How to Mix SKIN TONES using PASTEL Sticks & Pencils | Portrait Study... Narrated Tutorial.

Pastel Portrait Tutorial. It can be difficult to use Pastel sticks for skin tones... here is my approach blending the subtleties over the stick layer using Pastel pencils to achieve realistic transition from dark to light skin tones and creating the correct value, chroma and edges that makes up the overall effect. This is a request from a few of my Patreon's so here is the short version. The Long version for Patreon will be on there middle of July 2023.
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Here is a list of Caran d ache rich pastel pencils colours I usually use: numbers...
Primary colours...
Reds... 788-060, 080
Yellows... 788- 240, 530, 035
Blue... 788- 145
Orange 788-052
Purple 788-099
Green 788-719
Carbothello pencils are... green 1400/585, red... 305, orange, 221, lemon yellow 205, yellow ochre 685 and white 100. I don't use this brand's blues as some of the lightfastness is poor. so I use Conti a Paris ones for them,... No10, No 06, No 22 and No46. Also the purple red for the deep shadows ... No19
If you can afford it I would recommend buying the sets as the extra colours would be very useful for clothes and backgrounds and can work out cheaper per pencil... affiliate links below.
**Amazon UK links:** (USA links scroll down to the heading below)
PASTEL PENCILS:
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Premium Colouring Pencil - STABILO CarbOthello Pastel Pencil Metal box of 60 assorted colours, plus sharpener, kneaded eraser, blending stump
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Conte a Paris Pastel Pencil Set, Assorted, Set of 48
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PASTELS STICKS:
Royal Talens - Rembrandt Extra Fine Soft Pastel - Artist Quality - General Selection of 45
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SURFACE USED:
Clairefontaine Pastelmat, Dark Grey amzn.to/2xHhOek
PENCIL EXTENDER
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BLENDING TOOLS
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** Amazon USA links: **
PASTEL PENCILS:
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PASTELS STICKS:
Rembrandt Royal Talens Soft Pastels General Set, 90 Half Stick Set amzn.to/2KZlTNY
SURFACE USED:
Clairefontaine Pastelmat, Dark Grey amzn.to/2XBEEQU
PENCIL EXTENDER
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BLENDING TOOLS
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[@DavePortersArt]

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[@reelynn77]

This is great! It's true that you can never find the right color and I had always been told you can't really easily mix soft pastels. This shows that is very wrong. Makes me happy that I don't have a need to buy new soft pastels, just use what I have. Thank you. Your art is so beautiful as well

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Raelynn, I have always kept things nice and straight forward, colour fascinates me so much. All the very best🙏

[@IamMaria3169]

Thank you, will heed to your instructions ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

You’re welcome Maria😊 🙏

[@sylvianblue]

Superb Dave. Thank you 🙏

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you enjoyed it... appreciate you watching the video. All the very best 🙏😊

[@donniecatalano]

I am a bit of a snob in the art world, having had both parents deeply involved, even at an international level. Having said so, I would like to express my most vivid compliments for your work sir, I really appreciate your narration as well. You have a new subscriber, cheers!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for your kindwords... appreciate the great feedback. Thanks for subscribing and watching my videos. All the very best 🙏

[@Macfreak40]

This has opened my eyes to pastels in a big way. I’ve always tended to avoid them because I usually work light to dark with Magic Markers, then go textural with graphite, Pencil Crayons and other mediums like Gouache for highlights and sometimes watercolours etc. I loved how you explained both the ‘thinking and approach’ required at times when in the act of drawing/painting etc, as well as how to use complementaries to neutralise a hue. This is a beautiful thing to me. I have subscribed and thanks very much!

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Pete, Pastel medium is a great way to express colour... the use of the complementaries to neutralise a hue is crucial to achieving a realistic look. All the very best... thanks for watching and subbing. 🙏

[@amyblossom7486]

I am a recent Patreon member and I so appreciate the “whole experience” you bring to your videos. I also find art to be a spiritual journey. I am just starting to be interested in portraiture, and I look forward to learning a lot from you!

