sennelier soft pastel unboxing and painting

[@laurafinger]

My set's coming in tomorrow. I'm so excited!

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

How did you get on with them ?

[@charlottesmom]

My husband bought me this exact set for a combo Mother’s Day/Anniversary/my Birthday gift (all of which are in May)! 🎁 I have to start playing as he wants a picture of a forest with a path from me soon. 🎨👍🏻

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Enjoy, they are creamy and soft 😃

[@charlottesmom]

@@johnhoffmanpaintings8512 I had the Portrait set from a few years back, fell in love with them, they are the best! I’m now also into oil pastels and just got a complete set of Sennelier oil pastels, (was saving for them for a while!) they are like lipstick, so soft so fun! I’m really enjoying this channel. 👍🏻🎨

[@claritzairosario68]

I just passed here, and saw that there was a video of you, showing the umboxing of Senelier pastels, by the way they are very good, but they are expensive. But, the truth is that I really enjoyed seeing your artwork, I loved it! and the light green colors, wow! they are amazing! Thank you for sharing this umboxing!

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

So glad you enjoyed that video. Yes I must admit I did spoil myself buying these pastels.

[@claritzairosario68]

@@johnhoffmanpaintings8512 sometimes it's good to treat yourself, especially on art supplies.😄

[@gardnerhaus]

Lovely!

[@ranjanachand9306]

Beautiful

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Thank-you, much appreciated indeed.

[@michellekoch1521]

Absolutely sensational

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Thank you. Much appreciated 👍

[@redgeminiarts3674]

They have Pastel ground just like Watercolor ground. Great video! Thank you for sharing. Instant subscriber.

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Thankyou so much. sorry this is a very late response I have only just found loads of comments.. so sorry Hope youve been coming back.

[@robertweinblatt2018]

John, what a surprise that I sat through the whole time lapse and really liked your technique, I have the very same set( amongst many others) but I also love this one. Great value temp and chroma range! Nice stuff👍🏻🥰🙏🏻

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Thank-you Robert. You can Never have enough pastels, well that's what I tell myself when the next box turn up 😄 Glad you enjoyed it , please come again.

[@susantoper6514]

Amazing video. I sat here with a smile of joy on my face watching it. The pastels are beautiful so many lovely colours and great quality by the look of them. Your picture is fantastic and I loved watching how it came together. Do you ever use oil pastels

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Thank you for your lovely comment. I have used oil pastels but not as much. I find you can get some fantastic effects with them. I'm so glad it gave you a smile 😃, please pop by again .

[@ElizabethBattle]

It always amazes me how different pastel artists' work is. Same materials, but totally different techniques and finished work. There really is no one way to use soft pastels!

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

So true Elizabeth. I am always trying different approaches to this fabulous medium. Although at the moment sometimes when i get the camera rolling I forget how to paint lol. Thank you for watching and especially leaving a comment.

[@ElizabethBattle]

@@johnhoffmanpaintings8512 😅I would be the same way if I was painting in front of a camera! The exciting thing about this medium is that you really can develop your own style. It's just having the creative fortitude to trust that process!

[@wulfseig1864]

I want this set so badly. I'm new to your channel so do you have a video on how you prepare the watercolor paper and prep with the clear gesso?

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

You won't go wrong with this set, they are beautiful. Funny you should mention prepping the surface. I am just sorting out filming making a few different surfaces to use pastel on. Hope you are enjoying my content. And thank you for commenting.

[@redgeminiarts3674]

I just got this set yesterday, it’s AMAZING! I have too many choices. I also got the Sennelier Pebbles, they are Amazing.

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

you will certainly enjoy these. happy painting :-)

[@redgeminiarts3674]

@@johnhoffmanpaintings8512 I hope so, I’ve never used Pastels before. I also ordered a sample set of Terry Ludwig. Look up the Sennelier Pebble. Your art is AMAZING too…! Sorry, I forgot to mention that last time, I was too excited.

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Certainly going to look out for the pebbles. Thank-you for your kind words. Please visit my website there's more on there.

[@mendyhand3895]

SO cool... Did you use the Winsor Newton Clear Gesso to attach the black paper to the board? I know it’s on top of the paper... just wondering if you used a spray to attach, or was the foam core itself black? Thanks. Love twisted mossy tree. First time viewer. Keep cranking the pastel paintings out! Also, what color or number is the lighter reflective blue in the reflection? That Paris collection is gorgeous! Great job!

[@mendyhand3895]

Foam ore black? Thx!

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

@mendyhand Thank you for watching and enjoying 😀 I used gorilla pva glue to attach the paper to the foam board then applied the gesso when dry. The blue number if I remember is 732 . I agree this set is beautiful. Today I put a post on my Instagram showing the easel tray I made for this set. Happy pasteling 🙂

[@Montekos86]

Nice ,they are great pastels . I love sennelier .but why you call them sienna ?your viewers will not know what you mean . Everyone search them as sennelier

[@johnhoffmanpaintings8512]

Glad you pointed that out. I think that was me not proof reading and missing predictive text imputing sienna instead. Thank-you for watching my video