Get That Glow: Why You Should Use This Underpainting Technique! Beginner-Friendly

[@monetcafe]

Hope you guys learn lots from this tutorial! This is such a wonderful way to create a luminous glow beneath landscape paintings. Let me know what you think!

[@sarahbhutta251]

I’ve fallen off the art wagon! I think this would be a good place to get myself back on track. Thank you!

[@amandagoodinson5747]

How do you prepare your prices for framing?

[@rosaliefunk1629]

Looking at them makes me smile, because they are sweet, happy paintings. I’m 81 and I appreciate you teaching this old dog new tricks. Bless you Susan and thank you. ❤️

[@suneetakulkarni7616]

The yellow purple is really a treat!....lovely AI images too...beautiful!

[@lesyashulga9341]

I love your reference photos. And the resulting works as well.

[@lilybay1]

Watercolorist here. Gosh, so pretty. Now I might have to go to pastels.

[@monetcafe]

Go for it! I hope I've inspired you!

[@annibarry1338]

So beautiful, love the loose style

[@Donna_73]

Thank you sharing your gifts with us. Our Creator blesses us through you. You are loved and appreciated! Thank you! ❤

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome☺️❤️☺️

[@emilyadams6194]

What fun, Susan! This is a great way to present the concept of underpainting. It does make a subtle change in the finished painting. The small paintings do, indeed, make a lovely foursome collected into one. It is also always awesome to see you younger artists comfortably connect with technology/

[@JCcreates927]

I hope you know it was older generations that actually created the technology you use everyday. My hubby and I are 63 yrs old. We can build a computer, I taught myself Adobe photoshop when it was like 3 or 5 in '93, we can code, build websites, etc. I think the younger generations that use technology on a daily basis but they don't know what MS DOS is or Linux, etc. they just know how to use it.

[@meltemashley1808]

Thank you Dear Susan , I always learn a lot and enjoy watching you paint, what beautiful paintings u created , amazing⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️⭐️

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @meltemashley1808! Your comment blessed me.

[@marit4660]

Thank you, Susan! These 4 paintings are beautiful, and I always learn so much from your videos. I also love your warm and positive energy 💗. Yes to a Firefly tutorial!

[@jbc23]

Beautiful as always! I love the acrylic inks! They are beautiful and affordable and require less expensive pastels on top! Thanks so much for the lesson.

[@hannettesmit5896]

Beautiful!! I love the one with the sloping hillside best. ❤

[@maggielee2955]

Really beautiful.❤

[@karenortega2046]

Thank you for giving alternatives for art supplies.

[@monetcafe]

Hi, @karenortega2046. Here is a list in my Amazon Shop of some pastel painting products I recommend for beginner pastel artists. Hope this helps! Thank you for watching!! Happy Painting! www.amazon.com/shop/monetcafewithartistsusanjenkins/list/2NY2AMTL7D050?ref_=aip_sf_list_spv_ons_list_d

[@annenglish2935]

Love what you've created!!! Wow! I've never seen colors react like this! Just was popping in to see you... so fun & encouraging! I love your tshirt! Is it one of yours? God bless you from a California Gramma ❤

[@michaelburdock6826]

I was out of practice so gave this a go to get the feel of the pastels again, thank you for the inspiration...

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @michaelburdock6826 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment!

[@anaidamelendez885]

Beautiful❤

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @anaidamelendez885

[@marystewarthay6262]

Thank you so much for your video. I have learned so much by watching and listening to you. God Bless!

[@monetcafe]

I'm so glad! Yay!!😁

[@ElizabethKilbride]

Susan you've given me an excuse to use the Golden high flow acrylics, Liquitex Ink and Dr. Ph Martin's Hydrus liquid colors I've had on my shelf for over a year now. Wasn't sure what to do with them as they were a gift but I'd never used them before. Now I am going to try your technique to create that background glow when I design a new pastel piece of work. You are so creative, I just love watching your tutorials. Thanks again for making them and showing us how to use our art supplies to enhance our pastel work. Blessing to you and yours. I also love the fact that read scripture in many of your videos. Love to follow a fellow Christian.

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @ElizabethKilbride Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love insiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment! PTL! Blessings to you and yours, sweetheart!