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Amy, thanks for taking the time to give such great feedback, thrilled you are enjoying the Patreon experience and share the connection to the spiritual aspect of the art journey. All the very best with your portraiture. 😊🙏

[@dejewa]

Always lovely. A great lesson for pastel and for life…I always feel more centered and calm after your videos….thank you for the gentle reminders to be kind to ourselves❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much for your kind words, thrilled you enjoyed watching my videos... means the world to me 🙏😊

[@johanneboucher1038]

Love all your work! I would like to see a demo with pan pastel.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thrilled you love my work, pan pastels are something I am considering to try. 🙏

[@tinalandrey5104]

color richness is acheived early very interesting

[@DavePortersArt]

It was fascinating, the ugly stages was extreme this way, Just had to persevere with the mixing on top with pencils, which seem to work. 😊🙏

[@notleon9641]

currently an art student using soft pastels in class, loved watching your process! thank you for talking about what to do when you’re overwhelmed by all the colors, it happens to me all the time

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad the video was helpful, I like to keep things nice and straight forward, less colours the better.... thanks for watching... all the very best with your art studies. 🙏

[@DougieWotherspoon]

I love your content. I have been on a journey after discovering a hidden passion at 52. Been drawing for two years now and draw mostly people's pets just now. I have just taken the jump to colour with pastels and I'm struggling with colour and colour theory. I feel and am starting a new journey and find you as well as well your content to be very grounded and practical, so thank you for sharing such amazing content. I will be joining you on patreon in the next few days 🎉

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Dougie, congratulations on finding your passion for art, which can be very healing and a wonderful way to connect to the energy around us. Great way to start creating is b/w work as this gives good foundation with values. Colour is such a joy and is very addictive. I try to keep things very simple. | studied many of the old masters ways many, many years ago and stayed with their ideas of the importance of a simple palette. I have developed my Pastel technique from what I do with Oils. Look forward to welcoming you to the Patreon community. All the very Best... Dave 🙏

[@DougieWotherspoon]

@@DavePortersArt it shows in your passion and. Narration. My sister is the real artist of the family. She was in a coma for two months with COVID and through that time learning to draw gave me a way to feel connected to her. She has recovered somewhat but not able to do her art. It has brought us so much closer and she is thrilled at seeing my art so can't wait to get some colour to show her. Thanks for the reply and see you on your patreon👍

[@suzanneboily5224]

Thank you love your works

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome... thrilled you love my work... thanks for watching. 😊🙏

[@joanmartel9008]

Amazing work.. thank you for sharing your artistic skills☺️ I’m an artist but I do pencil sketches but want to broaden my skills using color. This video is very helpful. Thank you

[@DavePortersArt]

My pleasure Joan. Colour is so addictive... you did right be focusing on pencil sketches first, values are gained and understood in black and white, this really helps with seeing colour values. all the very best.... thank you so much for watching. 🙏😊

[@cherryj]

Mesmerising as usual! A pleasure to watch your work.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Cherry, appreciate you watching my videos. 😊🙏

[@ocharejohnpaul8908]

I like loved the video, a small study yet I feel I have learnt a lot already.

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you enjoyed it Ochare! Thanks for watching 😊🙏

[@ritanoel2828]

Like it? I loved it. It is so life-like!

[@user-lo3ym3ij5g]

Thanks so helpful ….makes perfect sense thank you so much❤❤❤

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome.... thank you so much for watching... appreciated 🙏

[@reganbothma5435]

Really loved that pastel tutorial thank you. I liked the comment about opening your heart and letting go of the mind. Brilliant and absolutely true. 👍🏽

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome Regan, Opening the heart and letting of the thinking mind is everything to me... aware of being aware connect us to bliss, our natural state. All the very best. Thanks for watching 🙏😊

[@emilyadams6194]

Really enjoyed your video. I wanted to see someone demo pastel portrait painting and was very interested in your combination with pencils. Very instructive and was surprised at how totally the combination blends the pencil and the medium soft pastel. They even even layer well. Thank you for sharing this information.

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad it was helpful for you Emily! You are very welcome thanks for watching! 🙏😊

[@MT-bc6xf]

You are a wonderful, down to earth teacher. Thank you!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you for the kind words... you are welcome 🙏

[@janvincent6721]

Brilliant, I always learn something new from you and have made my understanding of shadows using secondary colours easy. Thank you Dave

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Jan, thank you... thrilled you are getting value from my videos. You are very welcome. Thanks for watching! 😊🙏

[@janicetasker1854]

So great to learn about keeping calm when one hits a wall. Love watching and learning from you. Thank you for sharing your wealth of knowledge❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the feedback Janice, learning how the mind plays tricks on us is so important. Thrilled you love watching my videos and are getting value from them. You are very welcome... all the very best. 😊🙏

[@janicetasker1854]

@@DavePortersArt I forgot to mention I am from New Zealand. Yes we have a lot of artist down here. 💖

[@MindartDk]

Wow, this is awesome! Thanks for sharing!

