Underpainting Techniques on UART: Complementary Alcohol Wash Part Three: Refining The Painting

[@TheJoan48]

Thank you, Alain. I learned alot. I could never reach my full arm out to the front like you do whilte painting. I hope that's just for teaching. I'm off to buy some denatured alcohol! Much appreciated and thanks.

[@angelalabauve9131]

I love your use of color and the impressionist style of this painting. It’s so helpful to watch you handle the strokes as you infuse the gorgeous light!!! Thank you so much! I learned so much from these 3 videos!

[@susanj-s6425]

Thank you so very much for the videos! It was very inspiring to see that beautiful work emerging and I learned so much today! :)

[@daliaklein1212]

So beautiful Alain, so inspiring. Thank you very much.

[@maritzanc]

Thank you so much! I've learned so much about pastels today. So glad I've found you.

[@denisegrossman3840]

What a joy to watch, so slow and methodical and attentive to overall piece!! Bravo, thank you I have learned so much in this tutorial!!

[@sunshinejenny777]

Love your videos. I learn so much.

[@sheliacruz3502]

A huge thank you to UART for the willingness of having this amazing pastelist represent your product. This makes me want to purchase UART sanded paper and paint till my hearts content.

[@uartpremiumsandedpastelpap9906]

Thank you Shelia.

[@mikenorton6899]

Truly a paradigm changing series. What motivation this has provided. Thank you.

[@judithpetree6329]

What a wonderful video, just what I was looking for in expressive painting. I felt as though the artist was making love to it throughout .

[@isobelrenshaw9973]

I love pastels and have used them mostly for animal portraits or figures with very fine work for years. I have tried a few landscapes but the colours never looked strong enough. I have so enjoyed learning about under painting, which I never knew about. Thank you for that. Your paintings are beautiful!

[@maldoori238]

Thoroughly enjoyed it Alain , many thanks for your excellent tuition and skills that you shared very kindly.

[@anaalfaiate2608]

Beautiful painting and you explain the process so well! I´ve never tried pastels but I think I will buy some! Thank you from Nairobi, Kenya.

[@jamlott]

You smooth voice as you paint takes me along for a very informative and inspirational Journey through your work. I learned so much and somehow retained all this information. Your very gifted style is captivating. Keep the videos coming!👨🏻‍🎨

[@dorothymitchell3591]

I have learned so much from these three videos . Thanks so much for sharing your knowledge.

[@Ant1matter2]

WOW I am sooo impressed! what a lesson..

[@denisewaddington6684]

Excellent three tutorials! I will watch them each several times more. Love UART paper as well. My novice level of pastel painting really opened up when I started using sanded paper and I like that the UART doesn't buckle with underwashes.

[@danielleauer8402]

as a beginner in pastel, this is wonderful to follow and learn, thank you for doing these three. this is helping me muchly. Daniella

[@lindabrookes1756]

thanks alain. very helpful to know how you choose which colours to use where, you seem to know instinctively how different colours work together but for a beginner like me it helps to see how professional artists work it out, and seeing how to use the underpainting as a foundation and the sort of paper that will take an alcohol wash is a starting point. many thanks. Linda

[@debramoss2267]

I could watch this all day, so inspiring, always leaves me peaceful, too.

[@veroniquejeannedemarbre5630]

Hello, I enjoyed myself looking at the 3 vídeos: this pastel technique is great, really. Many thanks for your sharing.

[@lindazorich6734]

Alain, thank you so much for the 3 videos on the this pastel piece. I learned so much from watching and listening to you. I found it inspiring and helpful with choosing paper: UART Premium Sanded Pastel Paper, blocking in, alcohol wash technique, impressionistic marking, brushes for blending and what questions to ask yourself as use paint. For me the question you focused on "what is this painting about?" and "what is the focus?" Thank you so much for sharing your talent. Linda

[@conniebentley8967]

Loved this!

[@shahnaz39]

Thanks, Lyn so much for bringing this wonderful video, you have inspired me to do artworks in Pastels.

[@paulinawaas9204]

Love it! Thank you for sharing your art!

[@LineToPicture]

I liked your rice field painting very much to be honest this technique is new for me , you explained it very well, thanks Sir🙏🙏😊

[@mariadelpilarzunigacampos5677]

Precioso!! Muchas gracias!👏👏👏

[@lucretiaonutube]

Awesome talent and brilliant tips ...thanks for sharing your knowledge

[@lilylittlemonster5]

Stunningly beautiful.

