I am a self-taught pastelist and have come across your videos...that are so helpful; I know subscribe to your site. I will donate to your channel for sure. Thank you, you are such a talented artist.😀
Wonderful explanation of color mixing based on both value contrast and color contrast. Using these techniques on sanded surfaces creates beautiful results.
I've directed a lot of my students to your site. Whether you are analyzing colour temperature, pastel papers or pastels, you do an excellent job of making sometimes complicated pastel subjects very clear. Bravo and thank you.
Thank you so much again, Emma - you make these tricky bits so much more understandable! 🌞 And the way to mix colours, really was an eye opener too! 👍🙏❤
Yes, I enjoyed this tutorial very much. I think it easier with other mediums to see the warm and cold colours, but point made so well how it is possible to see it with pastels. I think I was more in awe from the colours and almost frightened - you have made me see it as more a challenge how to use them mixed, with joy instead of being afraid - Noobs are silly boars I think, hope I can get over being a newbie! Please have patience with me! 🙏💕
This is great! I think having my sanded paper with this process may not work as well since my hands will have the skin sanded off. Another good reason to go with pastelmat
Thank you so very much! This video is of great help to me. It was a relief to see you blend the colours, I am very new to pastels and had got the impression from books it is almost forbiddden to blend the different pastel sticks together with a finger or paper stump as that would take away the luminosity in pastels and because of that one needs hundreds of different pastel sticks just to find that exact right colour. I had started to worry about my pastel budget- now I will try to mix the sticks I have instead! You always explain so clearly. Green are my favourites as I love to do landscapes but it is difficult to see both varmt/ coldness and tone for me, but I suppose it is down to trying on and getting experience. Comparing w blue and yellow as you did really helped me to understand better. Thank you very much!
I found similar recommendations, but watching videos every Artist that I admire mixes colors, with a finger or stub, even using the pastel stick to mix is a real technique! I know you get brighter colors with just the stick and little or no mixing. I have heard it called a finishing mark. You apply it at the end so your painting jumps out at the viewers. I believe that some people take an instruction and beat it to death! Moderation and application of each and every technique is the best way to apply techniques to your learning process. I wish us all the best of luck! Keep watching Emma and check out her Patreon if you can afford even one of the lower tiers you will not be sorry! I miss it still!
Thanks Charlotta, as I've said to someone else here... You really won't get the same vibrance from your pastels by mixing rather than having the exact colour. In mark making there is no better thing than having the right colour stick. BUT...you can use mixing and blending to create certain effects. Often I'd rather use 3 colours layered up to create a colour than lay down one flat colour. It adds more depth. Like doing watercolour washes that build up gradually. And of course you can use this to tint colour that you've put down already that isn't quite right. If you're starting out with few pastels, it's useful! Seldom listen to those who use the words 'you can't' or 'it's forbidden' haha! Rules are just suggestions in art!
Emma! Such an amazing video! I am sure Unison would rather have you selling more sticks! But showing your viewers how to mix colors with the colors they have is phenomenal, thanks! Of my Patreon support groups I believe that I miss yours most! Might be a tie between you and Kasey Golden, but I certainly learn more from you! You are truly inspirational and so generous to us. Thank you. Please take care and be safe over there!
Thank you! I think everyone should know how to mix colour otherwise you're not really able to analyse it well. I just looked who Kasey Golden is...cool channel! Huge subscribership! I don't get much time to watch other content :-)
Here is a video about my storage trays th-cam.com/video/0IyRop6PwQg/w-d-xo.html They are made by Prym and are technically craft storage. An Amazon search or something similar will hopefully find them where you are.
Thanks Rose. Unison make up about 80% of my pastel collection. I have a Terry Ludwig dark set that I use a lot, and then a vast mixture of all the other brands. But Unison are definitely my favourite overall. Although I'm an affiliate artist of theirs so it seems likely I'd say that, they were my favourite long before I was given that opportunity.
This was so very helpful! I was under the impression that you couldn’t really mix colours with soft pastels hence why the need to have so many different colours that you see pastel artists have… so is that more then for convenience? (Or the joy of buying beautiful colours..!) 🎀
You really won't get the same vibrance from your pastels by mixing rather than having the exact colour. In mark making there is no better thing than having the right colour stick. BUT...you can use mixing and blending to create certain effects. Often I'd rather use 3 colours layered up to create a colour than lay down one flat colour. It adds more depth. Like doing watercolour washes that build up gradually. And of course you can use this to tint colour that you've put down already that isn't quite right. If you're starting out with few pastels, it's useful!
This was a great help. My one question is that I noticed in your middle trey there was a pastel labeled Grey. How would I have known it was actually a green? Does unison have a explanation of colors to numbers? Again thank you.
