Pan Pastels EXPLAINED! // BIGGEST TIPS On How To Use!
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- I’m Kirsty Rebecca and I create easy-to-follow, realistic art tutorials so you can relax and enjoy creating professional fine art that you feel proud of!
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Do you have any other tips or useful information that other artists might also find useful? Or do you have any questions about Pan Pastels? Leave a comment here :)
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art Where is the best place for Aussies to buy pan pastels online?
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art Also, is there a cheaper way to practice getting really good at soft pastel painting or do we just need to accept that it’s an expensive art form?
@@charitysketches it's a mixture of things.. One is because I'm using a sanded paper which allows you to add more layers easily and doesn't just blend the layer underneath into it
You can use a new sofft tool (or a clean one) to add the white (which I recommend if you need a pure white!)
but you can also just wipe the excess pastel off of your tool on a paper towel of cloth, then use the white which is usually what I do 😊
@@charitysketches no worries, I hope you find them useful 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt love your tutorial, it's helped me and along other to learn how of using pan pastels? Can u make a short video on how to clean the sofft tool in between mixing or when your done.
Haven't used pastels in so long, but watching videos like this make me want to try them out again. Great video!!! Thanks for the tips and sharing this with us!! It turned out AMAZING!
Thankyou 😊
To ou should try them again! They're really quite fun!
Seriously the best explanation and tips on PanPastels I've found. Many thanks.
You're very welcome! 😊
lovely stuff
That is gorgeous!! And it was so fascinating to see it all come together!
Thank you 😊
This is a beautiful piece. Loved your tutorial!
Thankyou 😊
Thanks so much! You are incredibly talented and on the top of that your tutorials are amazing!!!
Thankyou, I'm glad you like them :)
Brilliant tutorial 💗👍🏻
Beautiful... thanks for sharing your creativity with us. I enjoyed your tutorial filled with tips and techniques for using pan pastels. I look forward to seeing your other videos. Have a great day and stay safe! 🙂
Glad you enjoyed it 😊
Great job!
This was Amazing. I never tried pastel of any sort before. It seems both easy and hard. Wish I could paint as good as you do. ☺️👍
Thankyou 😊
It takes a bit of getting used to, but pastels are so versatile (so many different ways to use them snd different effects you can get) and it's my go-to medium now!
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt so sorry for my late respond. Thank you so much för your help. I see what I chose. Keep up the good work! Love from Natalie in Sweden
This was great. Thanks for your method of using pan pastel and color pencils. I will give it a try
Glad it was helpful!
This was so helpful! Great information and very well explained. Thanks very much!
Glad it was helpful!
Thank you so much for the info about the 20 pure colors plus black/white basically giving you the full set.. I will absolutely only buy the 20 and mix them!!
You are welcome 😊
I really love your channel Kirsty! I’ve had pan pastels for a year but didn’t know how to use them well. Now I’m inspired!!!!!!! :)
Thankyou, I'm glad you found the tutorials inspiring!
They're really fun to use, I hope you enjoy them!
I've got plenty more pan pastel tutorials to come so keep an eye out 😊
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art awesome, can’t wait! Soft pastels are my first love, but I can see all the advantages of pan pastels after watching your videos. Being able to mix colours is a huge plus.
Finally found your channel! Great video!! Have had my eye on Pan Pastels for a while and been holding back because of their cost. Looking at the 20 'Brights' (basic) set to start me off so will take the plunge. Love the Americans but so good to find our own talented Aussies online. TFS!!! Subscribed.
Thankyou 😊
Pan Pastels are amazing! I would highly recommend! I use them all the time 😊
I also have a tutorial explaining how to mix 5 colours to make any colour if you want to check it out!
Wow! So beautiful!
Thank you! 😊
Great. tutorial! Beautiful work!
Thankyou 😊
What a fantastic tutorial. It was wonderful to see this painting from start to finish! It makes me want to start doing that on my channel - as I often "cut away" to save recording time. ;)
Thank you 😊
Glad you liked it!
Nice picture. There is a lot of comparison to pastel sticks, and I understand that, but they're actually different and yield different results in that the marks sticks make are very different than you're likely to get from pan pastels and sofft tools, so it makes sense to have both if you're serious about getting into pastels.