[@denisewenke8323]

Stray watercolorist who wandered in. I do have some pastels on hand. This gives me inspiration to pull them out and play with them.

[@monetcafe]

Wonderful!!! I think you will fall in love with pastels!❤️☺️👏

[@yogibakshi2375]

❤⚘️lovely painting. Love the flower's against the sky and the dark folliage.

[@musicartculture]

Oh thank tou love this! Thank you

[@karenlavigne1108]

Thank you Susan for your fantastic channel. You really are a inspiration, your so gifted & thank you for sharing!

[@dominikaszymanska8014]

I love them!

[@monetcafe]

Awesome @dominikaszymanska8014, I appreciate that so much!

[@nh5083]

Sooooooo sweet!💖

[@MickeyNutz54]

Beautiful color palette!

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @shawnmcnulty170

[@hannahcrumley3103]

Beautiful as always!

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much Hannah.

[@zoilaannmaramba2200]

youre so awesooome!!🥺😍

[@monetcafe]

Thanks so much!!! You made me smile.

[@logicalthinker6777]

A great video to unwind and learn...❤❤love the tutorials and artwork

[@salcarusomusic]

Beautiful Work !!

[@monetcafe]

Bless you, I appreciate that!

[@constancearnold9367]

This is one of my favorite videos of yours! It was very informative about the technique and benefit of using a glowing underpainting. Each of the four paintings were little gems! A Firefly tutorial would be really great! Thank you!

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! That input really helps me to know what my viewers want. Thank you so much and I’ll try to have a fire fly tutorial coming soon.

[@crystaleldridge3988]

Lovely as always, but I'm curious about where you purchased that little fan with the hepa filter? I could definitely use something like that!

[@yvonnejonker3969]

Hi I do water colour and oil paintings I have not really done much pastel painting but I love your work and might try pastels again sometime ❤

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @yvonnejonker3969! Your comment blessed me.

[@annarice6290]

Thank you. New to pastels

[@monetcafe]

YAY!! Thank you! @annarice6290 Comments like this are part of why I do this. I love inspiring others, especially in their art journey! Thank you for your sweet comment! Happy painting!

[@martinetomsett7788]

I love these so much. I'm trying so hard on being more painterly and loose. I have an awful habit of 'complicating and cluttering' my paintings 🥴...xx

[@eileensnyder7356]

Hello Susan, Do you have many other videos for which you use tools with pastels? Thank you for all that you do.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @eileensnyder7356! I'm so glad you like it!! What kind of tools do you mean, sweetheart?

[@eileensnyder7356]

One type of tool might be sponges?@@monetcafe

[@MultiPassionateCreator]

This was wonderful! I’m very new to pastels and I’ve been doing all of my art laying flat. I searched your Amazon and couldn’t find the filter you used with the hepa filter. Which one do you use or suggest?

[@alanthornton3530]

Using inks are a good way to get warmth into an underpainting this helps as an ice breaker if you're faced with a blank sheet of white paper. Using AI to help create ideas (aide memoir) is a time saver, pre internet days I'd create lots of thumbnail sketches, colour swatches & small drawings with colour notes (I still do) ever hopeful of some happy little accidents. I loved the wonderful paintings that you've created & a superb lesson to, thank you Susan :)

[@jackiebyers1272]

interested in the Firefly thing

[@monetcafe]

@jackiebyers1272 I appreciate that so much!! www.patreon.com/susanjenkins

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

I have a lot of fluid acrylics and they are so fantastic for Uart, but make a mess on pastelmat for me because it buckles the paper. How do you use this ink without buckling the pastelmat? I LOVE your work!

[@monetcafe]

I think it doesn’t buckle much, because the acrylic ink is really thin and watery in its consistency. And, you only need a little bit because the color is so vibrant.

[@wizzardofpaws2420]

Oh thank you!!@@monetcafe

[@JCcreates927]

I also have a degree in graphic design, I bought Adobe Photoshop first in '94 and taught myself how to use it, but I gave up Adobe when Serif came out with photo because of how badly Adobe customer service treated me. The way they treated me was over several months and times of calling in to them.

[@Yakone]

I would love a tutorial on making reference photos with adobe firefly ai. And I will likely be subscribing to your Patreon soon. (Once I get my new painting area set up.) Love your tutorials! I'm learning so much!

