Soft Pastel Tips! Still Life with Fish {timelapse}

[@lynncooper1781]

Soft pastels are so rich and deep in colors, beautiful painting.👍🤗😊🌹❤️

[@paulalister80]

Fun watch, love when you show us mistakes and then how to fix, hopefully the fix will stay in me brain.

[@starvingartistscollective]

An eye-catching and really beautiful pastel painting Lindsay !! TFS!!

[@sketchshinaver2137]

Ashley love today’s video my favorite videos are the ones of you drawing because I’m not a painter but I still enjoy watching all your videos have a great day watching you today from Dallas Texas

[@hemjoo]

It's been a while since you painted with soft pastels. Love this! Thank you. 😊

[@melanieforrester7689]

Thank you for doing soft pastel! I haven't tried the pan pastels yet but , I've been loving applying with a brush. Also, haven't tried yet, but I'm looking forward to trying the shaper. (& painting with the dust)... your piece turned out really nice!!

[@taylorjudi]

I was surprised the first time I heard a pastel work referred to as "painted." Now it just sounds normal. I am saving up for pastels so I can compete your pastel class. I bought it when you introduced it so I could get the best price. This painting is lovely!

[@georgesgentry5835]

Never tried pastels. Thanks for great tips Lindsay. Love the colors. The bread looks good enough to eat!

[@pokey3010]

wow Thank you for this it was fun to watch you do this so fast, it's amazing and looks so real. I will try this on critique club..:)

[@schnook-in-boots1027]

I'm using that paper for colored pencil right now and I'm quite happy with it.

[@melissaaldosari8024]

Gorgeous painting! So inspiring!

[@anawashere5762]

This is my favorite medium! I use q-tips to spread pigment, and I like using black paper it makes the lighter pigments pop. I was trying to figure out why put down all that color down when you were going to black it all out. But mistakes happen and it became a great teaching moment. Also, if you can't get a fancy sealant, hair spray works just as well. Just prop it up so the piece is vertical as well as the can. Spray around 12 to 18 inches away to help keep large droplets of your piece.

[@clearwater7000]

Beautiful work! Thank you!💓🌞

[@justacatwhocantype]

Lovely, this makes me want to get out my chalk pastels again. I haven't used those in months and I really should.

[@lynetteclauser3551]

Great recommendation of Mungyo pastels for beginners. I give all my students a set to start with.

[@lisathaviu1154]

Nice video! When I use pastels, I make sure to have a few pastel pencils in dark brown, dark grey and white so I can add edges and shadows with some control. I also think that certain strong colors, like dark reds (like alizarin crimson) and dark blues are very hard in cheaper pastels, so I buy a few more expensive soft pastels in those colors. I would really like to see some more pan pastel demos! I am still debating whether to buy some of those since it’s so expensive. One item you might want to show that is inexpensive and great for sketching on newsprint are the colored charcoal from Cretacolor. It comes in big thick sticks and Blick carries them. They do throw more dust, but I don’t think they use toxic pigments.

[@annetteatkins7164]

Love, love, love this. Pastels plus still life; you’ve added my two favorites together. Pastel pencils are also a great alternative for people who like the effect of pastel but don’t like pastel on their fingers.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Good point!

[@nickimontie]

I've never gotten into pastels because of the mess, but I have a couple of sets leftover from college classes. I recently found some wooden pastel pencils on clearance and got them to see if they make a difference. Jury is still out on that 😊 I need more practice.

[@mjpete27]

Hullo Lindsay! I do enjoy watching you work and since you picked my latest medium that I am learning, I wanted to have plenty of time to watch. I know signing up for your critique club is a great deal and money well spent especially for beginners and in so many different mediums how can you go wrong? You can’t! Unfortunately I’ve spent all of my money on supplies and silly things like food and shelter. I do have a separate art fund that I’ve been trying to save to, but I keep raiding it to buy pebbled paper and square Brutfuner pencils, I have been trying to save enough to take a pastel painting class from Alain Picard and yet it still remains out of my reach. I am wishing you all the best and many enthusiastic students for your creative critique club! Take care and be well.

[@Via_Von]

Oh wow, Lindsay!! This is divine!! ❤️👏🏻❤️ Gosh I miss my Pan, soft and pencil pastels and this just pushes that lament further! lol I love seeing what you do with such a wonderful variety of mediums, including pastels. Thank you for such lovely eyecandy today!! 😍❤️❣️

[@monica-NJ-123]

Thank you Lindsay, I have some cheap Artist Loft soft pastels and I tried them out for the first time , they were very hard to blend , I had to use an eraser to lift some of the color , thank you for the tutorial and I will check out the mungyo pastels 😊

[@gwensimmons_gigi1629]

Is this on the sanded mixed media paper? Gorgeous still life!! TFS, Lindsay! 🤩🥰👍🏾💜 Ha, ha I posted my question before you provided a response.. thank you!!

[@wulfseig1864]

❤❤❤

[@jillkama7614]

Very good tips, thanks :)

[@chrissyartcreations]

you know what you havent played with is water mixable oils in a long time!!! i love your other watermixable oils video (i even sold the painting)

[@thefrugalcrafter]

True! I should get them out!

