steel foot or nail grinders, what do you think? I even experimented with a plastic bread knife and it worked fine but I'm worried about breaking my pastels with the knife. My mom took the razor from a pencil sharpener and with a lit candle she melted the end of an old recycled plastic marker and stuck the razor on to create an exato knife like tool that works great. She got mad at me for saying she's always trying to outsmart me...... What can I say? Mom's always know best...... but don't tell her! Lol.....
I got one as a gift! Now I know what to do with it!❤️
Thanks I really want to know how to do this. Mostly I have seen it done when people have coloured the picture.
In Scotland, rubbers are rubbers, but in Canada they are erasers, box cutters are utility knives.
you could use the eraser to create some stripes of sunlight reaching in too. :)
+Esther Neijman That's a great idea. Good for underwater scenes or filtered light through a forest. :)
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Esther Neijman Sorry, my hand hit the 'reply' to you by accident, and it would not go away. Sorry.
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Great tutorial, thank you! :)
You were just recommended to me by---uh---can't remember her name---she did a video on 10 Tips for Colouring---anyway, I don't know if you see comments written 7 years after your Tutorial, but I just followed you colouring the duck pond (to Classical Music, no less!!) and enjoyed it thoroughly!! Are you still doing these videos?? xx Lynn in NYC
what brand of pastel do you use ?i Is it soft chalk pastel or soft pastel?
Did you ever tried foil transfer sheets or gold leaves on your coloring books? Thank you, I love your tutorials, coloring is so much soothing than knitting for me.
Fantastic video! I'm wondering if the or workable fixative
would allow me to use the intense pencils and a water brush?
can you use hairspray instead of fixative? i went to art school when i was young and i remember we used hairspray to fix them,but i'm not sure if i made that up or not :)
zsofi I still use hair spray as fixative? 😆
would this work with oil pastels? I bought a set of derwent academy 36 oil pastes ready for watching this video, not realising they where different. :( also anyone know what workable fixative I can get in the UK?
thanks Peta I love your vids and tutorials, I am very new to colouring, I sufer with depression and was trying to find something I liked doing when I am depressed to take my mind off things. I am not very good really but hoping I will improve with practice. I have the polychromos pencils and the derwent inktense. I love using the inktense in the magical city and your vids etc have been a real help to me. This hobby has really helped me feel better and so have your videos!! so Thanks again x
+Jo Wood Hi Jo. I've sent you an email. :)
can you use felt tips and alcohol markers on top of the fixative? awesome video. Can't wait to try this technique out
+taekwondochick32 depends on what type of fixative i think. I have no problems with them over 'Micador Matt Workable Fixative which is what I use.
What will happen if ill spray it on picture colored with watercolor pencils(dry,no water used)?
I'm just starting this hobby. Do you always use the pastels for the background before coloring in the page? I love the idea of this process because penciling in backgrounds seems very daunting to me. Thanks for your help.
+Deanna Gearinger Not always, i like to mix it up. Some pages I do the pastels first, some last (check out my video for this here) and some I colour the back grounds in pencil. It depends on the picture and the feel that I'm after.
Fantastic video, well done and extremely helpful to me as a novice colorist. What is the guitar music in the background? I love it, and would like to add it to my music library.
+Yvonne Anagnost Sorry. The music actually was one bundled with a video editing program so it's not a 'real' song so to speak. My husband chooses them when he edits my videos.
+Peta Hewitt Thanks Peta. Compliments to your husband!
Do you absolutely have to use the fixative on the pastels? I love the idea of the pastel backgrounds but not sure about wanting the fixative in my colouring books. Thanks in advance!
Peta Hewitt I always perfer top quality! What is the best top quality of pastels u recommend?
Hi! Where is your fish video? I can't find it!
:-)
+Renee Lanier Right here. I've just finished uploading it. I hope you enjoy it. :)
th-cam.com/video/QMosKD0yXxs/w-d-xo.html
Hi just wondering if Derwent soft pastel pencils would work for this technique as well? Love your videos thanks for sharing 😊
My mother and I love your videos. We have talked about pastels and this video really helped. I have one question for you. Does the fixate hurt the paper at all? Cause wrinkles or the paper to bend? The after picture it seemed to look really good so I am going to guess that it doesnt, but how does handle aging, will the paper fold and wrinkle the older it is? Thank You and Happy Coloring!
I call it a rubber too and I'm in the UK...
Can this be done with oil pastels as well as chalk pastels?
jayteadesigns YES! It will give a different affect depending on the type of paper used.
Can you colour with pencils OVER the Fixative once you've sprayed your image?
+Cleo Fraser That's what i'm wondering too. I think you can but I'm not sure :(
+Cleo Fraser Yes you can. Workable fixative means you can still "work." :) Just make sure you get Workable, and make sure it's Matte.
can this be done with oil pastels crayon
Another question. Do you ever take pages out of your coloring book and put it in an album? If so, what is the best way to disassemble coloring books? I don't think I want to deal with coloring close to the binding edge. I am waiting to receive my first order of coloring books; i.e. secret garden and enchanted forest. Thanks for your help.
+Deanna Gearinger I know many people who do this and it works well. I personally don't. I think you could possibly take it to a printer and ask them about removing the binding.
+Peta Hewitt I just took my books to my local office supply store and had them spiral bound. It was very inexpensive. I find that it is much easier to color my pages.
Thank u so much for this tutorial! I was looking for a technique that was easier than colored pencils for backgrounds ! I have a question, is it necessary to spray the fixative on or can I just leave it be? Will it rub off?
+Charli Starr I'm afraid you need fixative. Pastels don't adhere as well to paper as pencils do. Some people report success with using hair spray but i use a proper workable matt fixative as it is actually designed for art work.
