How to draw FUR with colored pencil on PASTELMAT!

Hey guys! In this real time tutorial you can watch me draw fur on this snow leopard with colored pencil on pastelmat. I loved drawing this one!
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I am Leontine, an artist from the Netherlands. I specialize in traditional, custom pet portraits but i also love experimenting with new media. On my channel you can find some digital art, traditional drawings and drawing tutorials.

[@lindsey6964]

i love your technique!! whoever disliked this doesn’t have any idea how much talent this takes!!

[@Vol4ica]

This takes very little talent. Biggest part is long hard work and study. This is not something you are born with.

[@lindsey6964]

@@Vol4ica i know that, hardwork is what i meant and i definitely know you aren’t born with this kind of skill lol :)

[@deborahmercer1897]

Beautiful, beautiful shadow and highlighting techniques!

[@LBrooks_037]

One of the hardest things to overcome as an artist is perfectionism....the more effortless you are with your work the better it turns out

[@julescote1439]

This is stunning. I cant thank you enough for your incredible videos, you make it look SO easy. You are such an inspiration 👏👏👏 and VERY talented 😁

[@acatinthecradle]

How can anyone dislike this? What a fantastic video! Your artwork is absolutely amazing and you're an awesome teacher. Thank you so much!

[@BlueKungFu]

I know right! I think people are either jealous or just really mean. She gives us these amazing free to watch videos, sharing her talent & artistic skill, in real time & people dislike them. Nobody forces them to watch that's what gets me! I think she's an incredibly talented artist.

[@PastelArtwithRitaGinsberg]

Beautiful drawing of your snow leopard! Great demonstration.

[@deejay2838]

Gorgeous as always ! Thanks for sharing it ! 💖💐🐆

[@hugodanielpalaciosfernande6749]

Me fascinan tus dibujos, la complejidad y el detalle con qué son elaborados. Aprendí muchísimo de tus vídeos y agradezco que inviertas tanto tiempo en ello. Esta hermoso tu dibujo. Gran art

[@mariliarodrigues7137]

Loved this video. Was willing to try colored pencils on Pastelmat and you have just inspired me with this video. Really love your technique, your work is amazing! Hope you will do more videos like this. Thanks for sharing!

[@mommyzethartcorner7685]

Beside fr enjoying in watching i learned a lot!tnx so much i think this is a simplified tutorial but outstanding output

[@donszabo7558]

That is great! Thanks Leontine! I bought some black sketch pads but I think I will have to graduate to pastels to use them.

[@willekebuitenhuis6866]

Wow!! Love your work!! Very used to drafting film but really want to try this!!!

[@jueyjansen8973]

My pastelmat arrived today! Can’t wait to get stuck into this project, just got the tabby cat to finish off then I’m starting this one 😘

[@debras1503]

It is gorgeous !!

[@shariclarke3207]

I am really enjoying your tutorials. I’ve quickly become a huge fan and I hope soon I will become a Patreon member. ❤️

[@lizziedae91]

Love when you post videos!

[@ARTROOTLEAF]

You are such a great artist. Drawing is so good that it shakes my heart. I'm touched. I'm an artist, too. I'm completely fascinated by you. WOW!!! vey good

[@funcrafts.]

So Beautiful and really amazing art work

[@miriamwagner6156]

Thank you for sharing. I love it. You are a great artist.

[@jackiesnowdon8192]

Wonderful work, you have given me the courage to try pastelmat again., and now i am off to join your Patron. Would love to see a video of the eyes.

[@Annesrock]

Amazing!! Thank you!

[@shamsart]

Beautiful

[@artistks7285]

Great drawing, 💕

[@rickfinney7894]

Awesome talent! Thanks for such a great tutorial. I like the way you talk through the process and that you take it slow so I can understand the technique. I am working on a wild cat from a photograph I took at a zoo 6 years ago. It's multi-colored and I don't know the breed but it's a good looking cat. I just completed our house cat and it's not bad but I can use some improvement.

[@moonspiritartbycindyhill1084]

I would to see how you do a eye and nose on pastelmat. I am going to do my first piece on pastelmat . A koala , so watching this is very helpful

[@Rahularts2]

Wow Awesome

[@Cambridgelove]

Your artwork is amazing! Love the photos on IG too ❤️

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Ahh thanks!!

