How to INTENSIFY COLOR in Your Painting - EASY Techniques - Pastel Painting Tutorial

[@clld8]

It is such a pleasure to see the butterfly come into shape and become alive on your paper. I learned a lot. Whenever I watch your video, I always end up with a smile in my heart. Big thank you!

[@monetcafe]

Awwww!!! Thank you so much! Your comment really blessed me.

[@LorettaSealsPotts]

i love to see you make the cow come alive with "his" own personality! This is only my 2nd lesson and i'm beginning to learn about values and color temperatures. can't wait to get my own pastels and work with the colors for better understanding. i'm a 74 yr old grandmother that may live 5 more year than what was expected...awaiting operation...so i thought i'd do this pastel painting for fun! Thank you so much.

[@monetcafe]

Wow, Loretta I loved your message! And it’s so awesome that you are painting and pressing on! I do believe art is therapeutic, and it gives you a purpose and a passion! Keep it up sweetheart, and I pray you have many years left to paint and enjoy life.

[@petvdw1175]

Love, love this blue baby! Wish there were blue cow’s in the real world!

[@janethighland870]

I so loved the vibrancy of this painting! Thank you so much!

[@nh5083]

Susan I love your painterly paintings. I aspire to paint like you. You put so much love into all of your pieces even a small 3X5!💗

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! You blessed me with your comment ;)

[@mariaantoniagarcia-davis6003]

Brilliant! You are such good teacher and we can tell how much you enjoy what you do :) Thanks for sharing!

[@helenmorgan624]

Thanks. You are a blessing. So good to see an artist who loves the Lord. Just found you a month ago, and I watch your videos everyday, all the way from England. You have inspired me. Anyway, I don't want to make this about me, so, thank you for all your videos, and the seed you are sowing into many lives. God bless you Susan 👏🏻☝🏻

[@monetcafe]

Wow, thank you! How sweet of you, Helen! I can't help but shout praises to our Lord and Savoir, Jesus Christ!

[@lynneellis2647]

I loved this painting. I liked the demo with the pick tool on the original. I especially liked the instrumental hymns at the end.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you Lynne 💜😊 Love those old hymns 🙌🏻

[@paintingalways]

gorgeous. i love your energy. you made me want to paint again.

[@moniqueedgecombe4703]

Thanks Susan. I learnt a lot about colour and blending. You made bland picture beautiful. God bless you 🙏

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much Monique!

[@monetcafe]

I hope you enjoy this lesson my friends!! I love providing easy tips on "punching up color" in your paintings. These tips are also great for artists with a limited palette. Enjoy!!! and Happy Painting! NOTE: I mentioned in the video that you can give a tip or a "Thanks" for this video. Normally, there is a little "THANKS" button underneath the video, but because I used music that had a copyright it's not available on this video. It IS available on almost all of my other videos.

[@monetcafe]

@End Days are HERE- Lisa Anne W Awwww..... Thank you Lisa! (and I happen to agree that we are in end times).

[@canadaverydry]

Wonderful and beautiful painting! I love when you paint animals!! There is a great artisistic touch in them : )

[@monetcafe]

I agree !! I love animals 💜😊 I just bought myself a hamster yesterday 😂😊💜🐹🐹

[@canadaverydry]

@@monetcafe Great! I do want a fluffy dog : )

[@jayblakeslee6438]

Your use of color in this painting was truly masterful. I loved watching you build the effect with your color choices. Thank you.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you Jay! I really appreciate your comment.

[@andreacaudillo5737]

I just discovered your channel today and was lucky enough to stumble across a video on the topic I needed, and I was very surprised to see you uploaded it today! I hit subscribe immediately. I love how to talk about the importance of the lighting in the atmosphere, which is something I find lacking in other tutorials. Keep up the amazing work! You have a talent for art and for teaching, thank you so much for sharing your knowledge!

