Painting Clouds / Tips and Techniques
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Clouds can seem mysterious and some find them difficult to paint. Join me in this tutorial where I give some tips and techniques to take the mystery out of painting these puffy beauties.
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You highlight lot of important tips in this video. Thank you 🙏
Awesome @nathans1435, I appreciate that so much!
It is magical to watch you, even when I’m on the elliptical machine!
Ha ha.... sounds like you multi-task like me. ;)
I'm still learning, and one of the things I find very informative about this is how you talk your way through the process, making decisions on color and placement. Thank you for the priceless insights.
Thank you Vickie, I so appreciate helpful feedback like this. It means more to me than you know to hear that my lessons are helpful. God bless you.
Especially with the scratchy sounds, and the Happy Painting, you are the Bob Ross of pastels!
Awesome @jennw6809, I appreciate that so much!
Unbelievable ♥️
So beautiful
Thank you so much
Absolutely beautiful! I love to softness in the clouds, you make them so realistic . Thank you again.
You are an excellent teacher, Susan. ❤ Thank you so much for sharing your talent and expertise. I feel the same as you about the joy of painting with music. The journey is everything. You see the magic and beauty of the landscape as did Monet. The name suits you, and he would be proud. ❤
Thank you so much, @tonibauerlein5806! Your comment blessed me.
Another great video. I'm getting ready to try soft pastels soon. and want to learn whatever I can before (and when) I start. I'm learning a lot about colour and values here. Oh, and I love your cows. Very cute. What a nice view. And Diesel looks cute. Thank you for sharing so much.
Thank you so much, @dianaholvik2554! I'm so glad you liked it! Happy Painting!
Finding time to go through some of your older videos and I love this one.
I have just recently been able to start making art again after many years of having health issues that prevented me from doing most artwork.
I have been an artist all my life & after being away for so long I feel almost like a beginner, again.
The “gift” that the Lord gave me is still here but it hasn’t been nurtured for a long time.
Thanks for being an inspiration to me.
Pastels have been my favorite medium since I was young.
I LOVE painting landscapes with broad sweeping skies.
This is a beautiful tutorial.
Thanks Susan. God bless.
Bless you Lisa, and I pray the Lord heals you. I’m grateful for Art through many of my challenges. It really helped me through my cancer battle. God be with you sweetheart.
Thank you so much for sharing your wonderful art and techniques. I home school my 13 year old daughter and we were able to follow your tutorial step by step and learned so much on how to even structure a landscape. We are so happy with the picture.
Cannot begin yo tell you how much I learned and enjoyed this painting. Carving of clouds and trees then the sky hole. Amazing. Thank you for sharing your work process in video ❤👏👍😁
I can watch you for hours..then, afraid to start. You are amazing... love your work, you are a natural..ty for your videos.
Beautiful!
Awesome @KatWoman_, I appreciate that so much!
Hi Susan. I really loved to see you painting those marvelous clouds! You are very didactic and explain everything wonderfully well. It´s a real pleasure to watch your instructional videos! Keep on showing us your wonderful Art... And you have such adorable friends! They are so sweet!
A very blessed Lady indeed.
You are the sweetest, knowledgeable, talented artist!! Just love watching and listening and learning with you. ❤
Beautiful ! Thank you for sharing your talents .
New to pastels and trying to do clouds. I have watched this video twice and it has really helped me so much about the colors you choose and shaping. Thanks!
Absolutely beautiful!!Thank you Susan. 😊
It is each time again a great pleasure to listen to you and watch you painting.
Love that you care so mucho for animal...Say Hi to Dusty,,and Now Oreo...she is a beauty....About the clouds love them ..it is a subject that is kind of tricky..but you make look so easy...gracias...
Very helpful. Thank you
YAY!! Thank you! @poulos801 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love insiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!
Amazingly beautiful with vibrant colors that speak so much to me!🥰😍
Thanks so much sweetheart. You are always so kind.
Oh and love your impressionistic style !!!
Yay! Susan This Was The Greatest Lesson!!! Your Use Of Color Was Sensational! I Enjoyed Watching This So Very Much! Still Learning Video By Video!