[@blissartcreation9294]

Awsome 🧡👍🌼

[@frederikeduard]

Wow!!!! Die is het helemaal schitterend!!!!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Dankjewel!!

[@janmay6455]

Thankyou so much my lovely... going to join your Patreon page in the next few days

[@christianecarregues5923]

😍😍merci pour ce magnifique partage

[@atharvsinghrajput]

Yes

[@kateahchannel400]

You’re really good! I can’t wait to subscribe to your patreon

[@Bailey73DC]

That is beautiful! I will be rejoining your Patreon page very soon!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yay awesome!!

[@leeludlowart237]

Hi this is incredible. Can I ask how you did the background. Is it in colour pencil too ?

[@MultiTwilight]

it looks amazing

[@clariurer1729]

Wonderful Work 👏Are you mixing the colored pencils with the pastel ones? what kind of paper do you use?

[@nathantom5644]

💞💞💞

[@veraberyl]

A fantastic rendering of the snow leopard. Thank you for sharing. What do you keep your pencils in whilst you are using them.

[@LoriFahy]

i personally think the eyes in the drawing look more real than the eyes in the photo !

[@ladypatty1]

what sharpener do you use? I love the points you get

[@k-pop123]

amazing video.🌹🌺 my friend.❤like👍

[@michaelwood8216]

Only recently discovered your work/tutorials- amazing! Will definitely go on to watch more. Sure you must have covered this at some point, but could you please advise the type/make of the sharpener you use for Polychromos coloured pencils, and for Carbothello pastel pencils. More of your wonderful tutorials please, preferably in real time. Thank you.

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you! My absolute fave is the Faber Castell Colour grip sharpener, for both colored pencils and pastel pencils!

[@theteenageartist4791]

I really love this one 😘😘😘😍😍😍😍, but can you please tell which colours you used , please 😢

[@peterfowler7189]

It’s one of favourite cat

[@nurisllanquin324]

I love 🤗🤗👍👍😊🤗😍😍😘🐱

[@patriciawightman4561]

Just gorgeous! Please tell me how you transferred from reference to the pastelmat.

[@joyfunnell2780]

Patricia Wightman I’ve used a light box to transfer but you could also back trace or use a projector

[@pancake_ghosty]

I find it very difficult to layer my light polychromos on darker colours? How are you doing it so easily?

[@emilyerdbeere9210]

Many thanks for your answers, I’m so happy ❤️ The link you sent me, the background is so wonderful blurry. Is ist made only with the Polychromos? I tried so many paper, Strathmore, Clairefontaine and so on, with rough, structured surface. But the estompe didn‘t work at all. It didn’t blend the Polychromos. So I threw it away because I was so frustrated. But I did not yet try the Pastelmat! Do you work with the estompe, too? Maybe it is the paper... but is there such a difference between rough surfaces? Sorry for questioning again but Pastelmat is so expensive 😊

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Pastelmat is totally worth the price, as you can't compare it to any other paper! I LOVE it haha. For the background I used soft pastels, only for the leopard I used polychromos. I don't know estompe, never heard of it! So never tried that haha

[@Horsewoman-pt2ku]

Can this be done on canson me tienes paper? I don't have pastelmat yet but i do have alot of the me tienes paper. Also can you get the layers needed for this snow leopard on mi tienes paper? Thank you.

[@stephybean1112]

Holy shit i love this

[@melissakrickel3388]

at what length do you throw away your coloured pencils, when do they get too short?🤔😅

[@janmay6455]

Love your technique... do you work flat or on an angle please?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Thank you! I always work flat:)

[@muskanridhee-sidhee150]

Its awsome. But it will be great if u post time lapse videos also if u like . Love u from india

[@Glacenair]

What's the reason you choose to use coloured pencils on pastel mat instead of pastels? What are the advantages of it compared to pastels? I thought it wasn't possible to layer coloured pencils on pastel mat, but now I'm curious to try. Did you use the clairefontain pastel mat?

