Pastel painting techniques and tutorial with Christine Broersen | Colour In Your Life

In this fine art TV show episode Christine Broersen is interviewed with Colour In Your Life about painting, drawing, art workshops, art tips and art techniques.
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Fine Art TV Series - Colour In Your Life
Season - 15
Episode - 03
Filmed on Location at - Shepparton, Victoria, Australia
Christine Broersen has been painting for many years and doing art in one shape or form all of her life. Christine has vivid memories of drawing with chalk on a slate board or with pencil on any blank piece of paper or cardboard she could find.
When Christine Broersen was about four she remembers taking empty soft drink bottles to the corner shop and exchanging them for a new stick of chalk. She was in awe of the box of beautifully coloured tapered sticks. Her favourite colour was red, and she can still remember it as the shop keeper carefully slipped it into the new white lolly bag. Oh what a memory and that’s why for the past 23 years Christine Broersen has worked exclusively in pastel. I
She still feels like a kid in a lolly shop when she stands in front of the rows of beautifully coloured pastels.
Out of necessity Christine taught herself, due to the commitment of raising five children.
Her first was born in 1974 and her last was born in 1995. During those years Christine never found enough free time for formal lessons, and had never been lucky enough to find a mentor to guide her, so she fumbled along over the years happily enjoying the accidental discoveries that pastels have shown her.
Christine Broersen's works are exquisitely delicate and a wonder to look upon and that shopkeeper deserves a round of applause for enabling an artist to follow her dream.
You can contact the artist about their art tips or art techniques directly via their website www.christinebroersen.com
The Colour In Your Life fine art TV series is an art show that takes you into the everyday studios of artists from around the world. While in the studio they share their individual art techniques and art tips with the viewer in a relaxed atmosphere, with a delightfully Australian host and fellow artist, Graeme Stevenson. The artist shares with the viewer their stories of life, painting, drawing, sculpting, art workshops and any art lessons they may provide. The art TV series is currently filmed in Australia, New Zealand and the United States.
Graeme Stevenson, a world renowned artist himself, rides his Harley Davidson to the studios of artists all over the world and allows the viewers a chance to see some of the greatest artists of the world in action.
A wonderfully engaging art show. If you love creativity and the joy of looking at the world through art, then Colour In Your Life is the place to be.
Colour In Your Life is an Australian owned and produced TV art show.
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[@davidketchen]

Such mastery of colour!

[@jekaterinanemeth3052]

Кристина, Ты с пастелью твориш Чудеса!!! Твои картины так сказать ((( ШЕДЕВРЫ ))) !!! Я очень рада что тебя нашла! Большое Спасибо тибе за то что ТЫ делишся своим опытом, и знаниями! Fantastic! Love! Bravo!!! Merci!!!🤗🤩🤩🤩👌❤️❤️❤️🍀🎁💐🌹🥀🌸💯

[@paulofreitas8862]

Phenomenal. Wow

[@MT-bc6xf]

Wow. Amazing. Love the, "I don't like rules." She is lovely.

[@nkAngelz]

watching this somehow helps me to begin on my art project, thankyou so much

[@LisaAdams.75]

That's my talented Mummy :) Darren and I watched it together and he found it very fascinating to watch it come to life, another fan is born :p

[@gibsonkyson2748]

Instablaster...

[@sylviewheeler6237]

Wow wow wow !,,! Sublime !

[@Paula-jl6uf]

Amazing. Beautiful work.

[@vicksterhawk]

stunning Christine

[@vigspark]

I just love her accent 😃

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

could you handle it if she was the host more often?

[@lucygray6162]

Wonderful simplicity. I've seen too many still-life artists drag everything from Grandma's kitchen hutch into the picture without regard for composition or atmosphere. Christine keeps it delightfully simple with wonderful colors, and to do it with pastels is just amazing. What a pleasure to see this episode.

