How to Layer Pastel Pencils over Soft Pastels - PanPastel, Unison, Faber Castell

[@wildlifeartjm]

lots more videos here - www.patreon.com/wildlifeart Learn from me - Pastel drawing / painting and more - My patreon art channel lessons (videos + more) - www.patreon.com/wildlifeart My Video (DVD + Downloads)/ebook lessons - www.jasonmorgan.co.uk/ Wildlife reference photos (copyright free) - www.wildlifeart-online.com/ Facebook - facebook.com/jason.morgan.wildlife.art/ Instagram - instagram.com/wildlife_art_jason/

[@debramoss2267]

It is so refreshing to see that you are walking your talk, sharing everything possible, spreading the love of wildlife. This is the real way to inspire protection and conservation. I have just watched another who refused to show their art methods, I understand, yet my heart honestly sank. Thank you for your generously open sharing and inspiration, Jason, I have just ordered my first set of pastels!

[@craigydcraig]

I've only been drawing 8-10 mths and watched a lot of tutorial vids but the first 2 and a half min of this vid have helped me more than anything, I was putting too much base pastel down so detail looked faded. Thank you for your help.

[@dreamrabbits5072]

Oh wow I'm so glad I found this! Every video was telling me that you can only do this with pan pastel and not regular soft pastel, but you just showed that it's the same thing! Thank you so much for this.

[@Dude-co7ni]

Great video Mr. Morgan. I don't think anyone else has done this experimentation online as per my knowledge, very useful information. Based on my observations from my own pastel work, I think the same rules hold good even for Sennelier pastel pads, which have a more gritty and sandy surface. When a softer background pastel is used or if a thick underlying soft pastel layer is applied, layering using pastel pencils on top of them becomes challenging.

[@charleskeiss8950]

Really appreciate the real time tutorial. Exactly what I need to help with the confusion!

[@TrueLoveX1027]

Jason, this was an enormously helpful video, as I start working with pastels. Knowing how to layer correctly is going to save me a lot of frustration not to mention product! Thanks so much for sharing. Blessings.

[@blessedandbiwithahintofmagic]

This is a really good mechanical explaination of these issues - really nice for troubleshooting, ty!

[@jubestube99]

Oh my gosh I sold my ‘Beatles’ toy guitar I’ve had since the 1960’s to buy a set of Unison and/or pan pastels but now I will be saving my money and carrying on with hard pastel sticks for my under layers because for most of each portrait I use Pitt Pencils for all the detail so a big thank you Jason ☺️👍

[@wildlifeartjm]

Glad it helped you

[@doreenlorenzo2501]

I am so happy with all your demos!I especially love the pastelmat

[@paulwhittaker5195]

Thanks for all the advice. I found your videos by accident but I've already subscribed. Brilliant advice thank you for sharing

[@sandfly60]

Ah Bless you! I'm new to soft pastels after using only Carbothello pencils and conte sticks and this info will save me a lot of frustration! Thankyou.

[@angelaangieddavis3565]

Love your tutorials, so helpful. Thanks fellow Celt!

[@wildlifeartjm]

My pleasure

[@mspocahontas46]

This video solved the PastelMat sanded paper issue! Thank you!

[@juliu45]

Best video ever! Just I was looking for Thank you soooo much

[@BeardedBarley1]

Very thorough. Thank you. It really helps.

[@gillinacook1477]

Thank you Jason for sharing. I've been experimenting with pan pastels. I'm using them with make up brushes with the soft bristles. They blend very well and use less pastel and don't fill the tooth of the pastel mat paper. You can get fine details using small brushes like painting. I got this technic from another you tuber Xrissart.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Gillina hope you’re okay ?

[@pastryqn]

That was a fabulous tutorial. Thank you.

[@Mr960silva]

The use of a fixative between the layers can solve that too ! I do it, recently and it works. All depends about the colors, lights over the dark tones .

[@AnnieKimArt]

I was just wondering if that would work. Have you found that any particular brand of fixative works better than another? Thank you for sharing!

[@Honeylyw]

Thanks, great advice and summing it up at the end is very helpful.

[@doreenlorenzo2501]

So helpful.And so easy to understand.Thankful so much

[@i.c223]

Thank you for this very informative video Jason. Very helpful .

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Isabelle hope you’re okay ?

[@marthindavis2782]

Where are you originally from?