+Peta Hewitt ok. Thank u so much❤️
Does it work with regular chalks too?
hello😀 great video! how can I make a dark or black background? I have seen some people do that in this book and it looks great! Can u make a tutorial on how to do that?
+line fristad I haven't had much experience with black backgrounds. I know some people have success by painting acrylic inks onto the page. I have coloured in a black background with a large faber castell pitt pen in one book recently. You would have to check that it won't bleed through the page first. Some people, very pains-takingly, colour densely with a black pencil and some people combine different media to get a nice, dense black.
Hello Peta,
Do you find that using rubbers damages the tooth of the paper?
Thank you for the lovely video.
Tracy (Canada)
+Beauty for Fabulous Forties It depends on the eraser used. I stick with the soft white erasers or the kneaded erasers. I haven't noticed any difference with the quality of the tooth when applying pencils afterwards.
We call erasers rubbers too here in England. Many folk joke and say eraser is the posh word for it 😜
Peta, I am just wondering if fixative is really necessary for pastels? I heard that it smells bad and alters the colours of the pastels, etc. Thanks in advance! I love your work :)
what s the name of the company for qtips
I can't wait to try this technique! But what gel pens did you use in that enchanted forest picture? It looked so silvery and metallic!
+Marianna Botte I used a mixture of different gel pens. I find gel pens are hit or miss. Some will be good and some will be bad from the same set. Cheap ones can be just fine. I did find that 'Jelly Rolls' are a bit too juicy for doing fine areas and 'Smiggles' take a LOOOONG time to dry (2 days... seriously!). I prefer to use the cheap ones. I know there are some great brands over in the U.S. but we don't have them in Australia and it would be too expensive for me to import them to try.
We call them rubbers here too. My kids think I am wierd if I say eraser 😂
Did you ever tried matte finish modpodge to seal the pastel down?
+Michelle Meireles when you're done with this book you could also use some permanent markers and gel pens to color and personalize the cover for your one of a kind masterpiece. I want to keep all my books as heirloom for my grandchildren to come so they know how fierce their Nana was.
+Michelle Meireles you could also use painters masking tape together to line the plastic wrap to avoid contamination to the other page. They use it a lot to stretch watercolor papers. I tried on my coloring books and it works great, it doesn't stick to the paper at all once you're done. You can also use rubber cement on the areas you want to protect and once it dries you can rub it right off like magic! Sorry if I talk too much, you teach us so many wonderful techniques from years of practice and I try to share the most basic which is all I know.
+Michelle Meireles i'm assuming if you can do it with soft pastels, why not eye shadows? They're made of mica pigmented powders and have wonderful shimmering colors and effects, plus they're super inexpensive at the dollar store. I'll try this this week and let you all know here how it turns out! Watching your videos gives me so many ideas I'm going crazy in my head.........i need some tea now!
+Michelle Meireles also, what if instead of grinding the pastel we can just lightly color the area with the pastel than use the pad to smudge all over. I think it should work as well as waste minimum pastel pigment since you'll be helping the pastel fill the paper fibers first before smudging. Also i'll try grinding some of the pastel direct in the matte finish paper sealer or mudpudge than lightly apply it in layers with a brush like watercolor but less watery and see what can be achieved.....i'm telling you, the ideas just keep on popping.....
I find that if I put my index finger to hold the page the oil in my skin, even though I have washed my hands previously,,,tend to stain my page. If I use an eraser to remove the pastel it still leaves a stain. Use a tissue or a piece of fabric to avoid this.
Heather Hanson, hi. I bought the workavle fixative so thx for that. I asked my hubby yesterday to spray it on a picture I thought I was finished & he did. Then, I got another idea for the picture so I grabbed it & added more pencil, marker & erased some stuff to make it better. Then I asked him again to spray it but use the 'final' fixative his time. He says...'that's what I used the last time I sprayed it'. So now, I'm confused so I tried it myself on another picture, using the final fixative, then coloured over it, added pastels, & even erased something to see if it worked. It did!!! So, how do they consider the 'final' fixative final? You can still work on it after it's sprayed on? I'm wondering why you need this final one @ all now. What are your thoughts on this, pls?
how long did you waited to start coloring after spraying it?
+Misden de León Only a few minutes. But judge for yourself. the paper has to be completely dry.
Wouldn't using oil pastels leave a more richer color on the page? Is there a downside to using oil-based pastels? Anyone??
+Sylvia Catalano I've seen other artists use oil pastels in a similar way with great results. Experiment with what you've got and see what happens. :)
dry pastels?
only person I saw that used an object to get the chalk dust and used something soft instead of their fingers.
Just my art teacher said
I'm British and we say rubbers too
my secret garden when I use soft pastel my paper peel off and the colour seems a little bit darker, imagine that background of the paper mixed with pastel and turned the colour more dark than actually it is.
+Ana Patrícia Barbosa Hi Ana. the old original print run of Secret Garden was unfortunately printed on poor quality paper. It would peel even when colouring a second layer in pencils. later print runs were on better paper which handles all media quite well. I'm sorry but it sounds like you have one of these old books.
+Peta Hewitt probably I have. I actually said that to author by TH-cam. But she even response to my complain.
Pretty much every other person I have seen demonstrating pastels, started by tearing the page out of the book and suggesting that you tear it out. The tearing apart of the books hurt my heart.
I couldn't bring myself to tear pages out of my books but some colourists like to collect the coloured pages all in one folder. Each to their own.
why do you and not just use it as a crayon?
"Beaudy"
In America we call rubbers=condoms
+Brabafied ! Yup, I know. Oops. lol.
HA 😁
You can call the eraser whatever you'd like. Did people give you a bit of a hard time about that? Sigh.