My Process for Realism : Painting a Lion in Pastel

I received some derwent pastel pencils and some UArt paper, I thought I’d give them a try and create my first pastel lion piece.
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[@donlee6689]

Would love to see more pastel work from you, great stuff!!!

[@user-fg4vu3pd4g]

Восхитительно ❤️🌹🌹🌹🌹🌹

[@MsAdellefan]

I love it!

[@biodiversityart4857]

True artist and master, dedicate your work and skills unreservedly.

[@ImjaTse6189]

Awesome, congratulations! For the award too!

[@StudioWildlife]

thank you!

[@EdnaCloud]

Congratulations, although I am not at all surprised, you are so talented, love watching your videos

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you very much :)

[@lucaspato2382]

Felicidades eres impresionante, aprendo mucho con tus videos. Gracias por compartir

[@paintblush6884]

Gorgeous! 🤗

[@JacquelineLeubin]

I bought the same pastel box from Derwent and was shocked that they didn't have a burnt sienna in it. !

[@Andriyanova_Ilona]

Delight ❤

[@christineschafer1484]

This is absolutely amazing, thanks for this great tutorial. It is also great that you used uart paper as almost all pastel artists only use pastelmat. I like this paper or fisher 400 very much for pastels and often use my airbrush and acrylics for the first layers before using pastels, it works great Greetings from Germany

[@sq5]

Do you have any tips for sharpening the pencils? I can't seem to find a method that doesn't just break the pastel.

[@loati94]

@@sq5 Blade to remove the wood of the pencil and sanded paper to make the point as fine as you need.

[@StudioWildlife]

That's exactly how I do it too :)

[@StudioWildlife]

I did a quick video about how I do this, here you go :) kzbin.infoG-TUupk-2R8

[@lef-art]

Really beautiful! How much time dit you spend to make it?

[@StudioWildlife]

Thank you, I didn't really keep track but i would say about 6 hours spread across two days

[@carolhestand2561]

Great piece! You would Pan Pastels!

[@ArtbyJoeH]

great work ! How do you protect your pastel work ? Do you spray-seal it or double mount under glass ?

[@StudioWildlife]

I put them under glass as soon as possible! 😁

[@kart9857]

I love all your videos! I learn so much from them! I don't know if you answered this in another video, but which fixative do you use on your pastel and charcoal paintings?

[@StudioWildlife]

I use fixative for my charcoals but not for pastels. With pastels I just frame it behind glass as soon as possible 😁

[@StudioWildlife]

Here’s a link to the video that goes through all the materials I use for my charcoal drawings (including the fixative) 😁 kzbin.info/www/bejne/eHfOYph-ZbGjf7Msi=sUHpztB1XTPBYivK

[@kart9857]

@@StudioWildlife Thank you so much for sharing the link and replying! You've inspired me to start painting again!

[@srinivastatachar4951]

I'm not sure how one might critique this work! What do you mean you're not an expert at using pastels? 😄 ===============================================================================================

[@martaserda1966]

what kind of gloves you use? thank you

[@StudioWildlife]

I think they are just black latex gloves. I found a loose pair in a drawer and thought they looked cool :)

[@Jairo2967]

What the paper you use?

[@adrianolima4863]

[@waleedtuber1805]

1st

[@carolhestand2561]

Sorry, you would like pan pastels

[@StudioWildlife]

I do sometimes use panpastels to block in the piece I just dont have enough for the colours I needed in this piece. I'd love to be able to get a whole set of them one day though!