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you liked it! You are very welcome... thanks for watching! 🙏

[@vanniekerkjohannes5568]

Brilliant! Absolutely Amazing!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much! 🙏

[@mrcsfmann]

Thanks for sharing your way. I enjoyed your video and the description. I've just started using pastels on my portraits. Your video is of great help 👏👏

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad it was helpful Carlo! thanks for watching... all the very best! 🙏

[@dimitrioskalfakis]

it is a pleasure to watch and learn from your artwork.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for the kind words Dimitrio... much appreciated 🙏

[@carolsacco6864]

Lovely technique and presentation!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much Carol... appreciate the kind feedback. 🙏

[@megatron7804]

magnificent work!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you! Cheers! 🙏

[@caitlinzavala7854]

This is so fascinating to watch unfold and seems so effortless!

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you found the video interesting... thank you for watching... appreciated. 😊🙏

[@davidbarker3312]

You're the man, Dave, thanks for the help.

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers David... you are welcome... great that you find the video helpful🙏

[@lynettewilleston1812]

Love your honest narration. You always inspire me. Thanks so much. Keep them coming ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome Lynette, it is great to know my work inspires you... more to follow for sure. 🥰🙏

[@williamstilgoe61]

Excellent as always, love your videos.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi William, thank you so much, appreciate the love for my content. Thanks for watching, much appreciated. 🙏😊

[@erictaunton2183]

Enjoyed watching your video Dave thanks for sharing 👍👍👍👍👍👍

[@DavePortersArt]

Thrilled you are enjoying watching my videos... you are welcome. Thanks for watching 😊🙏

[@dianesloan442]

Love, love the presentation! I am new to pastels - so helpful.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thrilled you love how the video come across Diane. All the very best with your pastel journey... thanks for watching 🙏

[@jlighthouse9458]

Well done !

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers! 🙏

[@daveswallow8291]

Dave, this looks amazing. I think the pastel sticks going down first gave it more depth. I need to try this. Every time I try the pastel sticks I get in trouble. Great job

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Dave. they are interesting to apply, just keep the pressure very light and be careful not to add too much pigment... that's the key . 🙏😊

[@ritanoel2828]

I really enjoy watching your videos. I feel like I am learning so much. You are a very good teacher and a wonderful artist! I really like Rembrant pastels, too. They are soft and easy to use. Thank you so much!

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Rita, Thrilled you are enjoying the videos. Appreciate the kind words, all the very best with your artwork. 😊🙏

[@Baronsmith007]

This is a love at first sight for me ❤❤ A new subscriber you've got sire ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Welcome aboard Baron!... thanks for watching. 😊🙏

[@tonipeers8165]

Lovely tutorial. Great presentation. Thank you.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Toni... you are welcome🙏

[@dive-inart1389]

Just Wao....Amazing tutorial....Thankyou...much needed 🙌❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks for the kind words and for watching the video 🙏

[@mariaabulencia]

Maraming Salamat Thank you so much. I learned many techniques and inspiring tips from your video. Gratitude from the Philippines 🌿🙏🌿

[@DavePortersArt]

Welcome ka Maria. Thank you so much for watching the video, thrilled you have found the tips helpful 😊🙏

[@trevorstoyreviews8844]

Thanks Dave, you make it look so easy! Will certainly give this technique a go.

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome Trevor, I just flow with the moment and just observer. I keep out of the way. 🙏😊

[@LauranneJ679]

Great video again, Dave. You make it look so easy.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Loranne, I just keep out of the way and let the movements happen, just observer it develop. It is a wonderful feeling to let go of control and let instinct take over. 😊🙏

[@LauranneJ679]

@@DavePortersArt Thank you for your advice, Dave. I enjoy art but find the process quite daunting at time. I'll certainly give your method of opening the mind a go.

[@robynwhite5662]

Really enjoyed this video.. First time I’ve heard a pastelist use primaries and colour theory to neutralise colours. Been learning more about this because I love watercolour. Hasn’t stopped me buying 75 tubes though! Now I’m trying to use a more limited pallet across the board with all the mediums I paint with.

