Love, love, love how specific you are! Like leaving ingredients out of a recipe, so many tutorials tell you to use "a purplish color"; and try as you might you can't get it to look anywhere close. I so appreciate the fact that you give specific brands and color numbers. Thank you so much!
Great Barbara! I'm trying to make my videos as informative as possible so that's great to hear! No use giving only some of the info, as you need to understand why you choose a certain colour to learn how to apply it in your own work. If you're interested in further tutorials I also have a Patreon channel now with longer content. I have a lot coming here on TH-cam too, but Patreon allows me to go into even more detail. Thanks again and happy pastelling!
Excellent tutorial!! Very descriptive, very helpful. I found the real-time sections with dialogue so much more helpful than the usual sped up versions frequently seen on other channels. Also, having the reference photo on screen the whole time allowed me to see just exactly where you were going as you added color. Thank you!
Thank you Patti for such wonderful feedback! Using the mixture of real time and time lapse footage I feel gives me the best of both worlds. They take me an age to edit though which is why I'm a bit slower to produce videos! I have three more almost ready though :-)
Wonderful teaching technique. So glad you work slowly and explain your reasons for making particular marks and using specific colors and technique. Please continue with the videos. I am signing up now !
Thank you Teresa! And welcome over on Patreon. So glad you find my teaching style helpful and I look forward to bringing lots of new videos out in the coming months. Happy pastelling!
I enjoy watching your videos, I'm amazed how small of marks you can make with the soft pastels, I thought that's what the pencils were for. I'm new to pastels and have learned alot like not using just pencils from this video and others. Keep them coming.
great timing! I am just starting my first portrait of my two black mini poodles (one is a phantom so he has color marks) and getting the eyes and noses right is so key to capturing the individuality and life of the painting. Great teaching video! (btw I am studying your fur videos to help avoid my “straight lines” and get more texture in the coats) wonderful videos. Great channel. I use unisons a lot and love them. Looking forward to more videos!
Thanks for the comment! Glad you're finding the videos helpful. Practise is key and all the techniques will come. This video wasn't the best quality because of older camera equipment back then, but it sounds like you've also found some of my newer ones too :-)
I've just ordered some pastels and pastel pencils. I'm an Artist who mainly works in pencil. I've been watching your videos for a while now and you clearly are one of the best pastel painters I've seen. I hope I can get to that level of awesomeness soon 😋 subbed .
Thanks so much Carl! I appreciate the sub :-) Hoping to make a lot more videos this year and have also launched a Patreon channel to enable me to put more time and effort into the tutorials. www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart if you're interested in more of my videos.
Thanks a bunch for this tutorial! Finally someone who does it in real time and explains why and what, now I can try and do the same with the drawings I'm working on and get a perfect finish for my drawing ;)
Excellent tutorial Em. It's lovely to watch a demonstration with the added dialogue. I see so many without it on here, these aren't really tutorials at all in my opinion, more of a "look at what i can do", demonstration. So with that..keep them coming when you can and happy travels. Brocci is having the time of her life I see!
Thanks Dawn! I will them coming when I can, I aim to make at least one a month this year so we'll see! I have another nearly finished. It's the audio that takes a long time too but I agree it's necessary for it to be a useful tutorial. Yes Brocci is living a life of luxury!
Thank you Louise! I really appreciate that and glad you find my teaching style helpful. If you're interested in longer tutorials with more narration visit my Patreon channel also at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart.
Thank you for sharing your skill. You are a very good teacher and I really appreciate how you take the time to explain exactly what you are doing and why. Subscribed within a few second of watching and look forward to learning from your other videos .
Thank you Eileen! Really appreciate the feedback. I have a lot of newer videos on my channel since this one so I hope you enjoy them all. Also check out my Patreon channel for longer in depth tutorials at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Happy pastelling!
Thank you for these tutorials. Very informative and helpful. Especially for someone as myself making the switch from colored pencils to pastel. I would love to see your process in packaging and framing, as that seems to be such a hard thing to research and get much information on, for myself and as information to pass along to clients.
Hi Amanda, that's a great idea. I will do a tutorial on how I prepare my paper, package and frame etc. I know it's difficult to get info on these things so I'll be happy to share.