Good question. I choose to organise my colours how I see them next each other. When I compare those green/greys to my blue/greys or my yellow/greys it's obvious to me that there is a tint of green in them. Many of my colours are borderline, they could go in a couple of different boxes, so it's never an exact science. Maybe some other artists will put all their greys and neutral tones together, I just like to split them up into the different colour groups. No right or wrong way to do it. Have a look at some other artists and how they organise too.
There are definitely certain times when you just need the right colour and can not mix two together. You're right, for grass and fur and very defined marks it's good to have the correct colours in stick form. However, for example with fur, you can lay all the individual marks down and the different coloured marks will mix together when you step back. So fur can be multicoloured up close, but the right shade of brown from a distance.
Emma, I would be more than pleased to join your art channel,but having read the comments about Patreon I am somewhat hesitant and not confident In using their channel.Is there any other way of acquiring your tutorials.
Hi James, At the moment all my main tutorials are only through Patreon. In the future I intend to have them available to purchase also on my website. In defence of Patreon, I've been with them since 2018 now and they've been very professional. Anyone who has had a logistical problem on my channel has had it sorted out and it runs very smoothly on the whole. It's always good to be wary of sites where you're putting your bank details though so I understand completely. But I don't have anything negative to report from my side on Patreon and have had people subscribe monthly right from when I started my channel.
Hiya I’m trying into get a deeper understanding of hue vs colour temperature and I wonder if maybe your use of the term ‘ colour temperature’ might be a bit wrong if temperature should go from warm (red) to cool (blue) passing through white in the middle? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature
I am a self-taught pastelist and have come across your videos...that are so helpful; I know subscribe to your site. I will donate to your channel for sure. Thank you, you are such a talented artist.😀
Thank you very much! So glad you've found the videos helpful. Appreciate the support and your comment!
Wonderful explanation of color mixing based on both value contrast and color contrast. Using these techniques on sanded surfaces creates beautiful results.
I've directed a lot of my students to your site. Whether you are analyzing colour temperature, pastel papers or pastels, you do an excellent job of making sometimes complicated pastel subjects very clear. Bravo and thank you.
Thanks very much Clarence! So glad you find them helpful and I appreciate you introducing others to my channel :-)
this is super useful. cant find many ‘color-mixing’ when it comes to pastels videos! would love to see even more.❤️
Thanks for that, I will maybe go further into mixing colours for another video :-)
Very informative for some one new to the medium. Thanks.
Thank you so much again, Emma - you make these tricky bits so much more understandable! 🌞 And the way to mix colours, really was an eye opener too! 👍🙏❤
Thanks Anette!
Thank you so much for all your tips and advice and sharing your talent with us.
Thanks for sharing your experience and knowledge.
Thank you for this video. I am trying to learn colour theory, and this was so helpful! Your paintings are beautiful!
Thank you! Glad this was helpful.
Thank you, Emma! I've learnt a lot through this video!
Thank you Emma you are an angel.
Excellent demonstration!!
Great advice, thank you Emma
Yes, I enjoyed this tutorial very much. I think it easier with other mediums to see the warm and cold colours, but point made so well how it is possible to see it with pastels. I think I was more in awe from the colours and almost frightened - you have made me see it as more a challenge how to use them mixed, with joy instead of being afraid - Noobs are silly boars I think, hope I can get over being a newbie! Please have patience with me! 🙏💕
Thank u Emma, u explained it so as a dyslexic person, that's me, can understand on only 1 watch x thank u x love Alli xxx
That's excellent to hear, thank you! I try to explain everything in a way that I would have understood it.
Thank you Emma,
This video was so helpful 🙂
Invaluable, thank you so much!
Emma loved this vid just what i needed ,thank you so much ,going to the art store tommorrw .
Another fantastic video! Thank you so much Emma!
Thank you so much, so very helpful 🎀💖
This is great! I think having my sanded paper with this process may not work as well since my hands will have the skin sanded off. Another good reason to go with pastelmat
Thank you so very much! This video is of great help to me. It was a relief to see you blend the colours, I am very new to pastels and had got the impression from books it is almost forbiddden to blend the different pastel sticks together with a finger or paper stump as that would take away the luminosity in pastels and because of that one needs hundreds of different pastel sticks just to find that exact right colour. I had started to worry about my pastel budget- now I will try to mix the sticks I have instead! You always explain so clearly. Green are my favourites as I love to do landscapes but it is difficult to see both varmt/ coldness and tone for me, but I suppose it is down to trying on and getting experience. Comparing w blue and yellow as you did really helped me to understand better. Thank you very much!
I found similar recommendations, but watching videos every Artist that I admire mixes colors, with a finger or stub, even using the pastel stick to mix is a real technique! I know you get brighter colors with just the stick and little or no mixing. I have heard it called a finishing mark. You apply it at the end so your painting jumps out at the viewers. I believe that some people take an instruction and beat it to death! Moderation and application of each and every technique is the best way to apply techniques to your learning process. I wish us all the best of luck! Keep watching Emma and check out her Patreon if you can afford even one of the lower tiers you will not be sorry! I miss it still!
