You'll Love this Cute Mouse Painting Tutorial Using Earthberry Pastels! BEGINNER-Friendly!

[@fro7943]

Я очень рада, что соотечественники производят не только бомбы и смерть, но и прекрасную пастель. Хотелось бы, что бы только ее. (Ну и акварель у нас хорошая)

[@tatyanastepanova8341]

Thank you Susan, the underpainting and background techniques you are generously sharing are just fabulous!

[@TheTimeshadows]

So impressive how your foreground elements (mice) really pop so much more with the blended background effect. I'm learning so much theory through your practical lessons, Susan. Thank you.

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! It makes me so happy that you’re learning from my lessons! Have fun!

[@TheTimeshadows]

Most appreciated@@monetcafe

[@bmac5242]

This was great! Loved several things about it especially the under painting with lovely glow. You could have even framed them just like that without the pastels! Excited to see you use the chameleon pastels.

[@monetcafe]

Oh thank you! I always like my paintings when they’re a bit unfinished. I agree with you about framing them just as sketches with the golden glow. i’ll be sure to share when I play with these Pastels more.

[@herbalannie7707]

Just fantastic. I learn so much, especially about layering colors that I would never think to put together. Jambed packed video with info. Including the hepa fan. I like speeded up. Have a great weekend Susan!

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! and your comment is so helpful. I appreciate the fact that you noticed that my lessons aren’t just about one particular topic, but I try to include so much to help aspiring artists. Bless you and thank you so much.

[@FiddleKate]

Thank you!!! I so enjoyed this and appreciate all of the wonderful suggestions!!!

[@monetcafe]

Glad you enjoyed it! Lots of info in that video. Hope it helps.

[@jlighthouse9458]

Darling little painting !

[@debbiedavidge5566]

I have just placed my first ever 'Earthberry' soft pastel set re the gorgeous Morning Fog set. I just now have to be absolutely patient waiting for their arrival. Thank you for introducing them!

[@monetcafe]

Wonderful!! I just used than and love them.

[@beatricenowell8207]

Unfortunately, Sales of Russian products Will support Russian attacks against Ukraine. Therefore innocent people will continue to die and be hurt from these sales. To learn of some of their experiences over the past two years, view KZbin channels of some of the remaining Ukrainian artist such as "Coloring with Alena". If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

[@isabelle.9]

Such charming little pieces! I just love them so much!

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! I loved painting these sweet little mice.

[@ArtOfDan9908]

Beautiful work!

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @ArtOfDan9908 thank you so much. I appreciate that!

[@davidh34309]

These mice paintings are adorable! Also, I appreciate your transfer technique since getting accurate proportions for a sketch can be time-consuming.

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! and Yes, that transfer technique is super simple

[@artmadebydi]

Wow, I love the image, size, color pallet and thanks for the supply list. You are a wonderful artist and great teacher ❤️

[@monetcafe]

🙂 🙂 🙂 ❤, @artmadebydi I appreciate you so much! Thank you!

[@judithwilliams5185]

Thanks Susan. I’ve been trying to think of a subject to paint for a baby shower gift.

[@monetcafe]

Oh perfect! These sweet little mice would be an excellent baby gift.

[@maitev-p9582]

Love your commentary! You provide so much useful information!!! The little paintings are delightful ❤❤❤ greetings from the east coast of Florida !!!

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! I grew up on the East Coast of Florida. I lived in Jacksonville for many years and went to high school there.

[@birgitblume4980]

Gorgeous Susan!!! And soooooo cute 😍

[@wilmamarais2157]

Thank you for sharing, cant wait to try.

[@monetcafe]

Hope you enjoy! I truly loved painting these sweet little mice.

[@jennasosa7740]

Love this. So encouraging and helpful. I have some natural talent but get discouraged because I don't have the skill and time to develop and educate myself intensively and so it just stops me from even trying. But the easy sketch trick put some hope in me.

