How to Draw a Bird | Set of 12 Pastel Pencils | Beginner Tutorial

[@doglover7017]

I am loving your channel. Thank you for your thoughtful and clear commentary!

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thank you!

[@claychick100]

I would very much love to see this in the correct colors! Fascinating!

[@JuhiShukla]

You are such a great artist! Love your drawings and tutorials 😍🙏🏻❤️❤️

[@linagozzo9566]

Thank you, Emily, love this tutorial. Where can I get this bird to trace so I can follow you exactly?

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Sorry! Here it is: unsplash.com/photos/a-bird-on-a-branch-ilMCod9X3pM

[@deetee-uk]

As a complete beginner I might try and have a go at this - thanks 🙂

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

You’re welcome, Dave! It’s a bit of a cheap and dirty tutorial as I would really like to teach better techniques, however, if you’ve only got a few colours then go for it!

[@rchines1975]

Oh, this is soooo cool Emily! I love it! Thank you so much.

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Really welcome! It was an interesting exercise!

[@hemjoo]

Love this so much!

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thank you!

[@MrChaplain]

Hi Emily i live in Aus, and am in love with our wildlife particularly birds, so this should be really helpful and most of all your art is truly beautiful and aw inspiring, im used to using prismacolours so im excited to get my feet wet with a new medium and ill definitely be watching your channel on the regular. Subbed 😊

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thanks so much! You will LOVE creating birds in pastels, it’s such a joy! You can get some beautiful soft focus on wings in flight really easily, too 😊

[@helenarichard]

I wonder why you didn't color the chest entirely green first and then gone in with black and white or the eraser to create the contrast. Wouldn't that have been easier?

[@piedaderudman6043]

Great video! Thank you! ❤

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

You are so welcome!

[@quirinedelorijn8508]

Did you print the reference full size?

[@obiblooze5902]

Hi, have just come across your channel and subscribed. I've been using coloured pencils but would really love to try the pastels and your tutorials look great. I've been on to Jacksons art supplies to order the pencils you list but they're coming up with different names.eg. 102 is cream not ivory. Light pink is beige red etc. They are faber castell pitt pastel pencils.Just want to check that I'm ordering the right thing as I do want to do wildlife/pets. Could you advise please, thanx

[@tasoskazantzis9869]

Hi emily You have done an excellent job!! Congratulations!!! Where can I find the whole course to buy it.. Can you put the link ? Thank you

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thank you :) I am currently on Gumroad but will be migrating to a new shiny website next year emilyrosefineart.gumroad.com/?_gl=1*1t46ur5*_ga*NzM2ODI4MjkzLjE3MDExODQ1ODA.*_ga_6LJN6D94N6*MTcwMzIzNzUyOC4zLjAuMTcwMzIzNzUyOC4wLjAuMA..

[@roxanamiranda5621]

❤❤❤❤❤ gracias... Desde Costa Rica 🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷🇨🇷💐👏💐

[@WalkingwithSasha]

Would be great to see this with the colours you would have chosen.

[@halnewhouser1217]

Hi Emily, Thank You for responding. Do you use any sprays on top of your art works.

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Hi, no I don’t actually because the pastelmat paper doesn’t require it 😊

[@michelemackie5126]

Love you're work! I'm a coloured pencil artist but I want to try my hand at pastels, can you tell me what you use to 'seal' your artwork with please x

[@justmemimi7338]

I’m not sure she uses anything. My understanding is,that setting sprays change the colours, so pastel artists don’t tend to use them. Store the images with glassine paper., and if framing, be sure to use a mount, to keep space between the artwork and the glass. I admire you being a colour pencil artist. It’s such a meticulous medium!

[@elizabethmeyer3399]

Lovely work. Could you please tell me what paper you are using ?

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Of course! It’s clairefontaine pastelmat paper in light blue 😊

[@elizabethmeyer3399]

@@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820 thank you very much !

[@CreativeTeamGMA7]

Thanks for this tutorial

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

You're welcome 😊

[@beverlydevriesburrows3097]

I'd love to see the colors you prefer. However, you painted a nice bird.

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Maybe one for next year! Thanks :)

[@georgewelch2366]

Great tutorial. Is there a reason you sharpen your pencils by knife rather than a sharpener?

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thanks George, yes there is! :) By getting a nice, long nib, the naturally soft pastels remains sharper for much long, but also, I can use my pencil on the broad edge like a pastel chalk for underpaintings.

[@georgewelch2366]

@ Thanks so much, Emily. Enjoy your videos immensely. Any chance of doing one on a songbirds sometime?

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

@@georgewelch2366 No worries, always happy to spread the whittling sharpener method! I do have a few song bird tutorials but they're all in the membership for now I'm afraid. I will continue to pepper tutorials on my KZbin channel, in between smaller 'how to' videos but currently I haven't got a song bird on the list.

[@blueboy680]

Would it be possible to combine both pastels and polychromos pencils ?.

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Sadly not, because pastels are chalk based but coloured pencils are wax or oil based so they won't mix together.

[@roxanamiranda5621]

Love 💕💕 gracias

[@carltanner9065]

Packs of 12 are just for very basic drawing and colouring, IMO. I always say you should go with a set of 24, at a minimum, even if that's all OS purchases. 24 will usually give you a reasonable choice in colours, especially if just by a set. If you buy OS, then your choice is really up to you. But, if you can afford to do so, buy a bigger set!

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

I agree! I have a lot of people only wanting to star with 12-15 pencils, which is understandable, but then they buy the sets and can't get started! When I began to create my own suggested set of 12, suddenly beginners could afford to start with pastel pencils...I wish the big brands would catch on!

[@WhyX11]

Love it :)

[@emilyrosewildlifeart-paste9820]

Thank you!

[@scabbyjoe21]

Can't see the link to the bird picture?