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you enjoyed it Robyn! I got the idea from my Oil Painting technique I use the same pallete no matter what the medium is and it seem to work. Perfect for watercolours. 😊🙏

[@honeybunchhoneybunch9954]

Brilliant portrait thanks for posting

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank You... You are very welcome, thanks for watching! 😊🙏

[@medanatomie7390]

c'est magnifique, délicat . Merci pour cette vidéo

[@DavePortersArt]

Merci pour les gentils mots Med. vous êtes les bienvenus... merci d'avoir regardé 🙏

[@mythribg3349]

Thank you for this amazing video! It is very informative and I love it!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are so welcome! Thank you so much for watching 🙏

[@katjamohr8097]

❤thank you so much for sharing ❤ I adopt it to my oil painting process ... It helpt me a lot HOW you explain I ❤YOUR CHANEL

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Cat, you are welcome... the method of mixing colour would work with all mediums. Thrilled you found the video helpful... appreciate the love of my channel. all the very best... thanks for watching. 🙏😊

[@ElizabethBattle]

This is excellent. Thank you!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Elizabeth... You are very welcome... thanks for watching🙏

[@babetweirdgirl4103]

Thank you! This was most helpful!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are Welcome Baber, thanks for watching. 🙏

[@corinnecastelli235]

Magnifique et impressionnant quelle maîtrise merci❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Vous êtes très gentil... merci d'avoir regardé 🙏

[@trishhayes9587]

Love your videos so much.

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you love them! means a lot to me. 🙏

[@TonyWright8121]

You are very excellent artist

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers Tony, appreciate the kind words... Thanks for watching 🙏

[@RashaElhag]

I learnt a lot from your professional painting videos. However I have been drawing for long years still I face difficulties in paint rinckles. I appreciate if you could focus on the easiest professional way to paint rinckles using pastel? Thank you for your useful efforts. R. A. Elhag

[@DavePortersArt]

Thrilled you have learnt a lot from my video Rasha, here is a link for a video I created just for wrinkles kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZmrRdGprlNGlo9k All the best 😊🙏

[@RashaElhag]

@@DavePortersArt Thank you dear artist Dave for the link you sent. That's very kind of you to reply that quickly. I will go through it I am sure it will be very useful as usual. Best regards

[@emilyadams6194]

Very interesting video. Love the application of layers that sort of includes an underpainting in colors and values. The flesh tones are lively and beautiful! I just purchased a large set of pastel pencils from conte and am enjoying watching your pencil work.

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you enjoyed it Emily! Conté à Paris is all I used many year ago... great brand and very good value. Thanks for watching 🙏

[@rakeshchoudhary7391]

Great work sir

[@mariefink3024]

Fantastic!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Marie! 🙏

[@santone1849]

lovely drawing

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@sweethomes674]

Excellent explanations 😊

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you! 🙏😊

[@darnellehurd8986]

Impressive correction on eye!

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you think so! Thanks for watching 🙏😊

[@lenaars]

Thank you for the tutorial👏

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome... thank you for watching 🙏

[@Egginamagail]

❤ Loved it.

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much! 🥰

[@wesleypetersen4916]

Thanx for the video.

[@DavePortersArt]

My pleasure Wesley, thanks for watching 🙏

[@chuckeelhart1746]

Amazing. Thanks!

[@DavePortersArt]

Glad you liked it! Thank you for watching 🙏😊

[@glendapaul8040]

Thanks that was very interesting

[@DavePortersArt]

You are Welcome Glenda 🙏

[@kouassidominiquekrou8490]

Wooow I appreciate a lot 😊🙏🎆👏❤👏👏👏

[@DavePortersArt]

You're welcome 😊 Thanks for watching 😊🙏

[@janicetasker1854]

Thank you

[@DavePortersArt]

You're welcome 🙏

[@dreamycuts]

Beautiful drawing 😍

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you so much 🙏

[@Jymi-wc3tw]

Thank you helped so much

[@loisparsons2048]

You make it seem easy❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Years of practise. Thanks for watching Lois🙏

[@aastaholtanvagsb4908]

I love this from Norway

[@ros1520]

Thanks Dave! That was very helpful! Love your accent too ! Derbyshire? Notts? I work in pastels but have never attempted a portrait so far.