[@lizziedae91]

Glacenair that is the only pastel mat paper. There are other pastel papers though. You can layer soooo many layers of colored pencil on it. Check out KZbin channel animal art by LAW. She has videos showing how many layers it takes

[@Leontinevanvliet]

I feel with color pencils you can go a little more detailed than with pastels. I really like the sharp look of colored pencils against the blurry pastel background! My goal was to make that contrast really high. To me the advantage of colored pencil is the fact that you can't smudge and that there's no excess dust coming from the drawing. The advantage of working with cp on pastelmat, is that you can layer light colors on top of dark ones. On regular white paper that isn't possible! So with this drawing I felt I could combine the qualities of pastel with the qualities of colored pencil, which worked great!:)

[@Mixcky_Shadow]

Are you using the pastelmat pad or board

[@anaesmeralda1266]

I see how you paint, I congratulate you but my question is how do you manage to add mustaches to your beautiful paintings, thank you

[@Mixcky_Shadow]

How'd you get the glassy eyes

[@Annesrock]

To you, on pastelmat which was more fun to work with pastel or color pencil?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Colored pencil definitely!

[@Annesrock]

@@Leontinevanvliet Cool! :)

[@wolfrevenant1489]

Why do you not use any blending for the coloured pencil like mineral spirits or zest it? Does pastelmat just not require/work with these?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

I'm not a fan of the look of that! I like the look of 'dry' colored pencil on paper:)

[@wolfrevenant1489]

Leontine van vliet oh okay! Thanks for the reply : )

[@lizziedae91]

Wolf Revenant it does work but it isn’t always necessary bc this paper can take so much layering

[@user-Mago6060]

당장이라도 튀어나올것 같아요 :D

[@teresasawicka5861]

How do you sharpen pastels pencil s thank you

[@silentdesertwind]

Looks alive!

[@rikoalamalz1103]

Fur and hair always my biggest issues

[@jackelinavilaart3047]

Hi ! you are very talent ! want to start doing commissions wich paper do you recommend ? Canson 1557 paper or patelmat?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

What you prefer working on! The effect is very different, so I would suggest trying them out and see what works best with your style:)

[@jackelinavilaart3047]

@@Leontinevanvliet Thank you for answering my question!! I am used to painting in Oil paint and I would like to start with colored pencils, so I want to buy a paper that gives me a smooth finish similar to a real painting. Which of the two can give a more paint-like smooth finish?

[@jackelinavilaart3047]

could i use pastel pencil on Canson 1557 paper

[@suzannefulton3015]

@@jackelinavilaart3047 You might consider using a paper strong enough to take liquid solvents. Canson or Strathmore Bristol Vellum, for example. The benefit of using a solvent like Odorless mineral spirits over your (several) light layers of colored pencils is the very smooth result as opposed to the grainy look of colored pencils without solvent. You only need a small amount. There are videos on KZbin that you could find on this technique.

[@syliatwolands1607]

Is this full tutorial on patreon? Do you join the link of the reference photos of your tutorials on patreon?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Yes and yes! :)

[@marijke1638]

Hoi hoi! Mag ik vragen welke kleur pastelmat dit is? Zit hij in een blok zeg maar? Bedankt echt prachtig werk!

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Ik koop de vellen altijd individueel maar ik denk dat deze ook wel in een blok te vinden is! Dit is bruin:)

[@marijke1638]

@@Leontinevanvliet Ohhh ja ik zie nu dat je ze ook los kunt kopen. Bedankt! Normaal gebruik ik kleurpotlood maar ik heb zojuist Pastel potloden besteld. Ben benieuwd :-) Bedankt voor je mooie video’s echt gaaf om te zien👍🏼

[@clariurer1729]

Sorry for my little English, I speak Spanish

[@rtb03791]

Is this drawing done on the fine side

[@peterfowler7189]

do you do any owls

[@Leontinevanvliet]

I have done some owls yes! You can find one in colored pencil and 2 with pastel pencils here on my channel:)

[@emilyerdbeere9210]

Leontine, this is so great work. How do you draw the whiskers? My Polychromos white doesn’t cover on the layer below :-(

[@Leontinevanvliet]

Did you work on pastelmat as well? For me it does, but I had to make sure that the layers underneath where quite thin. Otherwise the paper is already filled up and the white won't stick anymore.

[@clariurer1729]

You never use the blánder?

[@gerryjunpyo2462]

Is pastelmat a type of paper ?

[@Leontinevanvliet]

It's the brand! But a very unique type of paper as well:)

[@stephw1363]

But why use pastelmat with colored pencil if it eats the pencils so much? Is there some benefit i am not seeing?

[@peterfowler7189]

i would like you finish it off

[@mikeo759]

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