[@monetcafe]

That sounds wonderful! Have fun getting your new painting area set up! Being an artist is so much fun.

[@ohg-67]

I use Procreate. Your image is your own so no restrictions.

[@monetcafe]

Yes, I like the "ownership" aspect of Procreate.

[@elaineg60]

I’m about to do a sunset and trying to decide between PY150 or PY184…maybe a mix of the 2, for yellow underpainting..(sorry, I do occasional pastel, but I think this will be mainly watercolor, possibly ink for the dock… ). Just have never done such a bright, glowing sunset before (google Santa Cruz sunset from about 2 weeks ago & you’ll see what I’m attempting..BRIGHT orange, red & purple!

[@jennw6809]

what a great way to use AI. And you are REALLY making me want that Reds set LOL

[@warbaby1975]

How do you fix soft pastels? I use Sennelier soft pastels and the Sennelier soft pastel fixative spray. Every time I use the spray it mutes the vibrant colors even with a light coat spraying 2 feet away.

[@monetcafe]

Yes, unfortunately, every fix the spray will alter the colors a bit and that’s why I never spray fixative for the final painting. Sennelier Latour fixative is one of my favorites though, and I’d like to use it during the working phases of a painting. I like to keep my pastel Paintings safe by temporarily storing them in clearbags with a piece of foam core board. This works great for temporary storage and for shipping. I buy my clear bags from www.clearbags.com.

[@warbaby1975]

I have a question that I'm sure every pastel artist experience. I use Sennelier extra soft pastels however, some of them are so hard and scratchy that are unuesable. How do you soften these soft pastels that are hard and scratchy? Thank you for your time.

[@monetcafe]

This happens because certain colors are made from different materials that are more coarse than others. I find it often happens with a really brilliant dark aqua blue. Often I will rub it down on a piece of sanded paper. That seems to help a bit👍🏻❤️

[@warbaby1975]

@@monetcafe Thank you for your input, your always super helpful and thank you for teaching us your great talent.

[@candidadelacruz1155]

❤❤❤❤❤❤❤

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @candidadelacruz1155 Thanks so much!

[@Wrproductions316]

why does mine never turn out like yours😥

[@JLPrice-kc2uy]

You continue to blow me away… Commentary: When it comes to comparing something, we need a good mental picture; without it, the probability of our thoughts to be wrong, are high. When I was a member of the workforce, I surrounded myself (collectively) with people who were opposites; much like the yin and yang story. When looking at both, I see two halves of something greater; neither a whole within themself. In other words, each is a fraction of something different. So how does the greater good come out from such an arrangement..? It's called diplomacy. But, when one out-numbers the other; one will be eaten. This is why we have laws restricting such behavior. Unless the dragon could care less. So, the question is; can you see the Dragon..?

[@AnnieTroe]

Hi Susan, I am not an IP lawyer , but I would be careful using Adobe Firefly ( generative ai) it looks like you can not use it for commercial use ( for your paid subscribers, patreon, I assume you are monetized on KZbin) and they might sub license what you create . I found the terms link at the bottom of the firefly page, in the new window , scrolled down,selected the terms for generative ai. I don’t think KZbin will let me paste the link here. If you learn anything, please share ❤👋

[@monetcafe]

Thanks for that info. I knew that I could not use the images for commercial use. I assumed that would be for things like marketing, a product, using in a commercial, and basically making it look like it was my image, and not from Adobe fire fly. I’m thinking that since I’m just using them as references to create a Paintings that it would be OK. But it’s worth the due diligence to check the specifics. Thanks for that reminder.

[@AnnieTroe]

@@monetcafe It doesn't say what you create is a CCO image and it probably is commercial since your patrons who pay you are using them and not just you & you make money if you sell your painting generated from it. No an issue if they can't recognize your painting is from the Firefly reference image. Again, I am not an IP lawyer, but can give you mine guys name if you like. No pressure, I just wanted to give you a heads up. I think it is odd that they may sub license what you create in Firefly too, then I don't think you can license your painting to manufacturers (put on products for sale etc). . Copyright is a big stinker. LOVE your work! Happy Creating