Yep, I agree! This video is one of my older ones, but I tend to use some soft pastel sticks when I want vibrant marks/highlights/shadows at the end 😊
Your art is amazing!!!! Beautiful!!!
Thank you 😊
Your work is amazing!
Thank you so much!
Good Morning from the USA! Here are some other artists for the question last night:) Mira Byler, Emily Artful, Brushes and Bunnies, Cassandra Hanley (also a Lachrite like us), Sakuems, Kirsty Partridge, Leilani Joy and Sophira Lou to get you started besides Rafi Was Here and the others we talked about last night. Have a wonderful day and I hope these helped out.
Thankyou! I have heare of a lot it them and I've been Patreon of some of them too but others I've never heard of so I'll definitely check them out 😊
beautiful painting!
Thankyou :)
I had to watch this again. I hope to pick up the pure 20 set and some pastelmat pad in Jaunuary. Thank you for all your useful information. Happy Art xxxxx
Glad it was helpful!
Since this video, I actually worked with Pan Pastels to create my own set of 20 colours that I use for a variety of subjects (landscapes, wildlife, human portraits, florals, birds, pet portraits, still life etc) which includes the 5 base colours plus 15 of my most used colours - so you don't have to mix every colour, every time - but if there's a colour that is missing, you can use those 5 base colours (red, yellow, blue, white, black) to mix your new colour!
I know I'm biased, but it's worth looking into if you're thinking about getting a set of 20 colours 😊
www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/new-panpastel-set
i have seen your set, it is very good , but i am not a pro like you. I draw cute things and pokemon ... thank you for your advidse and help xxxxx
Thank you
it helped me a lot
No worries 😊
Beautiful!
Thank you 😊
I've had a box of 20+ of these sitting around for a couple of years now. Your video has definitely given me some great ideas to where I think I'll take that box out and give it a go! Thanks Kirsty for this very helpful video and I hope to see you work with this medium again in the future! :)
Thankyou 😊 You should definitely get then out and have a go! They're really quite fun once you get used to them 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt Oh and I forgot to mention...if you've never tried making a swatch of these colours on black paper, you might want to give that I try. When I did that I was amazed at how the looked on black, very cool! :)
@@hugh_betcha oh cool! I'll have to give that a try 😊
This video was really informative
Thankyou 😊
I LOVE PanPastels!
Me too! I loved them so much that I ended up working with them to create my own set "General Realism with Kirsty Rebecca"
haha I'm biased but they're still my favourite art supply I have ever used 😊
Beautiful work thks
Thank you! Cheers!
just beautiful and thank you, my fav thing to paint (WC) is evergreens (O:
Thank you 😊
Very beautiful
Thank you 😊
Wow
Hi girl just looked at your patreon and cant wait to sign up! I have a quick question around 4 minutes in you have a turquoise color next to your black on the right side of it what color is that?
It will be lovely to have you join us 😊
I honestly can't be 100% sure as I didn't keep track of the colours for this piece, but I think it's Turquoise Shade!
Thank you.
You're welcome!
Very nice sharing good work,beautiful👍👍👍amazing❤️❤️super💕❤️💕...💕..💕...👍👌.😃👏👏
Thank you so much 🙂
Do you recommend any particular place to buy these sets, and brand?
Which country do you live in?
There is only one brand - Pan Pastel (it's by Golden Artist's Colours)
I have a few links to some popular sites in a few countries on my website if you scroll down to the pastel section of my supply list here;
www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/supplylists
Amazing art! I got pan pastel to try, but it is difficult to find applicators in my country. Maybe one day I can try, i am not sure of me.
Thank you 😊
Usually the stores where you buy the Pan Pastels will sell applicators as well, but you can always try www.jacksonsart.com because they ship world-wide
Can I also use color pencils along with the surface of the paper? If so, which brand?
I don't have much experience using coloured pencils over pastel but I have seen other artists do it!
I usually just use pastel pencils over any pastel work
The most common brand when working with coloured pencil over Pan Pastel on the Clairefontaine Pastelmat surface (that I've heard people use) is the Faber castell Polychromos 😊
If you don't have sanded paper, what other papers are good for pan pastels and soft pastels in general?