[@chrissyartcreations]

@@thefrugalcrafter :) i need to get more water mixable oils

[@AafkeVultink]

if you cant get rid of the habbit of not dusting it off; use a cheapie table easle; works wonders for back to

[@claudiajanse3773]

Thx i really love this ❣️

[@CaroleMinxBlanton]

Thank you for the tips and this tutorial. I would like to try pastels, and I can't stand chalk on my hands lol. I'm going to look for those you suggested. Loved this, wonderful job.

[@annetteatkins7164]

C Blanton, pastel pencils are also a great alternative to keep your hands clean. Stabilo Carbothello are my favorites and very reasonably priced.

[@CaroleMinxBlanton]

@@annetteatkins7164 thanks

[@capbin146]

Temptation again. Mungyo sounds a good set to try got first timers. Another one that came up was Ohuhu 72 . These are larger but more money. Have you tried those? Great painting, I loved the wood grain, and the seeds on the bread. Thanks

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I haven't. I didn't know they did pastels.

[@capbin146]

@@thefrugalcrafter I am tempted to try them just to get there before you do🤔. On second thoughts if Lindsay hasn’t tried them can’t be worth the gamble. Thanks for answering.

[@claudiajanse3773]

Thx ❣️❣️ how do you call the wooden trays for the pastels , where can i find these?

[@Forgefaerie]

oh thank you so much, this will be so helpful as I've been struggling with my pastel chalks a lot. pastel pencils - finally starting to get them more or less, but pastel chalks are so soft and dusty (at least the ones I have - from Mungyo) that I've been having a lot of trouble using them for anything other then very soft almost no details backgrounds. that said, how do you keep eyeshadow sponges from lifting the color when you blend? so far I've only been able to blend/press pastels in with my fingers reliable, sponge just seems to act like an eraser for me :(

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Use a light touch after you have a good amount of pastel down

[@blankmission5369]

Do you have a medium you prefer to capture and obtain the most realistic glow and also aura of the moon on mixed media cream paper and also gray toned paper? Tips, tricks appreciated. I'm sure I have some suggestions on my playlists but do not have time these days to scan and search. I really love night scenes but struggle to capture the realistic pop of the moon and the glow it exudes. Not so much the aura but more the glow itself of the moon. Thank you for your time!

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I've used irridecent medium for that

[@eileensnyder7356]

Lindsay, Thank you for another pastel tutorial. That is a medium that I struggle with where I fill the tooth of the paper too quickly and don't get the number of layers that I need to complete the art. Any suggestions? Also, I don't see the link to the reference photo. I searched unsplash and can't find it.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Use a rougher paper and use your harder pastels first and work to soft.

[@bethbellthethriftycrafter5233]

Lindsay, I've been following you for years. Just a quick question. I only paint on fabrics. Usually with fabric acrylics. Can you recommend one of your classes that deals with acrylics. Or are the blending etc methods the same as watercolors? Thanks so much.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

I don't work much in acrylics but there are some lessons in Critique club.

[@bethbellthethriftycrafter5233]

@@thefrugalcrafter Thanks so much. I joined the Critique Club today.

[@taylorjudi]

QUESTION Do you think the 40 pack of Sennelier soft pastels have a good color range?

[@thefrugalcrafter]

The assorted? I think they do portrait and landscape in that size too. Lemme check... Ok I checked the colors in the 40 assorted and I think the greens are lacking. Great price on amazon tho

[@taylorjudi]

@@thefrugalcrafter Thank you for checking. I also have NuPastels with a good color assortment. I brought them when Blick clearanced them out to stop selling them individually. I bought the 36 assortment pack and every color they sold individually that was not in the 36 pack. I have at least 90 colors. It was super cheap! After watching your videos I want to add soft pastels before I start the class.

[@janetsjewellery]

QUESTION: I can't find this one. Did you add to it? Thanks, Janet

[@thefrugalcrafter]

it's in critique club, the next to last video in there.

[@janetsjewellery]

@@thefrugalcrafter I knew I'd seen the pic somewhere. Thanks Lindsay 🙂

[@lynetteclauser3551]

I wouldn’t recommend fixative. It has a tendency to darken the colors unless you allow for this darkening. Also matting is unnecessary and most (while still using spacers) are just framed behind glass these days.

[@maryyoungblood8550]

Walmart carries the Faber Castel pastels

[@candykelly2705]

This came out nice. But as an animal lover and vegetarian, I just can't bring myself to paint dead animals.

[@blahblahart5]

Working my way towards vegetarian because I actually feel more light.....not making sense, sorry. Anyways, your fish stinks. LOL I mean to say it looks like it was freshly caught. I can smell the lemons. Wonderfully done. :) Thank you.

[@thefrugalcrafter]

Lol! Good luck with your food goals. Im planning on ditching the convienience vegan food when the girls leave for college. I'm going to batch cook simple stuff once or twice a week. I hope to slim down a bit.

[@blahblahart5]

@@thefrugalcrafter You do NOT need to slim down! You are fabulous as you are. I, however, have stress loading my front bumper and its leaving......finally. Simple stuff? Care to share on a Sat Chat some of your recipes? :)