What a great idea, especially for people with arthritis! But wondering what would happen if you covered your work with glassine and then let the heat pad rest on it?

I've pencil drawn for decades (self-taught) and attended Art College (not much help really!) but have never been happy with the results of my drawings involving armour or other shiny objects.

6:32 the half of the pencil is eaten up...

Please show product name, some of us are new and don't know the names of all the products. Your accent is lovely, but I have no idea what pencil you are using that you like so much.

Hi ! Thanks for sharing your expertise. I was wondering have you tried this on watercolor paper?

I think it used up too much of the CarbOthello pencil.

Beautiful!!!

I am so happy that I found your video! Because of the pain in my hands I can’t burnish that much. A heat pad is a fantastic idea!

Question if I may - why not just use watercolours in the first place if you have to use solvents?

Love it !❤😊

I Have These They Are Really Nice, Prefer Having Names Rather Than Numbers

Wow I’ve always wanted to try the Icarus board this is an amazing alternative thank you so much Update* I received is and I have tried this and it’s simply amazing it’s almost like painting with a stick of butter 🥹 love this and thank your for this tip ❤

Good video Ruth. You explain things clear and precise.

Very happy I found your channel. Thank you for your wonderful explanations without the pounding others use.

Hi Ruth, I have stumbled upon this video while researching about Pastelmat as it's a type of paper I have been curious to try for a while with colored pencils and with some pastel pencils I have not really used. Thank you for all the information provided, it has been very helpful for someone who is new to pastels and this type of paper, it seems to handle layers exceptionally.

Beautiful. Literally thought the one on the side was a real life how you were using as a guide

Lovely tulip work, Ruth. Thank you so much for trying and demonstrating this for us. You addressed so many bona fide needs of colored pencil artists. I'm among those with hand issues. I try to keep my electrical use down, but at only 20W, this shouldn't be a concern. Is the Tombow electric eraser battery-powered, corded or cordless rechargeable? If it is not battery-powered, what is the wattage? These two could probably both be powered by a solar power bank while traveling by car, backpacking/camping or living off-grid. And that mat would be very welcome in winter! Thanks again. 💖💖💖

Thanks Ruth for the brilliant tips and advice

Your picture is really beautiful! Thank you for sharing your tips on using the heat pad! I have subscribed!

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do you have botanical in the cartridge?

Hi Ruth I am about to buy the first colours for my new airbrush and dont want to just buy a random brand or set of random colours that will mostly never be used Can you please tell me what acrylic paint brand you would buy now for backgrounds and what colours you would buy if you buying your first ones?

Fabulous description of the steps to creating a colored pencil piece. I'm trying to learn this and finding good courses or books is really hard. This has helped a lot.so well explained. Thank you!

very helpful 🥰🥰🥰🥰

Just ordered the heat pad. Thank you so much and I love your art and teaching!!!

Frisket extra tack is the only thing I use. I have many different sized rolls in my art studio and Bindery, because it not only works with hot press / plate surfaces for airbrush and colored pencil work.... but it works amazing with cold press and rough watercolor papers, for using with watercolor painting on 100% cotton papers. It is a one for all, and it has always worked for me whenever I needed it. This is an excellent tip for those that can't get frisket film tho 😀

Thanks for this video - I have the same equipment, just started airbrushing backgrounds. But I always wear a respirator mask when spraying!

An artist used clear packing tape and it worked. Try that too.

Beautiful tulip. Have you tried the brutfuners on the heating pad? Tfs

Fabulous lesson, thanks!

Mix airbrushing and colored pensils. It very intresting!

Very beautiful!

Have you ever done any lightfast test on bruftruner colour pencils?

Your artwork is absolutely beautiful. Thank you for such an informative tutorial. You have really inspired me.

Beautiful

stunning i liked watching you make the colours with the pan pastels because i only have red yellow blue green white and black and the shimmer ones so its interesting to see i make any colour do you have a video just showing how that is done ?? your rose in stunning with the black background i love it

thank you that was awesome, can you air brush a background then add pastel ?

Use the product by Brush and Pencil, colored pencil touch up product. For mistakes, rough parts, the line you mentioned.

Just bought mat. Thanks for video.

ive been trying to do this freehand, looks like im buying more stencils. idk why i never thought about using a stencil. duh.

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Hi Ruth! It's been a while since you uploaded, I hope things are going well for you! Great, information-packed video as always! Thank you!

incredible work ;)

So they are lightfast?

I stumbled upon your channel while looking for color pencil tutorials and how to create a realistic succulent plant. I must explain that, a while ago, I came to KZbin with tears in my eyes, trying to find a cure for colored pencils that, no matter how much I sharpened, would just fall apart. I had lost beautiful, EXPENSIVE pencils to sharpening, my heart breaking with each piece crumbling before me... KZbin creators, of all sorts, explained that, what I was experiencing was a fractured core. Which is common in Prismacolor pencils and other pencils with soft cores. And each creator had their own way to remedy this issue. But all of them listed ways to prevent it from occuring. Number 1 piece of advice - prevent the pencils from dropping AT ALL COSTS. However, as a mom of 3, it's next to impossible. Especially with my youngest, a ninja-like 3 year old, who can manage to obtain my pencils unnoticed, and subsequently toss them away, when he's caught, in an attempt to maintain his innocence. After viewing all the different techniques, I decided to try something I hadn't seen, but still established the same core belief. A way to heat the core, without burning it or it's wood casing, while also not introducing water to the equation. A heating pad. The type used to assist in body ache and pain relief. Placing the pencil in the crease of the fold and leaving it there for a number of minutes, then allowing it to cool, has almost returned my pencil to its brand new condition... After all, I did lose some of it's length to sharpening before I had realized it was fractured. Now, because of your beautiful video, I can purchase this type of heating pad to use during my drawing and coloring that will extend the life of my pencils even further. Plus, I find your videos to be soothing and extremely easy to learn from. Thank you. (I hope you enjoy this comment as much as I did writing it)

I enjoy watching. awesome well done idol. ❤️

Good work keep it up and stay connected with us thank you ❣❤😊