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks so much for coming in to our channel and hopefully learning more about Art and the amazing Artists across the globe. If you get the time share our channel with your friends. We upload a new video every week. Thanks again, Graeme

[@mariamaragonesjust2150]

Guauuu!!!Alucinante,es increible lo que se puede llegar a hacer con color,me eha encantado,muchas GRACIAS!!!Christine y Sophia😍😉

[@christinebroersen5992]

Wow, nearly 8 thousand views after only two months on You Tube. Thank you to all that have taken the time to watch my episode of Colour in Your Life and a huge thank you to the team from Colour in Your Life for making it possible for me to use this format to showcase my art. Thank's everyone.

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Our pleasure Christine! We're always happy to promote your stunning work.

[@adamsaoud7191]

u are amazing artist watching u here from Syria with a lot of love and respect for u and ur family

[@user-sk6bh4yu4g]

@@ColourinyourlifeAu し

[@hissyfitz7890]

🖤🤍🤎🤍🖤 YOUR WORK! Thanks for sharing. 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻

[@mischabe3]

Absolutely beautiful ! I never thought painting like these would be possible with pastel. I still find it hard to believe! Exquisite.

[@ivanbenic6377]

great stuff .My very first major award was getting chosen for a world unesco childrens art exibit . Incredibly my still life wound up in New Zealand all the way from Canada .Got the letter framed on my wall .The year was 1966

[@adamsaoud7191]

awesome interview thanks for u both ladies

[@dianelodico5229]

Sophie, you are a real gem! Thank you!

[@annfoster1980]

best pastel demo I've seen. love it

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks for your comments, they are greatly appreciated, Graeme

[@devjawaji]

I really liked the work done by you. They are beautiful. However in next videos please keep the camera focused on the painting mostly. Thanks

[@adamsaoud7191]

amazing and so beautiful works we should all see ur videos i hope u will make more

[@colletteleeds8731]

Wow! Brought me to tears...so beautiful!

[@joycolville3438]

Yep remember lining up for single Derwents and using bottle money for them averaged one every few weeks

[@jamesholder13]

Amazing work! I love pastels!

[@MrKoctbllb]

Thanks, pastels such a great medium :)

[@mindyhorstman3176]

Beautiful!

[@everydaybodybuilding2282]

Some crazy good still life

[@punechejimenez9422]

¡Hermosa la clase y la instructora ..

[@jaykishanart6630]

Best art

[@AnjaliSingh-ww2ez]

👏👏👏👏👏

[@cynthiaspaulding8364]

It is beautiful.

[@ernestvenn8291]

great show.

[@enigma4542]

graeme sir u r introducing a great artists.

[@Cre8iveSignWorks]

hey graeme- better watch out! your job is under threat. Sophia is doing a great job indeed! not a huge fan of pastels but this is very detailed, awesome work! fantastic artist!

[@pastels-painting]

Lovely

[@heloneidaheloneida]

Your work is amazing. Thanks.

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks for your comments, they are greatly appreciated, Graeme

[@jeanmilhollin5176]

You are better than amazing oh my wow you are not real unreal looks like I could reach in the painting and eat the food. I am still more amazed the more I see of your work. Thank you

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks so much for coming in to our channel and hopefully learning more about Art and the amazing Artists across the globe. If you get the time share our channel with your friends. We upload a new video every week. Thanks again, Graeme

[@kathywilden7702]

What a wonderful artist. I paint with watercolors and love to see other mediums used. I love your work and intend to go to your website and see more of your work.

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Glad you enjoyed the show. WE will have a new one for you every week for you and our fans, Please if you get the chance it would be great if you told more folks about us. We have worked tirelessly for many years to bring you these Artists, thanks again

[@MygGolNeBol]

brilliant ^-^

[@quyngovan3082]

Hi ..you are so wonderful .

[@christinebroersen5992]

Thank you Quy

[@hissyfitz7890]

My kind of artist! 1 - paint on black 2 - don’t like rules 3 - use artistic license & 4 - self taught!!! 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻BRAVO👏🏻 👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻👏🏻

[@jairosanchez2583]

👏👏👏👏👏👏🌹

[@dianiamullinax]

Wow. Beautiful started out with pastels. Why did I stop?