[@christopherazzopardi2062]

Excellent tutorial!

[@raze956]

im a beginner and yesterday i had that exact problem! the pencils would just not work on top of the soft pastells. cant wait to try again, thanks alot mister!

[@catherinemourounas7132]

Great Tips! Thank You Jason!

[@susandowd1093]

This as a fantastic tutorial for beginners thank you

[@tanyachmilar2975]

Well, I learned something new today. Thank you 🙏

[@empty1705]

I do pastel portraits and I thank you, really very useful. You’re are a very artist

[@seahorse5689]

So very helpful, as always. Thanks!

[@Linda-qq5mg]

This is really helpful, and can save us a lot of frustration! Thank you so much for your time.

[@maugha100]

Once again, your video helped me tremendously. Thank you!

[@MollysMomMay26]

Thank you so much Jason!!

[@sionedsart337]

I love your channel ❤️

[@belindaroca4577]

Jason as always, great video! Thank you so much!

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Belinda hope you’re okay ✅

[@volkischfrau2957]

I do scenery and night skies, this helps a lot. Stars are tricky if too many base layers. I found out the hard way. I use Nupastels, then Rembrandt, then Sennellier. Buying Spectrafix to fix.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Volkisch hope you’re okay 👌

[@jaydee177]

How bout using coloured pencils on top?

[@micheleyoung9292]

This was very helpful and exactly the information I was looking for. Thank you so much!

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Michele hope you’re okay ?

[@moenkyosart]

Very very helpful. Thank you.

[@theresadailey5809]

Thank you for the information, well done, very helpful.

[@Penciledbykay]

I am just learning pastels, thank you so much for the lesson and for saving me a lot of frustrations!

[@maxineglass2402]

Great information!

[@çizimyap]

very good shared.. thanks

[@creativesolutionstoart]

It’s like the fat Overlene rule in oil painting, with pastels it’s soft over hard. I know that’s common sense to most people but thank you for demonstrating.

[@maldoori238]

Thank you for sharing your wonderful skills. Please can you let me know if you have used velour paper for pastel painting?

[@annfoster1980]

Thankyou. This has helped me a lot

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Ann foster hope you’re okay ✅

[@AnnieKimArt]

Would another solution be to spray some of the fixative (you mention in your other videos) on the base layer so that it would be able to accept a new sharp line of pencil? Thank you so much for your videos!

[@i2iFX_Colleen]

Jason, if you put too much soft pastel down, and if it isnt going to ruin another part of your painting, is it possible to use something like a little lint brush or very soft nail brush to take a bit of the pastel off? Thank you so much for your videos Jason, I have a piece in pastel that I am doing at the moment, and this has helped me to know what direction to go with it. :)

[@wildlifeartjm]

Yes.

[@attheranch873]

Excellent info Jason! I started trying to use regular color pencils over pan pastel and it’s even worse, even though I’ve tried all different kinds. I think I have a lot more experimenting to do.

[@maryedwards9827]

Thank you so much, very helpful.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Mary hope you’re okay ✅

[@jenn_jean_kent_artist]

So you need to spray with fixative spray before adding light layers over dark layers? Or white highlights?

[@karenbaumanis5750]

thank you, this really helped.

[@Filakova3]

Thank you so much, this is extremely helpful...I love pan pastels, but they are really expensive and now I see I can use soft pastels as a base for my pencil drawings if I'm careful with the layering. Great video! :-)

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Veronika hope you’re okay ✅

[@Ms.Mel.Creates]

I’m brand new to pastels and have noticed that I can layer the pencils ok but when I try to blend with a stump or foam or q tip it just seems to lift the pigment off or knock it down off the paper altogether… any ideas? I’d wondered if maybe the paper I’m using isn’t good.. it’s just a winsor and newton pastel paper but doesn’t really have any grit or anything to it.

[@chio53]

Thank you very much for tour tutorial video

[@rauchschwalbelp7693]

I just use an eraser if I put too much pastell down. It usually works quite well - with Eraser shield it is also easy to only work on a certain area, even if it is tiny.

[@lindyclarksonart7815]

Very informative, thank you! 😃

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello lindy hope you’re okay ✅

[@jayday1463]

Interesting video, thank you. You mentioned and briefly showed the Cretacolor but didn't use it which disappointed me as I've got some on order!

[@jdemaestri4300]

Thank you, I will look you up!

[@tracymason7620]

Thanks....