Thanks Charlotta, as I've said to someone else here...
You really won't get the same vibrance from your pastels by mixing rather than having the exact colour. In mark making there is no better thing than having the right colour stick. BUT...you can use mixing and blending to create certain effects. Often I'd rather use 3 colours layered up to create a colour than lay down one flat colour. It adds more depth. Like doing watercolour washes that build up gradually. And of course you can use this to tint colour that you've put down already that isn't quite right. If you're starting out with few pastels, it's useful!
Seldom listen to those who use the words 'you can't' or 'it's forbidden' haha! Rules are just suggestions in art!
@@EmmaColbertArt Thank you so very much!
Emma! Such an amazing video! I am sure Unison would rather have you selling more sticks! But showing your viewers how to mix colors with the colors they have is phenomenal, thanks! Of my Patreon support groups I believe that I miss yours most! Might be a tie between you and Kasey Golden, but I certainly learn more from you! You are truly inspirational and so generous to us. Thank you. Please take care and be safe over there!
Thank you! I think everyone should know how to mix colour otherwise you're not really able to analyse it well. I just looked who Kasey Golden is...cool channel! Huge subscribership! I don't get much time to watch other content :-)
Thank you
You're more organised than me with my tubes of paint literally just slung all over the place....😂😂😂😂
Where do you find the trays for the pastels? Wonderful instruction. Thank you.
Here is a video about my storage trays th-cam.com/video/0IyRop6PwQg/w-d-xo.html
They are made by Prym and are technically craft storage. An Amazon search or something similar will hopefully find them where you are.
Do you only use Unison? Thank you for these tutorials, they are so helpful.
Thanks Rose. Unison make up about 80% of my pastel collection. I have a Terry Ludwig dark set that I use a lot, and then a vast mixture of all the other brands. But Unison are definitely my favourite overall. Although I'm an affiliate artist of theirs so it seems likely I'd say that, they were my favourite long before I was given that opportunity.
This was so very helpful! I was under the impression that you couldn’t really mix colours with soft pastels hence why the need to have so many different colours that you see pastel artists have… so is that more then for convenience? (Or the joy of buying beautiful colours..!) 🎀
You really won't get the same vibrance from your pastels by mixing rather than having the exact colour. In mark making there is no better thing than having the right colour stick. BUT...you can use mixing and blending to create certain effects. Often I'd rather use 3 colours layered up to create a colour than lay down one flat colour. It adds more depth. Like doing watercolour washes that build up gradually. And of course you can use this to tint colour that you've put down already that isn't quite right. If you're starting out with few pastels, it's useful!
This was a great help. My one question is that I noticed in your middle trey there was a pastel labeled Grey. How would I have known it was actually a green? Does unison have a explanation of colors to numbers? Again thank you.
Good question. I choose to organise my colours how I see them next each other. When I compare those green/greys to my blue/greys or my yellow/greys it's obvious to me that there is a tint of green in them. Many of my colours are borderline, they could go in a couple of different boxes, so it's never an exact science. Maybe some other artists will put all their greys and neutral tones together, I just like to split them up into the different colour groups. No right or wrong way to do it. Have a look at some other artists and how they organise too.
If you are doing small things like grass, how do you blend the colors? Seems like it would make it not very defined?
There are definitely certain times when you just need the right colour and can not mix two together. You're right, for grass and fur and very defined marks it's good to have the correct colours in stick form. However, for example with fur, you can lay all the individual marks down and the different coloured marks will mix together when you step back. So fur can be multicoloured up close, but the right shade of brown from a distance.
Emma, I would be more than pleased to join your art channel,but having read the comments about Patreon I am somewhat hesitant and not confident In using their channel.Is there any other way of acquiring your tutorials.
Hi James, At the moment all my main tutorials are only through Patreon. In the future I intend to have them available to purchase also on my website. In defence of Patreon, I've been with them since 2018 now and they've been very professional. Anyone who has had a logistical problem on my channel has had it sorted out and it runs very smoothly on the whole. It's always good to be wary of sites where you're putting your bank details though so I understand completely. But I don't have anything negative to report from my side on Patreon and have had people subscribe monthly right from when I started my channel.
Any tips on judging value? Thanks
Good question! I feel another video worth making :-)
Hiya I’m trying into get a deeper understanding of hue vs colour temperature and I wonder if maybe your use of the term ‘ colour temperature’ might be a bit wrong if temperature should go from warm (red) to cool (blue) passing through white in the middle? en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Color_temperature
are pastel paintings made using fingers to blend
Here is a video all about blending soft pastel :-)
th-cam.com/video/lkRoFFYXUAQ/w-d-xo.html
thank you im ed jack
Ah ha! Making the connection now ;-)