Thank you so much for sharing about neutrals and punch colors! Also thank you for showing that value is key and how to be creative with color from there😁 I really enjoyed watching you layer the values and build up the form of the clouds and trees. Watching you do this helped me realize how much I over-blend.
Your painting is beautiful!
Thank you for a very interesting and educational video. Your painting is beautiful!
Amazing and wonderful!
So beautiful! I can't wait to try this one. Thanks for such great instruction. I love your style of painting!
Gorgeous. Love Diesel too.
I love your spirit, thanking God for your gift. I always say, Let everything I do glorify Him.
Wonderful, exhilarating & invigorating! Stunningly BEAUTIFUL! Great Video! THANKS!
Great tips! Your clouds are gorgeous and your depth is perfect, takes my eye way back.
I'm going to have to remember that using neutrals really made the clouds come together !
you're so talented your work is stunning
Hi Susan. This video really helped me with a cloud project I'm working on now. In my painting, I did the foreground with less detail but it kind of looks blah to me, just kind of empty. I like the way you added more detail color in your painting. I know you said you wanted to have the sky more of the focal point or the main attraction, so to speak, but I think you did a great job by putting in some color detail in the foreground. I can see, too, that I am making a mistake by blending my clouds too much. Thanks for this video, even if it WAS over a year ago. lol We can STILL benefit from it so thank you for that. xoxo
You are so appreciated; wonderful teacher, and great thoroughness in your teaching. Thank you so much!!!!!💖
Thank you so much I learn a lot from all your videos. I just became a patron of yours too.
I've been painting with mixed mediums for over 50 years,(yikes ) Encaustics for 10 years, and recently adding cold wax. Love it all :)
Pastels have always been a favorite so I am happy to have found your channel THANKS!!! Love watching and listening to your commentary,
VERY informative!! Thanks again
Jeff
Hi Jeff, I saw that you became a patron and that makes me happy! Pastels are such a wonderful medium even though, like you, I like mixed media and getting creative myself. So I’m excited that we will be sharing this artistic journey together and thank you so much for being a patron of mine.
Thank you for answering my comment. Didn’t know that your selection of music was limited. Now I know that you are a real person....haaaa you are so good with your paintings.
Thanks Gina ;) I actually hope to be able to upload my own guitar playing soon to use as my background music....if I ever get the time! ;)
Love this, I'm working on a cloudscape now.
Stunning! I love your choice and placement of colours and the vibrancy it gives to your paintings. Also, what is that piece of music playing please?... I know this is a couple of years ago but hopefully you'll still see, remember and be able to let me know🙏. Thank you.
Thank you so much! And unfortunately I don’t remember the name of the piece of music. Most of the music I use comes from the TH-cam audio library. It’s a way I can use their music and not worry about a copyright infringement . Sorry I couldn’t help more.
Thank you for the great videos. Love your work.
Wonderful!
I’ve only just started watching your videos recently, but I’ve learned so much in that time. Also, I think your cow friends are wonderful. You’ll have to keep us posted about Oreo 💗
This was a great video - thank you very much!
Perfect ☁️☁️✨
Thank you For this gréât video
Was enjoying this then you said thank you Jesus.... subscribed.. my new favourite pastel teacher :))
Chris Odonnell YAY!!! When I first started reading your comment I thought it might be another atheist saying they weren’t going to watch my videos anymore... praise the Lord for believers like you who encourage me🙌🏻🙌🏻☺️💜💜💜
@@monetcafe just found your videos and they have really inspired me to try pastels again after past fails. thank you sister and God bless from scotland 😁
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Great video Susan. Thanks for sharing it. I love those sky holes.
Your use of color is amazing - I really enjoyed this video - loved your clouds and how well you explained your process!! Thank you!
Well done!
I absolutely love this painting! The demo was excellent and I learned a lot from it. Thanks Susan.
I would LOVE to hear your worship music in the background! We're sisters-in-Christ! Blessings!
Amen sis!!! I actually play and sing , so perhaps I can add that to my videos one day! ;) Praise our King Jesus!
@@monetcafe Yes! Only He is worthy of our praise!!!
