Lovely Clouds-Beginner Soft Pastel Lesson

Are you new to pastel or just want a quick warm-up lesson? In 15 minutes you can paint this cloudy sky with me!
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Canson XL dry mixed media paper (half of a 9"x12" sheet) shrsl.com/3ydsn
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[@cassandragoth8486]

A lovely way to spend Friday evening - I am still not very confident with my pastels that I got as a gift last year so I really appreciate these little tutorials. thank you!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You can do it!

[@veryberry39]

I've only just started this video, but I just want to say I love how dreamy this is! It makes me wish I had pastels, but I am resisting the urge to try yet another new craft. 😅

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you so much!

[@rubberartist]

I love the Canson XL Mixed Media for testing everything that comes in the house! Keep a pad in the living room. Love your sky. Thank you!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks so much!

[@melissaaldosari8024]

Beautiful Lindsay! Your tutorials are always so inspiring to me! Thank you!💜💜💜

[@annettefournier9655]

Beautiful clouds! It's so tempting just to blow that dust away. That color cube with is on my wish list.

[@OrganizeCreateDecorate]

This is beautiful, Lindsay. Some very great tips. I learned so much more than I knew before. Thanks!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You are so welcome!

[@deirdrelewis1454]

Beautiful! I’m not an artist but I do use pastels as backgrounds for colouring and you have just shown me a better way to achieve a more natural effect. I also agree with you that you don’t need super expensive products to achieve something lovely. I’ve seen fantastic art produced by talented people using spray paints and even wall paint!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I'm so glad!

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Lindsay, I do enjoy watching your videos and I am one of those people who will not use cheap papers for my watercolors! I did use wood pulp papers in the past and I have had trouble using cheap papers when learning pastel painting! I just feel like I am to old to waste my time using cheap supplies. I did get the pebble surface Canson paper and I like it! I do wonder how you work so well flat! I must get my easel to lean towards me and have the dust collect in a tray I just do not do as well as you working flat! Lovely clouds and I can see that getting Sarah's color cube's as real advantage in time and effort gathering references! Wonderful painting Lindsay Please keep them coming!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Will do!

[@averymorgan1369]

Enjoying this tutorial . Thank you!

[@marytesta3003]

Very pretty. I adore these colors. My wedding was teals and peaches and lean toward the colors for decades. Thank you for a great demo.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You are so welcome!

[@CathyElizondoArt]

Beautiful!! I just got my color cubes and I love them!!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Wonderful!

[@LuchaCatDIY]

This art is so dreamy😊

[@wulfseig1864]

Ooooo, pretty clouds. Maybe this will be my warm up painting today. ❤❤❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Sounds great!

[@paulalister80]

Lovel pastel painting. Relaxing start to me Saturday Morning.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you so much 😀

[@starshinesoldier]

Oh! This is so gorgeous! ❤❤❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you! 😊

[@neidedegouvea]

Beautiful art work Lindsay! Thank you for the tutorial ❤I’ll try it with the material I have ❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You’re welcome 😊

[@rhondita95]

Love when you do pastels-just don’t always get to all you videos right away! But I get to them eventually!

[@DeshArt]

Love this!

[@willemijnkamerling4011]

It is preference isn't it. I've been enjoying my ohuhu mix media sketchbooks and the art creations sketchbooks so much. They make me want to use my supplies. More expensive /better quality paper doesn't appeal to me that much, joy wise. Using your (for me, way more expensive) watercolourbrushes has made me practice more and experiment more with brushstrokes and so enjoy my art more. I have brutfuner pencils and derwent pencils and enjoy using them both. I have no interest in lightfastness, using my meilang watercolours or my Paul Ruben's is as much fun. Having Windsor & Newton or Daniel Smith colours doesn't interest me in the least. Obviously joy is my main goal. Everyone has their own way of making art and their own goals. I think the thing I appreciate most about you and your channel Lindsey is that you look at supplies from different perspectives. So thank you for that. More and more I've come to realise my way of arting is perfectly fine and you (among others) have helped me get there. 🥰

[@mollyrobbins1515]

This is just what I have been waiting for.

[@AcuarelawithBlanca]

Wao your piece came out beautifully blended!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you! 😊

[@KevieG]

Lindsay, your one busy gal! I enjoy all of your videos.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thanks so much 😊

[@craftergin]

This is super pretty! I love the ethereal feel of it with the little crescent moon peeking through the clouds. And I LOVE the colors. I wish I could get past the texture of using pastels. But I can't! LOL!

[@veryberry39]

That's one of the biggest reasons I won't ever be able to pick up this medium. I have sensory issues, and dry chalky stuff is just awful. Even watching her use her fingers to blend sometimes gives me the shivers. 😂 And I don't want to wear gloves just to do art, so I'm gonna stick to watching other people do it!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you so much!

