How to draw a REALISTIC bird in PASTELS! // Tips for FEATHERS!

[@kellychester9185]

This is one of my all time favorites. Your videos are great... filled with tips and spot on commentary. You are so talented and such a good teacher!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Glad you enjoyed it!

[@marytejurgelioniene1524]

Beautifull work and nice information.Thank you very much 👍😁🤗🤗♥️♥️

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

My pleasure 😊

[@coviedogs]

Really, excellent tutorials!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Glad you like them!

[@ranjanachand9306]

It's beautiful and you give huge useful info.. Thanks

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

My pleasure 😊

[@tabbi888]

Beautiful thank you for sharing, wonderful tips regarding the white. Thanks again.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@Itzmeemiaaa]

You are so so so good and sometimes I don’t even know if it’s real of just a drawing ✍🏾

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you 😊

[@TheLondonForever00]

This was exactly what I was looking for. I used to be very good at graphite but haven't dobe much oastel work in years. I'm going to go to your patreon this weekend. You are star and great teacher, I'm going to learn so much. You explain everything so very well. Thank you!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Glad it was helpful!

[@TheLondonForever00]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt Very helpful. Looking forward to more tutorials. 👍😊

[@clearwater7000]

Stunning!💓🌞😊

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you! 😊

[@jrz7325]

Wonderful tutorial! Very informative. Thank you for sharing.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

You are so welcome!

[@jillellen2631]

Another outstanding video. Thanks Kirsty!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊

[@kimbearlysoriginal4276]

Absolutely beautiful. Your Patreon channel is wonderful. Would recommend! :)

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou, I'm glad you like the tutorials 😊

[@melindavivas3945]

Thank you for sharing your process at achieving this beautiful piece of work!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

It's my pleasure :)

[@earthkindsanctuary]

the last bit of this video was most valuable to me its something im learning at the moment that you dont need to spend so much time on the fine details (they blur out as you zoom out of the drawing anyway) i need to focus more on the values. rather then spending months on one drawing!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

I'm glad it was helpful! It took me a long time to understand that concept 😊

[@yvonnekeogh9845]

Fantastic! Thank you!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Glad you liked it!

[@lynnrushton7458]

Beautiful 👌 I love pastelmat......yet to try pan pastels, hoping Santa brings me some 🤞 great video x

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊 Pan Pastels are amazing! They're probably my favourite medium!

[@rohan8893]

Great work!! Thanks for the tips along the video 😄

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou, and you're welcome 😊

[@mariajoaovieira1210]

Your work is amazing and you are so talented...👏🥰 I have recently started painting with pastel and I find it quite challenging but definitly super interesting. Thank you for sharing your talent, as well as your useful tips!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you! You are very welcome! 😊

[@EvanArtsy]

Amazing job! I love learning how to do more realistic stuff...I’ve definitely grown as an artist since starting an art channel and watching fellow artists like yourself to help myself grow! Thanks!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou, I'm glad the tutorials are helpful 😊

[@reneewant6408]

This is absolutely gorgeous. I’m going to try to do it. I have just joined up on your patreon so hopefully will be able to follow how it all works. Wish me luck.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou for joining Patreon! And good luck, I would love to see your drawing when you're finished 😊

[@TinaBaeyensArt]

Wonderful tutorial! I love pastelmat as well, it wasn't till I switched to this paper that my art with pastel started to improve. Love watching your videos. ❤️

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊 it's an amazing paper!

[@reneewant6408]

I tried to get it at my local art store in Sydney but they didn’t have any. So I got what they said was the next best thing

[@TinaBaeyensArt]

@@reneewant6408 hope it does the trick! Maybe try looking online, like through amazon or something?👌

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

@@reneewant6408 Unfortunately, there isn't any other surface that is similar to Pastelmat (it's unique because it's not a sanded surface, but it still has a lot of texture in comparison to other papers) I'm in Adelaide and we don't have it locally either but you can get it online from www.theartshop.com.au which is Melbourne based 😊 So if your new paper doesn't work out for you, you could try that instead!