By the way, love your art and am learning lots from watching your excellent videos. Thank you for them!
Oh! I love Oreo!!! I painted her and would love to paint her and the baby...WITH CLOUDS!!!
Pamela Hunt YAY!!! I will have to have others help me Name the baby calf!!
Yes, great idea!!@@monetcafe
Who is doing the music? It reminds me of a movie soundtrack of which I cannot remember.
I'm enjoying this tutoorial.
Gosh, I can’t remember the music for this one but most of my music is from the TH-cam audio library. They have different soundtracks available without a copyright. So glad you enjoyed the tutorial.
Awwww so lovely watching you paint which soft pastels do you use ?
Denise Shaw I use many different brands and a combo of very soft pastels to hard pastels. Some of my favorites are: Terry Ludwig, Unison, Sennelier, Mount Vision and more. The video I made just prior to this one shares about some some of the different pastels I use and I have a playlist with videos on pastel products 👍🏻👍🏻☺️
Great tutorial as always. Thank you so much. But diesel can't help you, he is fixed to the wall
HI Susan ,Just found you and glad I did will follow your lessons and learn from your techniques, do you have to fix the
pastel painting on the La Carte card, are you related to Gary Jenkins the oil rose painter.
Hi Frank, so happy you found my channel and I’m not related to Gary Jenkins. And I actually never fix my paintings no matter what surface. I find that fixative always darkens the final piece. Pastel paintings actually don’t need to be fixed for longevity or color. To keep them from being smudged I keep them in clear plastic bags I get from www.clearbags.com. I often paint in standard sizes so I buy the clear bags slightly larger than standard sizes because I’d like to put a piece of foam core board in with the painting for support. This keeps them safe for allowing others to hold them and view them, and for shipping. This works well very well as a system prior to framing under glass.
Thank you for your lesson, Susan!
Yay!!! So glad my video helped, and I know you are going to love the apron. It is a great quality and I hope you create many beautiful paintings while wearing it.
Do you do clouds with pan pastels
?
Hi I love your work. I am using Canson Mi-teints pastel paper. Tha medium blue color. It seems to have a waffle pattern for the
tooth in the paper. It shows through my pastel marks and I dont like it. what kind do you suggest i try?? Thanks
Donna Birney Try using some UArt sanded pastel paper. I like 400 grit. They sell it in packs of 25 sheets or so. I typically buy it on www.dickblick.com
using a good sanded surface for pastel paintings dramatically changed my art for the better!
For Susan....What about that paper Canson paper waffle pattern (as was mentioned) what is your input? Much appreciated for your answering...Gina
Donna Birney It sounds like you are using the Canson paper that is not sanded... which is called “Canson Mi-Tientes” ... what you need to use for pastel work is “Canson Mi-Tientes Touch”. This paper has a sanded surface and will not create a waffle pattern. Plus, it allows you to get many more layers. Here is a link…
www.dickblick.com/products/canson-mi-teintes-touch-sanded-papers/
Gina TexasGirl Flip the paper over and use the reverse side. I use the "flat" side all the time.
Jeff Liittschwager me too!
Hi I was wondering if you remember what kind of pastels you used? I haven’t tried pastels I like how these went on.
Hi Susan, for this painting I used a variety of soft pastels (Sennelier, Unison, Mount Vision, Great Americans and more). If you are just starting out I recommend Mount Vision as a good starting place. They are not too hard and not too soft so great for multiple purposes. I have a video where I tour their manufacturing plant and show some of their starter sets at the end of the video. Let me see if I can find it and I'll share the link here. :)
th-cam.com/video/L-HHq2pRYoA/w-d-xo.html
Also, here is a video where I go over various types of pastels and pastel surfaces :) Happy Painting! Join our FB group if you would like to learn more. There are so many helpful artists and it's fun!
th-cam.com/video/XC9tgnBxLFA/w-d-xo.html
Thank you so much. I like to purchase real quality so I don’t end up having a lot of art supplies that I feel are not going to keep me happy in the long run. Knowing that would you still recommend those? Thank you for your videos and your time responding. Sharing your talent helps all get educated in what they love without going to expensive classes. I wish college degrees and classes were like this. Anyone who wants could be highly educated without going into enormous debt. It’s a dream for the future children.
