Painting Glowing Autumn Trees - Pastel Painting Tutorial

[@annek8979]

Love it. So beautiful! Yes, more autumn leaves please.

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks! I’m glad you enjoyed it 🍁

[@MrHiArt]

Hello talented artist! Your piece of art looks fabulously magical! You created a very positive and bright autumn drawing! I wish you a wonderful creative day and a joyful mood! With a smile, Mr. Hi! :)

[@LanaBallot]

Glad you liked the video 😊

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Lana, thank you for sharing this beautiful fall foliage painting with us! You have a keen eyes and fantastic color sense! Thank you for sharing your amazing expertise with us. Please take care, be safe and enjoy your day!

[@LanaBallot]

Thank you! I hope you are enjoying the season's colors

[@monetcafe]

Exquisite! Love the brilliant underpainting!

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks Susan! I'm glad you loved it. Underpainting is fun :)

[@1DaTJo]

Always happy to see your videos dear Lana ❤

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks!

[@bertiedewit90]

❤your building with pastels is so inspirational! Love it !

[@LanaBallot]

I’m glad you are enjoying them!

[@aliciamolloy5948]

Hi Lana thank you for this wonderful tutorial, you are the best!

[@LanaBallot]

You are very welcome Alicia! 🍁

[@anabellamaldonado9617]

Beautiful Autumn painterly style pastels. Thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@LanaBallot]

You are very welcome! Glad you enjoyed it 😊

[@janetbornemann296]

Thank you so much for this KZbin video. I'm also doing your self directed video on Fall trees. It's a challenge to get that glow, but you explain it so well. Looking forward to practicing what I learned!

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks so much for signing up for the course! I’m sure you’ll get those trees glowing in no time 🍁👍

[@BarbaraRittweger]

This is a really useful tutorial, Lana, thank you! I am just starting out with pastels and find it to be a fascinating medium. It is great to see how you sculpt the painting and never blend the colors with your finger. I will be learning a lot from your tutorials.

[@LanaBallot]

I’m glad that you are excited about pastels ❤️

[@Happy-ArtLife]

Very nice❤I like you put the photo and painting side by side, so I can learn how you transfer a plain photo into a fantastic artwork😊😊

[@LanaBallot]

Thank you! and I'm glad you love the demo

[@ranjanachand9306]

Beautiful

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks!

[@ArtOfDan9908]

Beautiful painting.

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks!

[@antoniodelmar4406]

Maravilloso Lana 🤗

[@LanaBallot]

Thank you!

[@snowbird7691]

Hello I am new to soft pastels... What kind of papers are suitable for them? Love your videos so much ❤️

[@LanaBallot]

Welcome to pastels! There are two main types of papers for pastels - non sanded (less expensive, good for learning, studies, sketches) and special sanded papers (great for multiple layers of color). Some examples of good ones for each type: non sanded - Canson, sanded - UART. You'll need to try some to understand the difference and what you like.

[@snowbird7691]

@@LanaBallot thank you so much for taking your time to reply ❤️❤️❤️

[@reneekroyer5104]

I like the look of using the charcoal pencil; may I ask, what color charcoal is that? Also, is there a certain softness (number?) that you used. I found this video very help. Thank you for sharing it with us.

[@LanaBallot]

Thanks! I'd use a soft charcoal pencil, but I might have had only medium during the video, not sure. I also have a black pastel pencil so that would work as well for that linear work.

[@reneekroyer5104]

Okay, thank you. I do have a couple of soft charcoal pencils, all different shades of gray-brown-black and also pastel pencil. I find that black is too harsh, just sticks out too much. I'm really learning a lot from these videos. Thank you. I have been painting in pastel for 3 years now, but I seem to have gotten into a slump. I have not painted anything I like in a while now.@@LanaBallot

[@LanaBallot]

@@reneekroyer5104 I'm glad the videos help 😊 I hope you continue painting even if you get discouraged by the results for sometime. Also try to figure out what exactly you don't like in a failed work, something specific, that helps to improve in those areas.

[@reneekroyer5104]

Yes, I will keep trying I've spent too much time on pastels to give it up. lol I think a lot of time, I paint from photos, and I have an idea in my head what I want it to look like, but fail to make it. I think I try to put in too much detail. I'm learning, slowly. I need to simplify things but I love detail, yet I love impressionistic work, so it is a mystery to me. lol@@LanaBallot