Thanks Jasmine! I've just recently made two updated dog's nose tutorials which might help you. Better quality camera these days too :-) th-cam.com/video/TurZ-lSmYfM/w-d-xo.html th-cam.com/video/CjSAtNI_zk4/w-d-xo.html
Hello Emma, thank you for this x I am a Needlefelt Artist but watching this tutorial is great for getting to grips with the general structure of a dog nose ..... I sculpt mine from Polymer clay, for my dogs x
Thank you! I'll try and release something onto TH-cam soon about black fur. I have a few longer more in depth tutorials about black fur over on my Patreon channel. A lot of my shorter videos get released here on TH-cam but I have a bigger selection on Patreon at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Thanks for visiting here, I'll be releasing lots more this year :-)
Thank you sooooo much Ema. I love your tutorial.you teach so well. I will definitely follow you on alll your tutorials. I wonder do you give classes? Please keep giving us more tutorials we love them all.
Thank you Alain for the amazing feedback! I'm doing one workshop this year in The Netherlands, but I'm about to launch a Patreon channel and put more time into the video tutorials. Be sure to subscribe here and you'll hear when the channel is live. Thanks again :-)
Fantastic work. You are the best. I worry that velour is difficult to transport. If you fix it by spaying, doesn't the colours darken slightly and being velour you would need a lot of fixative.
Thanks Lori, I don't use fixative these days as I have many other methods on velour to keep it stable. But you can use fixative sparingly and it won't darken much on velour like other papers. I transport my work worldwide with few issues. Check out my video on packaging a pastel atth-cam.com/video/Ef514VqXS-Y/w-d-xo.html
Thank you for this outstanding tutorial. So rich in detail and clear instruction on one of the more difficult aspects of animal portraiture: the nose! I've been wondering for weeks whether or not to purchase pastel pencils in order to get into those tight spots. I use Unison chalks, which seemed too cumbersome for this task. Your video showed me how to use my chalks without having to spend a bundle (perhaps a few pencils vs an entire set). Thanks again. I'm your newest fan. Have a great day, Emma!
Thanks Tina! I'm so glad you found something helpful. I'm working on more videos at the moment, I've got a little behind this year but have plans for many coming soon. Happy pastelling!
That's great news, Emma. I look forward to seeing more videos. Btw, I ended up getting your Unison collection: the 36 animal set. It's to become the foundation palette for my animal/wildlife pastels. Thank you so much for this array of color and the blog post you wrote about why you chose the pigments for the collection. So very helpful because it's well thought out. Happy pastelling to you!
They make great pencils but I find them a bit hard for the velour paper I like to use. Any other paper they're fine. But I prefer the softer Faber Castell or Carbothello.
Emma, how do you prevent the pastel falling off velour with no fixative? I see a few people complain it easily comes off, but is it just a case of pushing it in the fibres enough?
Hey Kyomii, if you check out the links in the description I have an entire blog with tips for using velour. I do many things, but one is about using thin layers and making sure it's well into the fibres. Using pastel thickly and leaving it sitting on the top of the paper will result in some falling off. But I also mount the paper to take the flexibility out of it. Many more tips on that link. Good luck :-)
Hey Sherry, yes I'm using a light yellow. I often use it for light coloured animals but I do use the greys too. Also the sandy colour is very useful, those are my favourites!
Hi, aside from all the main content promised on the different levels, I do post to Patreon every few days with extra bonus material, secret work in progress, extra insights to my work, competitions, Patron votes etc. All the posts and tutorials only become available when you subscribe. You should see lots of locked posts on the channel when you look as a non member. Those become available when you're a member.
Love, love, love how specific you are! Like leaving ingredients out of a recipe, so many tutorials tell you to use "a purplish color"; and try as you might you can't get it to look anywhere close. I so appreciate the fact that you give specific brands and color numbers. Thank you so much!
Great Barbara! I'm trying to make my videos as informative as possible so that's great to hear! No use giving only some of the info, as you need to understand why you choose a certain colour to learn how to apply it in your own work. If you're interested in further tutorials I also have a Patreon channel now with longer content. I have a lot coming here on TH-cam too, but Patreon allows me to go into even more detail. Thanks again and happy pastelling!
fantastic tutorial. You make everything click for me when others haven't. You make so much sense. thank you.
Thank you Rachel that's great to hear that my method of explaining things is clear. :-)
Excellent tutorial!! Very descriptive, very helpful. I found the real-time sections with dialogue so much more helpful than the usual sped up versions frequently seen on other channels. Also, having the reference photo on screen the whole time allowed me to see just exactly where you were going as you added color. Thank you!
Thank you Patti for such wonderful feedback! Using the mixture of real time and time lapse footage I feel gives me the best of both worlds. They take me an age to edit though which is why I'm a bit slower to produce videos! I have three more almost ready though :-)
I'm looking forward to watching them!
Wonderful teaching technique. So glad you work slowly and explain your reasons for making particular marks and using specific colors and technique. Please continue with the videos. I am signing up now !