[@babitasharma5158]

Very interesting

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊

[@TinRoofVintage]

Beautiful portrait! How do you determine what color paper to use? Do you go by skin tones, or by the background tones of a landscape (day, night, evening)? Love your work and thank you so much! 🌹❤🌹

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

I don't really choose a colour palette before I start (I think it comes naturally to me) I usually edit the reference on Photoshop to change the colours/values to make them look better (in my opinion) But when I get begin the drawing, I just start out by over-exaggerating the colours I see in the reference photo, then as the layers develop, I'll adjust the colours based on the overall look of the piece 😊

[@TobiasBe83]

first :P very interesting video, kirsty. I think the most important information was the hint to use several different color-shades for one layer. It is interesting to see the artwork become vivid this way. Personally I recognized this in my last artwork....a dolphin...this animal seems to be grey but I uses up to ten colors to bring him to life.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou! Exactly! I mean, this guy is white with a bit of yellow and I think I used at least 25 colours! Haha It really makes the artwork look interesting 😊

[@petermcglone6866]

fantastic

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you so much 😀

[@doracarrington9219]

hat would you suggest for the mid-tone colour of pastelmat - light grey or anthracite perhaps?

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Light grey is actually very close to white, and anthracite is quite dark! I usually use brown, dark grey or sienna 😊

[@Shazza71]

I use the grid method to draw the outline/sketch of the picture. Can you recommend if I should use a pastel pencil or graphite for my first pastel drawing ? Many thanks ☺️

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

I always suggest using a separate piece of printer paper/cheap drawing paper to create my outline (so you are not erasing and damaging the Pastelmat - and it's also very hard to erase grids on Pastelmat too!) Then you can transfer your outline to your Pastelmat but turning your outline over, rubbing Pan Pastel on the back, then trace over the front with a pencil so the pastel imprints from the back of your outline onto your Pastelmat! You can see how I do this near the beginning of the video here; kzbin.info/www/bejne/g4Kmo42cmJ2sac0 Hope that helps!

[@Shazza71]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt thank you ☺️☺️

[@ChinyiWang]

Hi, thank you for sharing. I love this chocado, Hope one day I could draw one myself. I don’t have pan pastels only pastel pencils. Why would you chose pan pastel over pastel pencils? Thank you!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you so much 😀 I use Pan Pastels and pastel pencils equally (they are both useful in different ways) Pan Pastels can be used for larger areas, smoother coverage, easily mixable etc Pastel pencils are great for finer details, but you can do the entire piece just with pencils if you want to (it will take a lot longer though!)

[@ChinyiWang]

Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art Thank you.

[@iloveoregon99]

Beautiful work! Did you do your line drawing using white pan pastel on the revere side of your picture then transferring it to your art paper or did you use a white graphite paper underneath your photo to transfer line drawing to your art paper?

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊 For this one, I used a super cheap projector (it's a portable one that's for watching movie while camping etc - not an art projector) And just used a white pastel pencil for that 😊 But you could use a white transfer paper or the pan pastel on the back (either of those will give a similar result!)

[@iloveoregon99]

Thank you for your answer ☺️

[@SanneFineArt]

That is so beautiful! I really like the look of pastels but I'm to messy to work with them 😂 Well done!

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊

[@brandytaylor1986.]

Me to pastels look beautiful

[@brandytaylor1986.]

There’s an artist I fond taht dos pretty art work with pastels on KZbin #sheshina Ekaterina hope u don’t mine me sharing she good to u might like Hera ty aswell Kirsty

[@earthkindsanctuary]

hi kirsty could you tell me the number / which rembrant white pastel you use please.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

I believe it's White TR100.5 😊

[@ItsSimYall]

At thumbnail I thought you were petting a bird with paint brush 😂😂😊😊this is masterpiece 😍 aww 🥰

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Haha Thank you so much 😀

[@ItsSimYall]

Welcome I am 10 years old

[@shamsart]

Amazing

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊

[@kristenpilon6934]

whats the blending tool you use? sofft?

