Avoid Painting Every Leaf! How to Paint More Expressive Trees

[@tilliefowler7963]

Karen, this was one of the best instructional videos I’ve seen! I’m a big fan of yours!!!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you Tillie! I appreciate your kind words!

[@canadaverydry]

Each lesson you upload is pure gold!! 🤗🤗🤗😗🥰

[@KarenMargulis]

Wow, thank you! I appreciate you watching!!

[@rosemariefargas8573]

Mrs Margulis you really are one of the best teachers I have seen in this tutoriales, you are incredible and your explanations are simple, fast, clear. I thank you very very 😊 much your tutorial.

[@KarenMargulis]

Wow, thank you!

[@dawnarobertson9577]

I would have lost heart after the alcohol application😮 I’m glad I got to see that stage through.

[@dianecharest8365]

WOW! This looks soooo realistic. Nice job. Beautiful.

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

quite the technique of mixing watercolor-like under-painting with dry pastels on top; also the selected mark/strokes of pastel for building the illusion of clusters of leaves is very convincing to the eye. very satisfying end result.

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@triciabennetts6578]

This is beautiful Karen!❤ - thankyou so much for sharing - very clear instruction that makes the painting seem approachable.😊

[@luvurobert]

You're such a wonderful teacher! Thank you for the beautiful painting tutorial, too. 🥰

[@KarenMargulis]

You are so welcome!

[@kathyswearingen1509]

I love your paintings! I love the richness of your use of colour. I keep learning thank you

[@KarenMargulis]

You are so welcome! Thank you!!

[@maankawas5957]

Wowwww, stunning! Absolutely beautiful!😍❤❤👏👏👏👏

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you so much!

[@maankawas5957]

@@KarenMargulis You're most welcome!😊😊

[@johnsmall4318]

Just when I think it can't get any better. EXCELLENT tutorial - Thanks Karen

[@joaniemiller4362]

I like how you emphasize doing a light touch so you can see the other colors.

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you!

[@SiningniSing]

Really impressive!

[@menlyfa]

This painting is lovely!! Thanks for sharing your knowledge and talent!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you so much 😀

[@jenfleming9384]

Karen what a great teaching video! I usually watch Utube on my iPad but today I watched this one on my big tv. I was enthralled to see how much detail you put into your underpainting! Makes me want to improve that in my work. It was just all so wonderful and I learned a lot from it, thank you.

[@KarenMargulis]

You are so welcome! How fu to see it on your big TV!

[@nataliablake6643]

Oh - my - God! This is so beautiful and so interesting to watch. Thank you for your lessons.

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you very much! I appreciate you watching!

[@patvalenzuela5105]

I love it. This one I want to try. I live where we have Aspens.

[@wulfseig1864]

Hello I'm new to this channel and to pastels. So glad to have found you. Subscribed. Boy do I need filleritis help. Thanks for the help 🙂.

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks for joining! And thanks for watching!!

[@Shopgirl49]

Just watched you do your magic! Thanks Karen 💕

[@KarenMargulis]

You are so welcome! Thanks for watching!

[@petrajimenez7323]

Beautiful painting ! Thank you for all the instruction .

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks so much 😊

[@grazynagruszczynska1879]

Beautiful demo. I love your painting

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you so much!

[@margaretmunson3942]

Lovely trees-helpful techniques!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks so much!

[@PetroicaRodinogaster264]

Even at the point where you came back to the dry version, it looked interesting.m

[@jeannerenaud2357]

C’est super, ton tableau est beau à tous les stades de sa facture, en des genres différents. J’adore!😊😊❤😊😊

[@KarenMargulis]

Merci beaucoup!!

[@mgaeddert1]

Gorgeous!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you! 😊

[@sueaberle935]

Beautiful

[@joppakat]

Hello Karen, as always I learn so much from your videos--I thank you. I am watching you now in the above video, you are putting the cool yellow on top of the warmer ocher at about 28:14. You said something like "this is a little one" and a few strokes later you said something like you can't use it because it is too small. I have a box of too small to work with pieces of pastels. What do you do with them? I cant bear to throw them away, sometimes I use a bit of the dust to add a punch of color or a glazing over an area...what is to be done with bits? Have a good day!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks for watching! I have been using my bits for spices like you do but you can also use them to make new pastels. You crush them and add distilled water to make a paste and form the paste into shapes!

[@RobertHopkinsArt]

Great painting, as always, Karen! I "love" the look of pastels, but hate painting with them. It's a phobia kind of thing for me with the dust. If there was a way for us to get this effect in oil I would be all over it! Were you able to continue your oil adventure that you started earlier this year? I don't see any further oil conversations on your blog or how your training with Scott Christensen's program went for you. Thanks again for sharing your wonderful paintings and technique!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks! I got distracted from my oil adventure and started exploring abstracts! I wish I had time to do it all! I did enjoy the oils and I am working on a studio organization so I can make it easily accessible again!

[@RobertHopkinsArt]

I saw that you are updating your studio, which will be great! You've earned it!!! Abstracts are fun too. Thanks again for your wonderful artist community support and I am so glad to see you doing well over on Patreon.

[@dawnarobertson9577]

I have that aversion to pastel dust, too. I’m still trying to overcome this at the starting line 😊. This video is bringing me closer to the jump-off place. . .

[@annierodenberg2327]

[@iameaglelady1]

Wonderful video Karen. As always I learn so much from you. I am upset to learn Blair workable fixative is no longer available. Can you share the link to the sprayer that you use? And do you use just regular isopropyl alcohol that you can get at the drugstore? Thanks!

[@KarenMargulis]

Thank you!! It is a continuous spray bottle from Amazon and I use regular 70% isopropyl alcohol. Here is the link:www.amazon.com/Sprayer-Continuous-Styling-Cleaning-Misting/dp/B07W5S412S/ref=sr_1_1_sspa?crid=1NIOZ47JD2W27&keywords=continuous%2Bspray%2Bbottle&qid=1667076385&qu=eyJxc2MiOiI1LjQ0IiwicXNhIjoiNS4yNiIsInFzcCI6IjUuMDYifQ%3D%3D&sprefix=continuous%2Caps%2C108&sr=8-1-spons&th=1

[@avokadotto2943]

Thank you, i loved this lesson too!😍 Please let me know, how do you fix your paper/cardboard on the drawing board? I fix them on the edges, but i would like to see and paint the whole paper. I hope it make sense in english, ehat i wrote :)

[@KarenMargulis]

Thanks for watching! I use the tape only on the corners and I make hinges....one piece on the back with the sticky side facing to you and then tape that piece down. I use artist's tape.

[@kloptok2508]

How do u fix your work at the end?

[@KarenMargulis]

I don't use a final fixative but paintings do need to be framed under glass.

[@scouthaars2924]

Karen, Patreon keeps declining my payment. Any suggestions?

[@KarenMargulis]

I am not sure why that would be happening. Here is a link to a help article but if none of this works there is a link to ask the Patreon help desk. Unfortunately I don't have access to your account!support.patreon.com/hc/en-us/articles/203913799-Retry-my-declining-payment

[@scouthaars2924]

@@KarenMargulis thanks so much. I’ll try that and hope it works so I can get on your patreon page

[@robertweinblatt2018]

In most cases I look at the photo once for a General topographical design and then I place your dark sand lights just where I want them, not how they appear in photo

[@susankashmiri6199]

Gorgeous!

[@claychick100]

Gorgeous!