[@sweethomes674]

Gorgeous. Excellent explanations 😊

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you! 😊

[@Ailana10791]

These videos about pastels have come right on time because I actually just started wanting to get into them again... The problem for me is finding the right paper on a budget. Because I tried using my bristol smooth paper and the pastels would not adhere to it at all. I worked at it a little more because I assumed I just needed to blend it in, but I ended up stopping before my colors ran down. So I'd really appreciate advice on what types of paper would be right for soft and oil pastels. 🙂

[@128titanic9]

Hello! Lindsay. Thank you for your video.💞.❤.

[@beckyb4074]

Hello Lindsay, yeah I can comment again. I think it was just our internet connection lagging. Thanks for taking the time to answer my questions in another format than the comments. Now I can watch the video. Take care and God bless you and yours. Sincerely Becky B from Arkansas

[@Shelleyweaver84]

Stunning 😍

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you! 😊

[@michelleosborne8951]

When I started water color painting I had cheap Canson paper. I felt hoe hum about watercoloring. But when I tried arches paper I got excited about painting because I could achieve beautiful results and different techniques worked on the arches paper that didn’t work on Canson. So I have to say in that case. Quality really helped and cheap hindered me.

[@dianar7055]

Yes, I've hear established artist say if you want to pick up a watercolor hobby it's better to go with cheaper paints and quality paper, instead of the opposite.

[@aeolanyiramoon6260]

Perfect timing, my mum gave some pastels to me as a gift and I didn't know what to draw

[@lisa_cotter]

This looks so beautiful Lindsay I do not own the arrtx ones but another brand will def try give this a go

[@ChantelleArts]

This is beautiful, looking at yours, I think I over blend pastels a bit too much

[@peggygrzelakowski675]

Perfect timing! My new set of soft pastels arrived today! Can't wait to try this lesson! Thank you!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Wonderful!

[@elizekohler6199]

Nicely done ❤

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Thank you 😁

[@PlantyLadySue]

Great video! I like that you leave the colors up that you’ve used so we can reference them. Also, how bad is the dust for us? I have COPD so wondering if this is a medium I should try.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I'm not sure

[@InnerMagpie]

Pastel paper can be painted with acrylic gesso to reuse

[@kayclark4406]

I love this picture. I want to to learn pastels and I’m wondering if you do under painting? I don’t understand this step.

[@travelwell6049]

No you don’t.

[@mariatriesart8389]

What soft pastel set would you recommend that has a large selection of colours and opaque?

[@mjpete27]

I love Schmincke sticks! but they are expensive for just beginning, ANY handmade stick will out-perform most everything else. Unison, Jack Richeson, even the Mungyo handmade's work better than most cheap square sticks. I truly suggest going to Dakota Pastels and order a sampler set. Call them and tell them what your trying to paint and have them put together a set of blue or green or whatever sticks that will get you going! Best of luck!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I don't know what's available in Canada

[@mariatriesart8389]

Can I use mix media paper instead? I live in Canada and buying from Blick although possible I pay ober 30¢ to every Canadian dollar for the currency exchange, then I get hit with duties and taxes on top of that. Will another product work as well?

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Sure! Use any textured paper

[@wrenbayley]

Is there something else we can use if we don’t have the stronger white?

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You can work on white paper and try and keep the paper clean in the white area

[@wanderingstar5673]

❤

[@orchdork775]

Could I do this with prismacolor nupastels? Those are the only pastels I have.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Sure

[@diamondslashranch]

I’ve not done pastels yet so can someone tell me if there are applicators you can use and do they make pastels in pencils or holders of some type?

[@travelwell6049]

Yes you can buy Pastel pencils not to be confused with Pencils of pastel colours.

[@louetteduvall4118]

Check out 'SOFFT' applicators from Pan Pastels, so no need to smudge/blend the pastels w/ your fingers. Also I just got 120 set of Blick pastels, and true to the reviews, they're super soft, low on dust, great sophisticated tonal colors and only 67.oo.

[@louetteduvall4118]

Note: just like all dry pastels, different pencils brands will be either hard = easier to sharpen, sharper details but hard to smudge, or soft = difficult to sharpen, but easier to blend.

[@diamondslashranch]

Thank you so much all very helpful!

[@Halonablack]

You said you’ll wrap it in what rather than spray to hold the design?

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Glassine

[@lukegtempleton4257]

Visually lovely. I would disagree with the title that this is for beginners. The dialogue for the first four minutes covers many technical details using terms that may not be familiar to beginners, all while saying very little about the overall approach to the piece or the minute-to-minute techniques being used. Most of the time the source picture isn't even visible. My two cents...

[@MooJoo5555]

why are you shouting

[@sondrabrown442]

Your clouds are lovely! Great advice about using cheaper supplies, they allow me the freedom to just play. Thanks Lindsay!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

You are so welcome!

[@user-dx9um3cu8i]

❤