[@nancyarmitage9496]

Stunning! I often struggle with my palette choices. Your deliberateness and choice of colors is so inspiring.

[@MDEBonzes]

You know, watching you is like "music", as your hand seems to melodically move over the painting-quite enjoyable, and I want to be able to stroke my marks like this-I have a feeling that it's much harder than it looks! Thanks for the lesson!

[@lesleynormanhartnell2070]

Absolutely gorgeous. The original photo looks quite boring but your interpretation is beautiful. Thank you for showing such an in depth explanation.

[@meanbean98]

Bravo that just opened new doors for me on art! I love to paint but I always wondered how to use the pastels. so I watched and watched and finally when we got to the 3 rd video and you said this is more of an impressionistic painting I was a little disappointed I think it was because I waiting for some blending and so on but then when you got to the end and framed it ..it turned out really beautiful ... at same time I really learned a lot and yes i agree with MDEbonzes it really makes me want to try it .thanks so much for your time and teaching this

[@nancycowan2946]

Enjoyed watching these instructions to paint a rice field. when you began with reds/violets I couldn't see where you were coming from. I think that's why it held my interest so completely. I had to see where you were going with it. I have been trying not to blend with my brush, finger or Q-tip and need to learn other ways of marrying colors. Thx again. Incidentally, that looks as much like a rice field in Louisiana as it does in Cambodia. ')

[@Angelica-bt4hh]

Beautiful! Thank you for the great tutorial!

[@balthazarignacioramirez5513]

Wooow very beauttifful, enjoy it a lot!! Grettings from Chile! Muy bello trabajo! Lo disfruté mucho! Saludos desde Chile!

[@janewineinger1569]

Oh, please don't blend, it is gorgeous just like that! WHOOOAH! Putting that frame with the gold trim around just blew my mind! WONDERFUL!!!

[@doreenchristie1260]

ABSOLUTELY BEAUTIFUL,

[@monetcafe]

Fantastic!!

[@dulcieogilvie5786]

I love that!!!!

[@martinvestergaardportraits5654]

Thanks a lot. Very inspiring ☺

[@evelynchavez3799]

Love your the landscape and the finished piece with frame. Can you tell me where you get your frames?

[@pablomiezavarela8358]

Impresionante. Good, good.Thank you.

[@hannahdavies2738]

Thank you for a helpful tutorial, Alain. Can't wait to have a go at trying some of your techniques. Just wondered which brands of you use most?

[@lisamcgovernboldgoldie]

Hi Alain! I'm still watching and rewatching your videos of different underpainting techniques on UART paper. I have a question about your beautiful finished painting in this video with the frame you showed... will you be adding glass to the frame? Do you use fixative to set the pastel or does the special paper take care of that? Thank you.

[@uartpremiumsandedpastelpap9906]

Hi Lisa. We cannot speak for Alain and are not sure about the glass part, but you do have to put a glass frame on all pastel paintings to prevent damage to the painting. One of the biggest advantage of using UART paper is that you do not require any fixative whatsoever. The sanded surface allows the material to hold onto the grit and prevent any material loss. We hope this helps answering your questions.

[@Carla48435]

me encanta como explica, pero es demasiado impresionista para mi....no termina de gustarme el resultado.

[@joaniemiller4362]

Wonderful

[@doralevitt2879]

WOW- that's some pastel collection you have!! (wipes drool off mouth) Lol! What pastels do you use? The one's I have has great pigment but are so waxy, I end up waisting more time rubbing the wax off and losing pigment then working on my painting! 😟😟😟

[@paintingalways]

Alain Picard, are you using the soft pastells only? Or do you also mix with panpastels or pastell pencils as well?

[@LuisSanchez-wf9zw]

Where can you get this pastel paper? I am in Los Angeles / Orange County area.

[@christierella]

Bravo!

[@altasomolivsage]

I still don’t know why there are horizontal marks of dark green in the marsh.

[@dhirajkrsharma5946]

How to fix it naturally?

[@ginatexasgirl9438]

Not good...sorry

[@maliqelliott4888]

Thought I was the only that thought it was a wreck too.