Thank you Teresa! And welcome over on Patreon. So glad you find my teaching style helpful and I look forward to bringing lots of new videos out in the coming months. Happy pastelling!
I enjoy watching your videos, I'm amazed how small of marks you can make with the soft pastels, I thought that's what the pencils were for. I'm new to pastels and have learned alot like not using just pencils from this video and others. Keep them coming.
Thanks for the feedback Jody! Lots more content coming this year :-)
great timing! I am just starting my first portrait of my two black mini poodles (one is a phantom so he has color marks) and getting the eyes and noses right is so key to capturing the individuality and life of the painting. Great teaching video! (btw I am studying your fur videos to help avoid my “straight lines” and get more texture in the coats) wonderful videos. Great channel. I use unisons a lot and love them. Looking forward to more videos!
Thanks for the comment! Glad you're finding the videos helpful. Practise is key and all the techniques will come. This video wasn't the best quality because of older camera equipment back then, but it sounds like you've also found some of my newer ones too :-)
I've just ordered some pastels and pastel pencils. I'm an Artist who mainly works in pencil. I've been watching your videos for a while now and you clearly are one of the best pastel painters I've seen. I hope I can get to that level of awesomeness soon 😋 subbed .
Thanks so much Carl! I appreciate the sub :-) Hoping to make a lot more videos this year and have also launched a Patreon channel to enable me to put more time and effort into the tutorials. www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart if you're interested in more of my videos.
Thanks a bunch for this tutorial! Finally someone who does it in real time and explains why and what, now I can try and do the same with the drawings I'm working on and get a perfect finish for my drawing ;)
Thanks for the feedback Miriam! Lots more on my channel for beginners, especially in the 'Pastel Instructionals' playlist. :-)
@@EmmaColbertArt, I've found them 👍and the eyes and noses of the cats and dogs I did so far now actually look like eyes and noses 😄
Thank you!
Excellent tutorial Em. It's lovely to watch a demonstration with the added dialogue. I see so many without it on here, these aren't really tutorials at all in my opinion, more of a "look at what i can do", demonstration. So with that..keep them coming when you can and happy travels. Brocci is having the time of her life I see!
Thanks Dawn! I will them coming when I can, I aim to make at least one a month this year so we'll see! I have another nearly finished. It's the audio that takes a long time too but I agree it's necessary for it to be a useful tutorial. Yes Brocci is living a life of luxury!
What a lovely person you are and so talented. I will begin to follow you as there is so much to learn and you are so great at teaching. Thank you.
Thank you Louise! I really appreciate that and glad you find my teaching style helpful. If you're interested in longer tutorials with more narration visit my Patreon channel also at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart.
Thank you for sharing your skill. You are a very good teacher and I really appreciate how you take the time to explain exactly what you are doing and why. Subscribed within a few second of watching and look forward to learning from your other videos .
Thank you Eileen! Really appreciate the feedback. I have a lot of newer videos on my channel since this one so I hope you enjoy them all. Also check out my Patreon channel for longer in depth tutorials at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Happy pastelling!
Wow I really love your tutorials!! You really describe things so well and clearly! Thank you!
Thanks for the great feedback Mandy!
Thank you for these tutorials. Very informative and helpful. Especially for someone as myself making the switch from colored pencils to pastel. I would love to see your process in packaging and framing, as that seems to be such a hard thing to research and get much information on, for myself and as information to pass along to clients.
Hi Amanda, that's a great idea. I will do a tutorial on how I prepare my paper, package and frame etc. I know it's difficult to get info on these things so I'll be happy to share.
Brilliant tutorial, I've struggled with dog noses forever even though i've been practicing
Thanks Jasmine! I've just recently made two updated dog's nose tutorials which might help you. Better quality camera these days too :-)
th-cam.com/video/TurZ-lSmYfM/w-d-xo.html
th-cam.com/video/CjSAtNI_zk4/w-d-xo.html
Wonderful tutorial - Thank you Emma 😊
Hello Emma, thank you for this x I am a Needlefelt Artist but watching this tutorial is great for getting to grips with the general structure of a dog nose ..... I sculpt mine from Polymer clay, for my dogs x
Hi Claire, cool I love Needlefelt art! Glad this video helped you :-)
Just subscribed! Just found you and love your tutorials. As a beginner in pastels, have found them so very helpful... thankyou
Thank you Jan! Glad the videos help :-)
Great tutorial, haven't used pastels but would love to try now ☺️ thank you x
That's great to hear! Thanks :-)
Love your work and instructions. Can you also make a session about painting black dogs? Tough one..at least for the newbie! Cheers.