[@maikefleur6004]

Thank you for this great video with helpful tips! Can you show as how you edit your beautiful wildlife photos to line art photos please? That would be awesome to know!! ❤ Greetings Maike

[@wildlifeartjm]

there are lots of videos showing how to turn photos to drawing on youtube :)

[@maikefleur6004]

@@wildlifeartjm Thanks, but I love yours the most! 😉 Your line arts have so much details and are easy to work with. I know them from your photo fridays a while ago.👌🏻

[@user-wickedflower]

Maike Fleur i dont know if you know this but there are free tracing apps that will turn a photo into line art for you

[@gloriapinskerportraits4801]

Would a light layer of Spectrafix bring back a little of the tooth?

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Gloria hope you’re okay ✅

[@M.2018-b3f]

Thank you.

[@iladybug57]

Thank You so much!

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Christine hope you’re okay ✅

[@breinerrivera6004]

Hi! Can you tell me exactly what paper you are using? Thanks.

[@crystalgillis9296]

Thank you for this!

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Crystal hope you’re okay ✅

[@thedhamma7969]

Thank u🙏

[@jumanas4012]

Dose faber castel pastel pencils contain oil or wax ?

[@kymrhymer]

YAAAA!!!!Thank You....

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Kym rhymer hope you’re okay ✅

[@oendrilabhowmick3829]

Hi Jason I am new to painting. I follow your videos. I am growing interest with pastels after watching your videos. It’s really very helpful. Thank you so much. But I was wondering about the faber castell stick. Is it the faber castell polychromos pastel or faber castell creative studio soft pastel? Could you kindly help me with this information? Thank you once again 😊

[@gloriaj.pinsker9577]

Would it help to spray a light layer of fixative to restore some tooth before using the pencil?

[@wildlifeartjm]

Potentially, but I haven't seen a lot of help in my basic tests.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Gloria hope you’re okay ✅

[@simaabedini843]

This is what I need thanks a lot 🙏👏🎨✌️🌍👍👌

[@irinasuarez7201]

Me encanta Porfavor ¿podrias poner subtitulos en español?

[@wildlifeartjm]

i dont know how

[@amysaurhuish300]

What is this! I literally struggled with this on a drawing yesterday! What a coincidence:D Thank you so much for the video! What paper do you use for pastel drawing?

[@wildlifeartjm]

Pastelmat

[@DavidBerlin07]

Hi, I've not yet used pastel mat paper (nor soft pastels). I'm wondering if spraying on a layer of fixative would also be a solution? Or doesn't it work well on pastel mat paper? Thanks for your helpful videos :)

[@wildlifeartjm]

No darkens pastel and does help a lot unfortunately.

[@crowsandshinythings2796]

You have the pan pastels 16 offered on your site where can I purchase it Thank you

[@wildlifeartjm]

Hi. I don't sell them . But you can buy them in lots of stores and online.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello crows hope you’re okay ✅

[@crowsandshinythings2796]

@@marthindavis2782 Yes,Thank you

[@marthindavis2782]

@@crowsandshinythings2796 oh okay ,where are you originally from

[@crowsandshinythings2796]

@@marthindavis2782 Canada

[@lexx5526]

I use pan pastels, what is best pencil to work over soft pan pastel layers please

[@wildlifeartjm]

As this video shows.

[@lexx5526]

@@wildlifeartjm i apologise i must of missed it the first time watching lol thank you very much :)

[@choochoochooseyou]

I understand blowing the pastel dust off is a health hazard, Jason, so what tip can you give to remove it?

[@wildlifeartjm]

dont blow and remove with a hand held vacuum - make sure it has a hepa filter in it .

[@choochoochooseyou]

Many thanks Jason.

[@isabell3224]

"Schminki" 🤣🤣

[@kaylahinckley1547]

FYI, to anyone watching this and new to pastels, PLEASE do not EVER blow the dust off of the paper. It is extremely bad for your lungs and quite cancerous to do so. Don’t be lazy with your health...that should come before anything. Lift the paper up vertically and tap it off of the paper into a trash can.

[@marthindavis2782]

Hello Kayla hope you’re okay ✅

[@bonnieharris5916]

Please don’t blow your pastel dust you are encouraging others to disregard their safety.

[@sandyphillips2467]

Thank you this is so helpful

[@michaelannfitzgerald8742]

Thank you very much!