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

To apply the Pan Pastel I'm using Sofft tools, then to blend between my layers, I'm using cotton tips 😊

[@kristenpilon6934]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt Thanks so much :) Keep up the great work!!

[@brigeen1]

Hi Kirsty, love your work! I am just learning how to use pastels and you are really helping me a lot, thanks so much. I love this picture and would like to do it, but I can't find the image on pixabay. Would you be able to send it to me or is it part of a patreon package? Thanks so much for your help in my art journey.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thank you 😊 pixabay.com/de/photos/papagei-bunt-weis-gelb-k%C3%A4fig-2768684/

[@brigeen1]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt thank you so much, I didn't know there was a German Pixabay. Have a lovely Christmas!

[@troothieArt]

This is so great, i love this method. Can you also do a tutorial for drawing dark skin tone with pastel pencils?.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou 😊 It's definitely on my long list of things to do!

[@troothieArt]

Kirsty Rebecca Fine Art that’s great it will be so helpful because many artists this side are now trying pastel pencils and we don’t understand other tutorials around KZbin and many are for water colors. Your videos are straight forward and understandable.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Thankyou, I'm glad they're helpful! 😊

[@karryn6978]

Kirsty if l join your patreon am l going to need pan pastels ? I only have pastel pencils and sticks ?

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

There are a few tutorials where I only use pastel pencils, but I use Pan Pastels quite often! You can start out with a set of 5 pans and mix any colour you need (just like paint) which is something you can't do with sticks easily! www.jacksonsart.com/en-au/panpastel-starter-set-painting-5-colours?___store=jacksonsart_au&acc=07a96b1f61097ccb54be14d6a47439b0 Hope that helps 😊

[@karryn6978]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt okay thankyou

[@AsthanaG]

Pastel Matt is not available in my country , suggest a different paper..

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Have you tried Jackson's in the UK? I actually buy mine from there because they ship world-wide (I live in Australia) Unfortunately, I wouldn't recommend any other papers except maybe Luxarchival by Brush and Pencil (but that's even harder to find) The paper choice makes a huge difference for pastels and you really won't get the same results with other options

[@AsthanaG]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt okay , Thankyou so much for this lead.

[@raginighag6595]

Unfortunately I can't get pastelmat here , I really wanted to try one.

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Is there an art store in another country who ships to you? I'm I'm Australia and I buy mine from Jackson's in the UK who ship worldwide! It's an expensive way of doing it but it's 100% worth it for that paper 😊

[@raginighag6595]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt Thanks for the reply from your super busy schedule definitely I will give it a try 😊🌹

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Haha it is super busy but I'm happy to help when I can 😊

[@claudiajanse3773]

Did you still have s patreon ?

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

I do have Patreon but I am no longer uploading new tutorials there because I have my own KR Fine Art Academy which is much better 😊 You can find out more here; www.kirstyrebeccafineart.com

[@michaelmacleod4713]

🇬🇧👍🏻

[@Kibriyaazad]

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[@spiritualstars]

I love your art, but the voice overs are amazing but no pause or breath, really wish in parts you could pause or just slow down. I sometimes put you on slow speed but then you sound distorted lol

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Haha sorry about that! I usually cut out the breathing because my microphone tends to pick it up really loud! But you're not the first person to say that, so I am working on adding some more natural pauses in my future videos 😊

[@Artislifethatsfact]

How do you know what other colors to put down first before the top layer? I'm a bit confused by that

[@KirstyRebeccaFineArt]

Hi there, It comes with experience, but I do have a tutorial showing you how I pick my colours kzbin.info/www/bejne/ZpzTqImkbayHpcU This tutorial will be really helpful to explain it (it's hard to explain in a comment 😊 )

[@Artislifethatsfact]

@@KirstyRebeccaFineArt you're awesome! Thanks for the video link! I hope to be able to master oil pastels like you! ❤️