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome Ros, I from Nottinghamshire, my mother was Yorkshire so I have a mix. All the best with portraiture... thanks for watching. 🙏

[@kasturiarts]

Nice work! Keep it up! Thank you for sharing. New Sub here..💕👍

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers! Thanks for the sub and watching 👍🙏

[@tinalandrey5104]

edjack here.. great vid.! youre technique tho is still awesome. i think the mistake i use to make with sticks is i would try to nail the colors straight away and then manipulate them andthat dont work. but your way will work like your pencil way i believe

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks Edjack, It is the same way for sure that I use with the pencils for the subtleties. It as interesting to add the rich colours down first. 🙏😊

[@anca5480]

Stupendo!

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you, thanks for watching! 😊🙏

[@brendahicks4701]

Great info❤️

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you Brenda... thanks for watching 😊🙏

[@moondyk]

Great job💯❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you 🙏

[@swadt1]

Het was leuk om te zien, mensen tekenen vind ik precies wel eng. Zoveel kleuren...😮.

[@DavePortersArt]

Bedankt voor het kijken... zeer gewaardeerd 🙏

[@ohyesimcool2279]

Awesome!!!🖖😎

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers! Thank you for watching! 🙏

[@andrewturner5449]

Very cool.

[@DavePortersArt]

Cheers Andrew 🙏

[@pglamour2008]

Great! ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank You! 😊🙏

[@TheVanillatech]

I never learned pastel. Wish I had. Saw a bulgarian alcoholic do a portrait of my mother once, in Sofia back in the 80's. Even wasted he made a superb portrait - before being thrown out of the bar by the owner for making a pass at my mother. Can't deny his talent for drawing though! I bought a really expensive set of pastels years ago, tried for a while but gave up. Maybe one day! But when I was a lad at school, drawing every week, I made a breakthrough once. Did a homework mission, and decided to do montage page of Motorbike Racing. Central to the composition was a portrait of Carl Fogarty. I spent a long time sketching it, then as I went to colour it (oldschool Derwent Artists crayons), I stared at the reference and I could have sworn ... I see PURPLE there, on his face! And I see GREEN! WHY am I seeing GREEN? I thought.... But something told me to go with it. So layering up from darks to lights, I went from black to purple to green (!!!!) and then started with the creams and yellows and blending it all togehter. And I ended up with a hyper realistic looking Fogarty. That was the breakthrough moment for me, drawing from life / reference was never the same again. I had learned how to LOOK and how to SEE! Putting it down always came easy to me, drawn as a hobby since I was a child ... but once you learn to look and see, you make big bounds! Believe in your eyes.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi, amazing experience you have had and are having... once you open the heart and let go of thinking about things too much a veil lifts and you see reality as it truly is.... a beautiful, wonderful embracing of colours and energy. I love to spend time in the shadows of trees, blows my mind and magical the feeling is. All the very best... thanks for taking the time to share your experience with the community... best wishes with your art journey. 🙏

[@TheVanillatech]

@@DavePortersArt Yes, I agree! I think being able to draw - learning how to disconnect your brain from your knowledge and experience and just LOOK and SEE whats in front of you - the colours and the shapes etc, not only does that give you a true ability to draw it also makes you look at the world differently. Trees (as you say) and their colours, bushes and plants, old buildings, rusty scaffolding, even people - you begin to train your brain to really appreciate whats in front of you, and it makes the world an awesome place. Pity that most of us (myself included) often fall into the trap of living so fast, always going somewhere doing something, we rarely get chance to stop and look. That's maybe one of the things I enjoy most about drawing, is being able to chill ... and really spend some time looking and appreciating the world.

[@utestaudt3221]

Great🤩

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you! Cheers!🙏

[@boxtv4027]

New subscriber here sir. ❤

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for subbing! 🙏

[@chucks3635]

Thanks Dave. Learned a lot from your clips. Was wondering if you stick strictly with Rembrandts for skin tones. I usually start with Schmenke or Sennelier and use my Rembrandts for background saturation as they work great for blending while keeping the brilliance in pigment. Do you keep it simple or do you add other pastel sticks? Thanks Dave. Love your work!