Honestly, the only paper I recommend is Clairefontaine Pastelmat (which isn't technically a sanded paper)
I have never come across any other paper that works as well as Pastelmat does
The paper makes a huge difference with pastels because you won't be able to achieve the same results on other papers, unfortunately!
If you are on a budget, I would still choose Pastelmat and maybe get a smaller set of pastels (you can blend them to make other colours) until you can afford to add more pastels to your set over time
Although Pastelmat is a little more expensive than other papers, it's 100% worth it in my opinion 😊
If you compare it to the cost of purchasing a decent canvas for oil/acrylic for example, it is actually quite reasonable for the results you get with it
When it comes to pastels, the only supply that I recommend you purchase is Pastelmat! All of the other supplies (brand of pastels, blenders, pastel pencils etc) can be swapped to cheaper alternatives if you wish, but definitely not the paper as you just won't be able to achieve the same results
Hi Kirsty. Thanks for this tutorial. Have you tried going to a dollar store and getting their makeup sponges to use with PanPastel? They work great. I got 12 of them for $1! Love it as they do wear out when using sanded paper, like you mentioned.
I have tried them, but I find they don't work as well as the Sofft tools
If you take care of/clean the Sofft tools then they last quite a long time 😊
I have heard other people use makeup tools though, so that's great if it works for you!
I make my own tools, like Softool
Cool video
Thank you 😊
My hopes are getting active in pastels again that is what I started from my childhood to teenage
You definitely should, they are a lot of fun 😊
What are the base colors? I wanna learn how to do clouds ranging of colorful colors rather than just white. Wondering if I should just get the colors I'll need for the clouds or just mix the base colors?
There is a set of 5 basic colours where you can mix any colours like paint - it does take a while because you can only mix a small amount at a time, but if you just want to try out Pan Pastels, it's a good option!
I have actually worked with Pan Pastel to come up with my own set of 20 colours which include the 5 basic colours plus 15 of my most-used colours (I use this set for all my pastel work now, so it's useful for wildlife, landscapes, seascapes, birds, pet portraits, florals, still life, and human portraits) and I haven't needed any other colours because you can mix any colour that is mixing using the base colours inside the set!
5 basic colours: amzn.to/3Mzyzv4
My set of 20 Pans: www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/new-panpastel-set
I also have a video on mixing colours if that helps 😊
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@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt yeah I like pastels and blue purples and pinks and celestial and clouds and forests and ocean waves. Thank you so much for responding I really appreciate it! I'll try the 5 basic colors and attempt to mix the colors that I want with the 5 basic colors. Thank you so much and have a beautiful day! I'm sure I'll be commenting more questions on your other pastel videos. Bc that's the medium I think I'm going with besides drawing and posco markers
If mixing for
Tint or shade how much of do u use?
You will just have to experiment to find out - some colours require more white or black to create the perfect tint/shade than others
So start with a small amount of white or black then add more until you reach your desired shade 😊
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How do you seal pan pastels?
If you work with these supplies (Pastelmat with Pan Pastels) you don't need to "fix" your work with anything
Most pastel artists will tell you that fixatives cause more problems than they solve (discolouring, destroying artwork, and not actually "fixing" the work in the first place)
I keep my work between tracing paper pads until they are framed or shipped to customers (where I include a warning not to touch the work, and how to correctly frame a pastel piece)
So I avoid using it because there is no reason you need to use it 😊
Does it get tedious/time consuming with how small the applicator is?
There are many different sized tools, so if you work large like this often, I'd suggest investing in some of the larger sponges (I usually work a lot smaller than this, so the smaller tools are perfect 😊)
I want panpastel 😭😭😭😭😭they are really amazing😍
Haha you won't regret getting them!
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt i am sure about that but they are toooo expensive for me😔
You can mix every colour having basic set. So why your table is full of pans? :D
haha because it's easier and quicker to have more colours rather than mixing them every time!
Mixing on another piece of paper for a large piece like this takes so much time because you can only mix a small amount - also, it's hard to mix the exact same colour twice!
It's also hard to mix certain colours with the basic set like pinks and purples
I have my own set with Pan Pastel since I made this video called "General Realism with Kirsty Rebecca" which only has 20 colours, but its all the colours you need to create any subject matter, and it also includes the basic colours so you can mix other colours that aren't in the set! 😊
I have heard other artists refer to pastelmat as a sanded paper but it was my understanding that it has a cellulose finish.