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks for your comments, they are greatly appreciated, Graeme

[@candicecurran6834]

Love your style! so soft and the way you catch the light is so beautiful! Sorry if i missed it but what black paper do you use?? Thanks alot

[@christinebroersen5992]

I use Canson Mi-Teintes paper. Black is beautiful as I work from dark to light, but it isn't the only colour paper I use.

[@cynthiaward5750]

Absolutely a full on display of magic with pastels ! I would so love to know what paper are you painting on ? I love to blend as well but on what paper ? I listened early on to artists raving about UART sanded paper. Now I have it ($$$) and don't like it because can't blend it. So desperate to find out what a great artist like you are....what brand of paper...please, tell ! Thank you so much !

[@christinebroersen5992]

Hi Cynthia, I use Canson MI_TEINTES pastel paper, the smooth side.

[@cynthiaward5750]

Thank you very much ! Warm wishes!

[@Crispy_Bee]

If you work with pastel, charcoal or any 'grainy' medium you should always tilt the canvas forward if you're applying a lot of material. Then you avoid getting all those flakes on your painting and you don't have to turn it upside down.

[@everydaybodybuilding2282]

Christine doesn't care about rules

[@everydaybodybuilding2282]

photographer85 lmao

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thanks so much for coming in to our channel and hopefully learning more about Art and the amazing Artists across the globe. If you get the time share our channel with your friends. We upload a new video every week. Thanks again, Graeme

[@tulayamalavenapi4028]

I just blow alot.... It's like playing a flute..... 😉 or whispering sweet nothings to your painting. 😂

[@reneekroyer5104]

Wow, your work is amazing, Christine. I just happened upon this tutorial and I'm SO glad I found you and that you are filling in for the regular guy. I can't imagine anybody cringing at any of your techniques, either, because your work is truly spectacular. Just wondering: How do you not get pastel dust falling down onto the paper when doing your work? Especially when you put on the bright colors of the flower petals? Thank you SO much for this video. I am a beginner in pastels and I KNOW I do not have the patience to do still life work, but your still life paintings are beautiful. Truly beautiful. How can I purchase one? (Wish I could afford several.) Thank you. Renee K

[@christinebroersen5992]

Hi Renee, thank you for your kind words. There is always going to be a bit of pastel dust falling onto the paper, I either give the paper a gentle tap, brush very lightly with a tissue or cloth or use my knead-able eraser. It was lovely catching up with you via email, happy pasteling, Cheers .

[@La_abbess]

Christine Broersen I really love your style Christine💚

[@kathygore6615]

great stuff - good to see somebody else who is none too happy about the "rules" around not blending pastels with fingers - as a matter of interest, what brand of black pastel paper are you using that still holds pastel and allows you to still have your fingertips?

[@christinebroersen5992]

Hi Kathy, I use Canson mi-teintes pastel paper.

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Thats a wonderful comment to make. Thanks so much for watching our channel. We will have a new show for you every week. Tell your friends when you get the chance, thanks again, Graeme

[@gkfrandsen7739]

Did I read that you use mi tientes? I haven't seen sheets that big. Where do you buy it?

[@acaciarogersart]

Gorgeous art work! Rules?! What are rules when it comes to technique? Id use my bum on a painting if it would get the effect I wanted!

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

At your age Acacia you probably have a great backside, so go for it young lady, LOL, Graeme

[@acaciarogersart]

Graeme Stevenson (Colour in Your Life) Haha thanx Graeme

[@Skiddyskates]

How many videos have you made?

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

Roughly 200 you should check them out they are all amazing and talented artists

[@Skiddyskates]

how did you make this video?

[@ColourinyourlifeAu]

www.colourinyourlife.com.au/tv-show

[@annhenry7342]

Vladimir

[@jcepri]

Great technical skills. Just not my taste