[@monetcafe]

I totally understand and can relate to your comment. I remember when Art was frustrating for me because I didn’t have the time in my life to dedicate to serious learning. I find it helpful though just to squeeze in a little bit of fun artistic time. Creating little paintings that are intuitive and playful can sometimes fill that need to create without feeling like you need to paint a masterpiece or learn a whole lot from the session.

[@jumanas4012]

Cute 😀

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much, @jumanas4012! I'm so glad you liked it!

[@candicewoodard8575]

Thank you

[@monetcafe]

☺️ you are so very welcome!

[@CarlosCrisóstomo-j7y]

Wonderful Susan From Portugal Carlos

[@canadaverydry]

Love these! 😍😍

[@monetcafe]

Glad you like them! I'm going to get more of these pastels!

[@canadaverydry]

@@monetcafe Yes please! 😍😘

[@alenaabakumova1525]

Ваши работы прекрасны, а видео заряжают теплом🎉🎉❤

[@monetcafe]

Thank you so much! Your comment truly blessed me.

[@laurenkris9384]

Another wonderful video. Always showing such great ways to mix media's. I've never heard of these pastels but I'm always excited to find new brands and the fact that they are from Russia doesn't bother me at all. The people of Russia are lovely people and I support ma and pop businesses no matter what country. We are all just trying to survive. Matter a fact Russia won't allow a lot of the toxins we have here in the US so when you said they were non toxic thats even better.

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! and Amen.... yes, we are all just trying to survive in this crazy world. Lots of good people in every country. And I'm a huge fan of the non-toxic products!

[@herbalannie7707]

Yep love Mother Russia!

[@beatricenowell8207]

Assuming you are a part of caucasian America and feel evincible and entitled, I pray this remains true for you always and your community will never need support. Many lovely people of Russia left their homeland because they didn't support the nations objectives. However individual objects are irrelevant, but facts are relevant. Sales of Russian products Will support Russian attacks against Ukraine. Therefore innocent people will die and be hurt from these sales. To learn of some of their experiences, view KZbin channels of some of the remaining Ukrainian artist such as "Coloring with Alena". If you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

[@rareheartart]

Susan, adored your rendition of these mice! You make it seem so easy. Ques-I love to work with pastels on an easel, but I find the dust falls like a curtain and discolors. Any suggestions?

[@monetcafe]

Hi Kimberly, thank you so much and yes, pastel dust can definitely fall. I make a little homemade trough out of aluminum foil. I just pull along sheet out and fold it up horizontally and make a V. I put half of it behind my painting board and the other half sticking out front. Also, I often put down an old towel underneath me when I paint to catch any residual pastel dust. Another tip is to get a small HEPA filter fan to put next to you while you’re painting. I turn it around backwards so that it is sucking in the pastel dust. It’s not only helpful for cleanup, but it keeps you from breathing it as well. Hope that helps!

[@rareheartart]

@@monetcafe I really mean the pastels discoloring the painting as the dust falls -the moment I’m applying it. Like a dark color will fall down over a light color and sometimes I can’t even blow it off. I use sennelier pastels. The only thing I can think of is setting my easel up more erect.

[@dorotadomagaa1078]

What if I used watered down acrylic paint?

[@monetcafe]

Yes, that would absolutely work. I’ve done that method before to create an underpainting.

[@rosaliefunk1629]

I love your transfer technique. It looks so easy. It can help with proportions in everything. These adorable mice are just too cute! Once again, thank you for your time, care, teachings and making the world a kinder place. ❤️

[@monetcafe]

You are so welcome! It's always my pleasure!

[@TjVoelkerArt]

Do you prefer Fisher 400 over Pastelmat? Also, how hard is it to learn photoshop? It's astounding to me how you get those little tiny marks with those big chunky sticks.