[@DavePortersArt]

You are welcome, thanks for watching... I haven't used many brands with sticks only Rembrandt, here are a couple of links where I have used premix colours in the tutorials. kzbin.info/www/bejne/fXnRk4KmbZKUpZI kzbin.info/www/bejne/hYmVpn-gpMqGoq8 All the best, thanks for loving my work. 😊🙏

[@mariadelmaravila8864]

Me encantaría que sus videos estuvieran subtitulados en español,podría ser posible? Su trabajo es fabuloso y me estoy perdiendo su conocimiento,es un artista😅

[@DavePortersArt]

Hola, es posible... primero selecciona el ícono de opción de subtítulos debajo del video en la parte inferior derecha. luego haga clic en el ícono de configuración (parece una rueda). Luego haga clic en Subtítulos/CC1 Seleccione traducción automática... luego elija Español. Si la traducción automática no está disponible como opción... haga clic en configurar resaltado en azul en la parte inferior y cambie su configuración para incluir subtítulos generados automáticamente. Espero que esto ayude. 🙏

[@mariadelmaravila8864]

Muchísimas gracias,ya puedo aprender con usted, he conseguido ponerlo en español, gracias, muy amable.

[@shuvoDhar.5537]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@DavePortersArt]

🥰🙏

[@iloveoregon99]

You always amaze me! Do you think down the road you will be doing demos using Panpastels as an underpainting along with the pastel pencils for the final layers?

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi there, thrilled you are enjoying the videos... I am considering buying a selection of pan pastels to see what they can offer. I will at some point create a video using them for sure. Thanks for watching! 😊🙏

[@iloveoregon99]

Awesome! I look so forward to the video using Panpastels!

[@CharlesNolanArt]

Your work is stunning, I also do portraits but I can't get depth in very brown eyes. Could you do a similar drawing to this one but with dark brown eyes? Thank you for sharing. I'm going to sub and like! Also, forgive me if you have said, what type of paper are you using?

[@DavePortersArt]

Great suggestion Charles! will add it to the list of portraits to do. Thanks for the like and sub. The paper I use is Pastelmat dark grey. Thanks for watching 😊🙏

[@Rose-zs1iq]

Hello, thank you for your help and your videos. I wanted to ask you whether you use fixing spray for your paintings and if so which one do you use? Thank you very much.

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Rose, the beauty with Pastelmatt ( the surface I use) is that the pastel pigment clings to the tooth, it is like zero dust. I don't fix my work as it dull the colours, I wrap them in glassine paper if storing them or frame them under mount and glass. Thanks for watching. 😊🙏

[@rajkumarpandey3376]

One good thing about oil pastel is that it does not stick to hands.

[@DavePortersArt]

Yes I know what you mean. 🙏

[@TjVoelkerArt]

Thank you for your diligence in posting videos. Do you find that the pencils go over the top of the sticks fairly easily?

[@DavePortersArt]

You are very welcome. I am very careful not to add too more pigment down initially, it is wise to always keep some tooth of the surface as this help when using the pencils over the top. 🙏

[@TjVoelkerArt]

@@DavePortersArt thank you so much! I enjoy your videos!

[@esraamahmoud1950]

wooooooooooooooooooow

[@DavePortersArt]

Thank you 🙏

[@shaziarafique5998]

Sir do you provide online classes for these beautiful Art to biggners?

[@DavePortersArt]

Please check out my patreon membership... here is a link to the Library of Pastels on offer. daveportersart.co.uk/patreon-pastels-and-graphite/ thanks for watching 🙏

[@jonatanduende8005]

😍😍😍😍

[@DavePortersArt]

thank you 🙏

[@danwoods1347]

Have you ever used "greening" for flesh tones as a base layer? I have used it a couple of times and it seems to give a little more depth to the skin. Also, if you use only primary and secondary colors what do you do with all those other colors in the pencil box?

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Dan, I have seen this done before with the green... I felt it made the skin tone unnatural tbh in my experience, I do use green a lot to de-saturate the red to give natural looking values, but adding the green for base layer didn't seem to work well for me. I use the other pencils in the box for clothes and backgrounds, then add the subtleties over the top with the primaries to achieve the correct colour blends. 🙏😊

[@jackedwards2363]

Hi I loved vidoe will study more off it I am try to understand how to improve sketchs in oil a d chalk pastals and to sket more faces if can help I be great full not sure how to leave contact jack

[@DavePortersArt]

Thanks for watching Jack... all the very best with your art journey 🙏

[@BarbaraGerwin-bd9iw]

How do you do olive skin?

[@DavePortersArt]

Hi Barbara... check out this video... kzbin.info/www/bejne/rHbaiIt_obCkjLs

[@cristinacontreras834]

What paper does he use?

[@DavePortersArt]

Pastel Mat it is awesome to work on. 🙏

[@cristinacontreras834]

Are the sticks regular or oil pastels?

[@DavePortersArt]

They are soft chalk pastels, my method of colour mixing should work with any medium. Thanks for watching 🙏