Thank you! I'll try and release something onto TH-cam soon about black fur. I have a few longer more in depth tutorials about black fur over on my Patreon channel. A lot of my shorter videos get released here on TH-cam but I have a bigger selection on Patreon at www.patreon.com/emmacolbertart. Thanks for visiting here, I'll be releasing lots more this year :-)
@@EmmaColbertArt Thanks so much!!
Thank you sooooo much Ema. I love your tutorial.you teach so well. I will definitely follow you on alll your tutorials. I wonder do you give classes? Please keep giving us more tutorials we love them all.
Thank you Alain for the amazing feedback! I'm doing one workshop this year in The Netherlands, but I'm about to launch a Patreon channel and put more time into the video tutorials. Be sure to subscribe here and you'll hear when the channel is live. Thanks again :-)
Art channel is now live at www.patreon.com/EmmaColbertArt :-)
Fantastic work. You are the best. I worry that velour is difficult to transport. If you fix it by spaying, doesn't the colours darken slightly and being velour you would need a lot of fixative.
Thanks Lori, I don't use fixative these days as I have many other methods on velour to keep it stable. But you can use fixative sparingly and it won't darken much on velour like other papers. I transport my work worldwide with few issues. Check out my video on packaging a pastel atth-cam.com/video/Ef514VqXS-Y/w-d-xo.html
Emma very impressive work. thanks for your time..
Thanks for sharing your expertise, truly awesome!!!!
Thanks for watching Nelda!
wonderful tutorial and so relaxing
Thank you for this outstanding tutorial. So rich in detail and clear instruction on one of the more difficult aspects of animal portraiture: the nose! I've been wondering for weeks whether or not to purchase pastel pencils in order to get into those tight spots. I use Unison chalks, which seemed too cumbersome for this task. Your video showed me how to use my chalks without having to spend a bundle (perhaps a few pencils vs an entire set). Thanks again. I'm your newest fan. Have a great day, Emma!
Thanks Tina! I'm so glad you found something helpful. I'm working on more videos at the moment, I've got a little behind this year but have plans for many coming soon. Happy pastelling!
That's great news, Emma. I look forward to seeing more videos. Btw, I ended up getting your Unison collection: the 36 animal set. It's to become the foundation palette for my animal/wildlife pastels. Thank you so much for this array of color and the blog post you wrote about why you chose the pigments for the collection. So very helpful because it's well thought out. Happy pastelling to you!
Thank you Tina! I really appreciate that feedback. I like to help with colour as it's where I struggled in the beginning too.
Great tutorial! Thank you for sharing this with us👍👏💖
Very nice...i love Velour.
Me too! Not many tutorials about it though which is why I'm making these! Thanks for watching.
Love it.
how would you finish a pastel drawing to keep it from smearing afterwards
WOW MARVELOUS.
I love this thank you!
Wow, your very good. TFS
Could u pls suggest whether darwent softpastel pencil is good? Wax based
They make great pencils but I find them a bit hard for the velour paper I like to use. Any other paper they're fine. But I prefer the softer Faber Castell or Carbothello.
@@EmmaColbertArt are you talking about faber casel pit pastel?
So good. Very infornative.
very helpful...thank you!
great work :)
Emma, how do you prevent the pastel falling off velour with no fixative? I see a few people complain it easily comes off, but is it just a case of pushing it in the fibres enough?
Hey Kyomii, if you check out the links in the description I have an entire blog with tips for using velour. I do many things, but one is about using thin layers and making sure it's well into the fibres. Using pastel thickly and leaving it sitting on the top of the paper will result in some falling off. But I also mount the paper to take the flexibility out of it. Many more tips on that link. Good luck :-)
Of course keep them coming how to do it from the angle above the dog it's that I can't do
Thanks Hazel! More coming soon.
May I ask what your painting on
I'm working on velour pastel paper made by Hahnemühle.
Hi Emma, are you using beige velour for this painting? I use lt gray and this base looks like it is not gray.
Hey Sherry, yes I'm using a light yellow. I often use it for light
coloured animals but I do use the greys too. Also the sandy colour is
very useful, those are my favourites!
Thanks, Emma. I need to branch out and try the other colors I have on hand.
How regularly do you post on your patron? I want to join but when I look it looks like you haven’t posted anything all month.
Hi, aside from all the main content promised on the different levels, I do post to Patreon every few days with extra bonus material, secret work in progress, extra insights to my work, competitions, Patron votes etc. All the posts and tutorials only become available when you subscribe. You should see lots of locked posts on the channel when you look as a non member. Those become available when you're a member.
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