[@monetcafe]

That’s a tough question because I like both surfaces. I think I like Fisher 400 for its layering ability and the colors just seems so vibrant on that surface. But I do love Pastelmat as well. Also, I majored in graphic design back in the dark ages, but did get some computer, graphic training, and I’ve played around with Photoshop for many years. It’s nice to be able to manipulate photos and achieve certain effects, but there’s a program on the computer that’s free called Canva. You can do so many things that are similar to Photoshop. Just go to canva.com and check it out. One day I want to have a tutorial showing more about how to use it, but it’s really pretty self-explanatory. Plus, you can find tons of videos on KZbin teaching you how to use it. oh and it definitely can be difficult getting small marks with the big chunky Pastels, but you just learned to feel where they are. Hope that helps!

[@TjVoelkerArt]

@@monetcafe it truly helps. I suppose, as with anything, the more you do it, the easier it is. I have Canva on my phone, but didn't realize you could use it like photoshop, so that's good. I need to watch some tutorials on that. I use pastel pencils and love pastelmat, but truthfully I haven't tried Fisher 400. I do have some Uart, but saw somewhere where that wasn't as user friendly as Fisher. I originally got it for colored pencil, but it rolls at the corners.

[@daisymay3215]

I love Russia

[@alenaabakumova1525]

Сьюзен, доброго дня! Да действительно эта пастель становится все больше популярной у нас в России, ее мелочки разлетаются как горячие пирожки в интернет иагазинах. Очень приятно, что и вы Сьюзан рассказали о них в своем видео. ❤

[@monetcafe]

Oh, that’s so wonderful to hear! I really do adore these Pastels from Russia! And the people in the company seems so sweet. Have fun!

[@candicewoodard8575]

I tried the discount code Barry 10 and it wasn't accepted

[@monetcafe]

It’s BERRY10 and all one word 👍🏻👍🏻👍🏻 hope that works!

[@lukass5651]

I received the Earthberry “Dawn” box as a gift and not to sound bratty but was extremely confused by the choice of colors in the set, 6 shades of red and not a single yellow, I’ve owned countless color set from all kinda mediums but never in my life did I come across a set of 30+ colors that lack a primary one… I assumed since this is all hand made they probably haven’t had the chance to create a yellow shade yet ? Wrong, confusion turned into revolt when I saw the price tag online… 150$ for a color box that basically has red, blue, green, brown and purple in a bunch of different shades, rendering the color set completely useless. I’ll keep it as a quirky piece of decor since there’s nothing that comes to mind that I can draw with these limited colors, not even a dawn makes sense without any oranges or yellows.

[@beatricenowell8207]

I love your art work.The Earth Berry pastels are beautiful as well, but regardless of Galina and her family's work ethic or political stance, tax money from the sales of their products Will support Russian attacks against Ukraine. Coloring book artist Anastasia Elly Koldareva, arguably produces some of the most outstanding portraits, if not the most, among all the coloring book artist community. Desire for her latest work, Exotica, makes it difficult for many of us to boycott her products, but if you don't stand for something, you'll fall for anything.

[@JCcreates927]

But I'm not an angel

[@lizak4746]

I am Ukrainian. By drawing with this pastel you are drawing with blood of my people.

[@monetcafe]

I do not support the Russian agenda at all! My heart breaks for those in Ukraine. I have befriended a woman in Ukraine here on my art channel and she is the most precious soul. There are good people all over the world that don’t necessarily support support their government. I am an example of one of those. I would hope someone wouldn’t judge me by the current administration in America. I pray you and those in your country will be protected from harm and this can be over soon.

[@Engelhafen]

Susan I love you and your work always but I’m having issues supporting anything associated with Russia right now in light of all the suffering they are bringing to our friends in Ukraine.

[@monetcafe]

I totally understand that, sweetheart. And I can appreciate where you’re coming from.

[@lizak4746]

Same here. I love Susan work and content, but I am Ukrainian. It is a very dissapointing to see she is supporting russian manufacturer. It meens she is supporting my people genocide. So hurts.

[@anumaattanen1436]

Lovely paintings but please boycott russian products ..