[@monetcafe]

Wow, thank you so much Andrea for your beautiful and encouraging comment. It’s comments like yours that keep me going. I don’t like to admit often that it’s a lot of work to do what I do but the benefits in knowing my lessons are helping others is all the reward I need!

[@fredasidaravicius232]

I love her expression. I was waiting for you to use white but it turns out it wasn't needed. Lovely work.

[@leenaalice4775]

Omgosh this was wonderful to watch, I cannot wait to try this one out

[@monetcafe]

Yippee!!! I'm excited for you Leena!

[@leenaalice4775]

@@monetcafe I'm really pumped to try this, so fun and lively 😄

[@artist_ElenaTyurina]

Yes, well done! This paper is good!

[@nanvaughn2258]

Thanks Susan! I so appreciate this video and you sharing your talents with us. Values continue to be a challenge for this newbie so this video was so helpful.

[@monetcafe]

Glad it was helpful! Thanks Nan! A little tip for seeing value vs color is to paint in dim lighting. You can see the value more than the color and it sometimes produces exciting results!

[@mendyhand3895]

Wow Susan. Thx for sharing! Always learning SO much from you! You, are a Blessing from God. Yes you are! 🖌🙏🏻❤️

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much Mendy!! That is music to my ears!

[@pjlopiccolo8709]

Dearest Susan…. You are always spot on with your video teaching and such a dear and talented person. You’ve taken what seems like a difficult color theory application and simplified it for us to understand and for that I am so grateful. 🙏. You are a blessing to the world as you have obviously found your calling and are sharing it with others. ❤️ pj

[@monetcafe]

What a beautiful comment. Bless you so much PJ! I am so grateful for your words.

[@AurorasArtWorld]

It was so small but had so much character and looked amazing!! What a way to pull off white without using white!! So interesting and informative! I'm going to have to give this a try! Using just white makes things look so flat and uninteresting.. No wonder I've had trouble lol 🤣 Thank you, Susan!! 😊💖

[@monetcafe]

You've got it sweetheart!! White marks can be so flat and lifeless. Our light values are so much more interesting when they have a bit of color and a nice contrasting base to rest upon :)

[@MT-bc6xf]

Great lesson!

[@1gabhriel]

Really enjoyed this and would love more wildlife content, learning alot by watching these. Thank you

[@davidrolph9213]

love the music and i am using faber castelle products

[@davidrolph9213]

Love this about colour and value. I would like to know how you can fix this painting, so do i use oil

[@monetcafe]

Hi David, I never spray fixative on my final pastel paintings because it darkens the painting. I sometimes use fixative during the working process, however, to darken and area or add a bit more grit by spraying fixative in specific areas. The workable fixative I use is Blaire Low Odor Fixative. To protect my final painting for shipping or storing, I place them in a clear plastic bag I get from www.clearbags.com. I buy the bags a bit larger than standard sizes so I will have room for the painting and a piece of foamcore board cut to the size of the painting. Here is a video of my process:kzbin.info/www/bejne/aomnZYabr6useMk&t=209s

[@wilma5618]

Thanks so much. I needed that right now🤗🌹

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome!! I hope you enjoy, Wilma!

[@polacamedina]

It's very dificult for me to see those colors that are not obvious. I need to ask what is the program you'r using? Thank you. ❤️

[@monetcafe]

I'm using Photoshop, but a great way to get creative color is to just increase the saturation of a photo. You can do this with most phones. :)

[@polacamedina]

@@monetcafe thanks for answer.

[@mianapretorius4183]

chack out someone named Zeno on KZbin he has some awesome Christen music 🎶 i love his guitar cover's

[@crystalhaiku]

I would call that a chalk drawing not a painting.

[@wikedwhich1]

just nit picking!!...this isn't a cow but a steer or bullock!! Just saying as I wouldn't like to be called a man when I am not!!,...otherwise great info!

[@monetcafe]

Ha ha…. I actually thought of that after re-watching the video. And I’m really not sure if this particular cow was a bull or not? I didn’t get to see that part of him or her, lol!