@@suezq9155 Oh yes, I do agree with you about college degrees! It's such a racket when there are so many options available for learning.
I would still recommend Mount Visions as a high quality pastel. Sennelier is one of my favorites and a bit expensive. I started out with a medium hardness pastel called, Rembrandts, that are also good for various pastels purposes.
Dakota Pastels has some sampler sets your might want to check out....
www.dakotapastels.com/products/Pastel-Samplers
Susan, do you always select your color palette before starting your work or do you sometimes "wing" it? Sometimes I see a reference photo and then see that you take the color way over the top (you mentioned "getting creative with color"). Which is great, but sometimes it's not clear why you've chosen what you have and why certain color combinations work better than others. I see this with Marla B. and others' work, too. Sometimes I sit in front of a photo and am not sure how to pull the colors together. Any help will help! Videos, etc
A Gold That is such a great question and really something I think many would like to know. It can be a bit difficult to describe because some of it just comes with years of practice, but there are some strategies. I’m making a fairly simple video to post in the next day or so which will describe somewhat how to go about choosing a color palette. Thanks for the great comment.
@@monetcafe Thanks for responding; looking forward to what you share!
Great video only I started watching it because the name implies painting which I guess you're painting with pastels but I don't ever consider using pastels as painting
lisa Robertson thanks so much!! And yes, pastel artwork is considered painting if it covers the majority of the painting surface. Even older pastel work from Monet, Degas and Van Gogh is called “painting”. I do understand the confusion though 😉☺️👍🏻
Susan what is the music you listening to in this video???
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This is a very helpful video.The sound quality was poor and hard to listen to on some of it though.
Thanks so much and I've been trying to improve my sound recording. Hopefully, it will be better in my newer videos :)
First!
Yay!!! :) :) :)
Music is not so good, you are great but get new music...
Again the music is insane
Gina TexasGirl sorry about the music. TH-cam only allows me to use music that has no copyright. This music is from the TH-cam audio library. They don’t have the greatest selection, and until I can afford to buy music for my videos I’ll have to deal with the free ones on TH-cam. Sorry. It’s funny though, because someone else commented how they loved the music in this video. Crazy right?
Susan ~ what is the greatest thing about pastel is...the colors will outlast oils for many years. Pastel never fades. I paint in all mediums, and I find that I am always learning something new with all you pastelist (if there is such a word ?) keep up with your most outstanding talent. Gina 👍
The sounds a bit rough on this.
Birdsong thanks for your feedback. I’m really hoping to be able to afford to get some better sound recording equipment. Trying to make it work right now on a limited budget. But it does help to know what others here so thank you.
Pastels...not oil paint.
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The sound quality is poor.
Birdsong yes, I know. I wasn’t able to purchase better recording equipment for awhile , but my newer video should sound better 👍🏻☺️
Dinner in about 36 months time. We have farmers in our family and that’s just reality for beef cattle. Hefner’s might live longer. But the cruel thing is their bull calves will die almost immediately, they aren’t good beef cattle. There’s are lots of harsh practices in farming where money and profit means a living for the farmer and their produce of course feeds us. If we didn’t eat meat, billions of farm animals would die being not viable to rear and too expensive to keep. Some breeds would die out without mankind because they’ve been bred entirely for our use, not survival in the wild. Ours is a cruel world. But nature does the same thing, everything eats everything else at some level. Even vegetarians kill their veg. And west and corn etc.m to eat. So if we keep our animals kindly and as naturally as possible, despairing them as painlessly as possible that makes me feel better anyway. Sorry, but that’s reality for your neighbours. A short hopefully happy life.
Catherine Greenup Sorry I’m just now getting back to your message from about a year ago! You are exactly right in your comment. I am so grateful that my neighbors cows are pets. They literally started with a few cows and even though they continue to breed, they typically keep the females and don’t turn the young bulls into steers in hopes that someone will buy them as a breeding bull. I know that they all won’t have the “pet life“, but I’m happy to know that my Oreo is safe.