Thanks didnt know about all of those techniques

Love it

I had mine sorted by value but found it hard putting them back. Might rethink that

Really interesting. I. have read some books on composition but not heard of the steel yard or the radiating line. Very useful. Having a few set ways of starting to make a composition is helpful. Thanks

I’ve been meaning to introduce this technique into my pastels again. It’s been decades since I did this. Excited to have a play soon now. Fun video Avon.

I've moved onto wax pastels they are very versatile for me less messy although some like the tactile feeling

Thank you so much !!!very interesting and great video.

really interesting thanks for the video, look forward to the next one :)

Thank you. That was so innovative and interesting. So many different techniques.

Thank you so much!

Thank you for your great demonstrations. I just thought I’d ask..I know your a pastel’ist, primarily. And you paint the underpainting sometimes with acrylic..I’m wondering about a pastel under- drawing and acrylic or oil on top? I’ve seen charcoal used for this, but not pastel.

Oh the foam board spacer! brilliant, have elmers glue will travel 😂

Does this work the same with Pan Pastels? Thank you for your informative videos!

Thank you!

Really useful. Thanks

So simple yet effective, like why didn’t i think of if that .

Excellent my friend! I will try the sheet for rolling. Mine always tun out rough. Love those grays!

Thank you for these great tips. I’m still growing in my pastel journey and finding that I lack reds and yellows on the darkest value range. Nice to see that Girault on the 2-3 range!

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Awsome Avon❤

Thanks for a great video! 😊

Wow! So many possibilities ! Thankyou so much 😊

Very interesting. Very helpful. Why not use a wet pastel application in the early stage of covering heavy textures?

I’m a North East gal. The only flat land I’ve experienced is in south ‘Jersey. Lots of pine flats.

Beautiful save!

Thanks for this wonderful tutorial. I can't believe what I'm seeing. I did a digital freehand drawing, of a bridge for fun. It looks almost exactly the same and even the layout of the trees and the camera angle. Except, in my drawing the river bank was more muddy due to the season. 💯🎨

Thank you for this video. You have taken my ideas of using Notans to another level. I do use thumb nails and I do use pictures at times. You have given me a better idea as to how to put the two together. I also believe I do not need a picture. Doing plein air studies with my view finder will work just as well.

You're absolutely right. Practice makes master! Thank you!

Thank you!!! Excellent video.

Excellent 👌

Wow...your thumbnail idea of grey background is superb. Thank you

Ah, I remembered... There's a Derwent Charcoal XL line that's also watercolourable, basically a water-soluble dry pastel. It only has a few colours that are more grey and brown, maybe an alternative.

These pastels are unique, in fact I don't know of any other brand that has this water-soluble material. Maybe just coloured pencils, but it's not the same. Here in my region it's hard to find at the moment.

You could mix grays on surface if that area is large...but if u have to paint small area of colour gray...its difficult to blend small area

Whole point of me using pastels is availability of ready made hues ...grays...so that i could just pick nearest hue and make mark

I'm really enjoying your series on pastels, I'm learning a lot from each video. Could you do a video on the myths of pastel toxicity (use of mask, gloves) ? Greetings from Brazil.

How about a neutral without physical blending? Optical blending?

I saw a documentary on Wyeth and he used cardboard.

That was a gteat video, interesting, informative and very usefull. Thank you very much from Scotland ❤

I doubt cardboard with gesso is archival unless you gesso every side

Thanks for this how-to. Paper, especially high quality paper or special purpose paper, like everything else, is really expensive, so any way we can save some money on it and have it perform like we need it to... is certainly worth a shot. And we know, we're not necessarily working on masterpieces every time we make art. So like you say, with paper that doesn't cost an arm & a leg, maybe we'll feel more relaxed and create more. 👍 p.s. When I have leftover and still fresh paint, (whether oil or acrylic & maybe even gouache )I try to take that paint and use it to paint a first background layer (or maybe even a little more) on one of my empty canvases. Maybe I'll eventually paint over it, but when I'm trying to decide what to paint or I need a little jumpstart, that canvas that I began painting on, can help me get going. Plus, I just hate to throw away good paint!

Really enjoyed this video. This method wouldn't work for me as i have very limited space. Instead I bought some clear acrylic stacking trays (usually used for makeup or jewelry). They come in several sizes, from 6 inch square to 12" x 6". You can stack them as high as you want and you can see thru to the colors inside. They're awesome, I have 2 stacks right by my easel and just love them.

What if you painted with the brush in one direction let it dry and then do the other direction after it's dried to fill in the 1st cracks going in the 1st direction would that make it smooth after 2nd dry??

I love cereal boxes to work on..I know lots of people who eat cereal and are willing to give me their”trash” 🙌🏻

Wow! Must say this was very helpful thank you, I’m going to try with both.🖌️

This was really good, have to think about how I organize my palette. Thanks so much 😊

I have several hundred pastels organixed by color and have not been happy with that, this has given me a new method to try, thank you for explaining it so clearly

Thank you for sharing this video with your techniques! Excellent surfaces for soft pastels! I have had my best success with watercolor papers or even good printmaking paper for etching or even silk screening. I found pumice on Amazon for quite a reasonable price! If you add your own you can save a lot of money on your Gesso and give yourself an even greater savings!

Where I live gesso is expensive, so I make my own clear gesso. Definitely not archival but it works for me. Mix one part corn starch with one part water to a fine slurry. Distilled water is recommended (I use tap water because it is deep artesian and OK). Add two and a half parts of any white glue - I use PVA. Apparently you can also use Elmer's glue. I'm just throwing it out there in case anyone wants to know - I use it to give a surface for pencil on slick paper. 🙂

Wouldn’t you stretch your paper first?