Yes, it's not technically a sanded paper - but a lot of people call it that because it feels quite similar
But it is a unique surface that is different from any other type of paper, so it can be hard to explain without comparing it to sanded paper 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt Amazing! But these sponges of applicator are very soft for the pastellmatt (sanded paper) and they will easily go damage when I use that; Do you have any same problem?
I. can’t find your page on MeWe. I used the link and typed it in a search. Nothing came up. Help. I discovered the page was never published, so said the mewe app
I used to have a MeWe page that is linked in a lot of my older videos, but unfortunately I didn't want to keep paying to have a page on MeWe!
I still have a personal account under the same name (Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art) but I rarely use it because I also have Instagram, Twitter, Facebook, TH-cam and Patreon so it's a bit too much to keep up with haha
Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art that explains it. Thanks
while I save for my pastel pencils... can I use my drawing pencils over the top (derwent) of pan pastels ? New sub UK . Thank you for sharing xxxxx
You can, however, coloured pencils are more translucent than pastel pencils so you won't get the same effect as using pastel pencils. I also recommend using Luxarchival sanded paper if you want to use coloured pencils over pastels because the texture of that paper allows the coloured pencils to grip on top a little easier (I have used Pastelmat with this combination before, but it doesn't work as well)
Hope that helps! 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt i dont have alot of money , Luxx Paper in the UK is £36 and I can just manage Pastelmat......thank you for your help xxxxxx
Looks like a B.Ross art
I'm going to take that as a compliment 😊
I used a reference photo from Unsplash.com and it looks like the photo - not so much a Bob Ross painting - but I understand it has similar vibes!
Why are all artists named kirsty super good at realism
Haha thank you 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt wow ive never got a reply from a creator this quicky
How to fix broken pan pastel
I actually asked Pan Pastels about this and they recommend using it as normal (even though it's broken, it will still work as usual)
If you add anything to the pastel, it can compromise the quality of the pastels and it just won't work the same as before 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt yes. i added 70% alcohol to 2 of them and texture not like before. Didn't add to other 3 and was waiting for your suggestion.. thank you.
Are pan pastels less dusty than their stick related cousin?
I think they are, but it depends on how you use them and what paper you're using!
When I layer thin layers (blending in between) on Clairefontaine Pastelmat, the dust fall off is minimal in comparison to soft pastel sticks 😊
Me watching carefully like I'm gonna buy a 100 pack of them
Bruh my wallet was laughing
Haha you don't need 100!
I have a set of 20 that is perfect for everything 😊
www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com/new-panpastel-set
Also, you can just buy the basic set of 5 and mix your colours too!
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt oh I saw that in the video but I figured that they are expensive even if they are a small pack are there any other supplies you can use instead of pan pastel cause I'm just a beginner 😅😅
@@pritydhiran2673 They're actually not that expensive when you compare how much pastel is in each pan
Pan Pastels contain 40% more pastel than an average stick and have 4-5 times more coverage. They last a very long time in comparison to sticks
You can actually just buy the basic set of 5 colours (red, yellow, blue, black and white) and mix any colour you need, just like paint!
That is something you can't do easily with soft pastel sticks (this is why people usually have hundreds of pastel sticks - which is way more expensive than buying 5 Pan Pastels)
I've had my set of pan pastels for about 5 years and haven't run out of any colour yet, and I do a lot of artwork , and if you take care of the Sofft tools, they last a long time as well 😊
There are also many other benefits such as not having to touch the pastel (so it's less mess on your hands/artwork/desk etc), less excess dust in the air, as well as being able to control how much pastel you are applying to your surface which means you don't fill up the tooth of the paper too quickly - allowing for the addition of a few layers of pastel pencils/coloured pencils etc if you wish!
You can also use the smaller Sofft tools or brushes to apply into smaller areas, which can be hard to to with a soft pastel stick
I honestly recommend Pan Pastels over any other type of pastel (even for beginners) because they are actually more cost-effective, and so easy to use! (along with all the other benefits mentioned above) 😊
@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt unnie you wrote a whole paragraph from my english assignment
Thanks for the help