Category: Soft Pastel Art Tutorials

Human faces are notoriously difficult to draw accurately, I aim to guide you in improving your portraiture & soft pastel skills to be able to draw the faces you wish to draw. I will mainly focus on how to make the portrait look realistic, in particular soft skin & detailed hair. I will be using purely pastel pencils for this portrait. I will not be using any tools or sponges to blend out the pastel here, the pencils themselves and the layering of different colours blend just fine on their own. The full list of materials I used can be

You will have: HD reference photo that is copyright free Full list of materials used A lengthy explanation on what I am doing A huge range of other Patreon videos You will learn: Tips and techniques for how to use soft pastels Achieving depth in your artwork How to elevate your drawing to look realistic How to work in layers How to properly apply pastel for a desired outcome The cat soft pastel drawing I’m stood next to in the above photo is the result of my Patreon tutorial, measuring 50x60cm which is a great size for adding in lots

This artwork is the result of an in-depth tutorial and real-time video posted on my Patreon channel. What you will learn: Tips and techniques for how to use soft pastels Achieving depth in your artwork How to elevate your drawing to look realistic How to properly apply pastel for a desired outcome You will also have: HD reference photo that is copyright free Full list of materials used A huge range of other Patreon videos This drawing is an exciting one for me as I feel that it allows me to show you a really useful insight into how I

Soft pastel as a media has very few downfalls in my opinion, but one of the main issues that pastel artists face is the extra fine dust debris that is left on the paper. This dust is not only annoying and obstructive to your work, but is also harmful to your lungs. I noticed over time that blowing the pastel dust off my work would slowly start to ruin my artwork. what’s worse is that it would also make my lungs wheeze as I unknowingly but inevitability breathed the dust in. Artworks become ruined when you blow on the excess

Pastel pencils are loved by many, including myself, as they’re easy to blend and produce vibrant colours. But they’re also hated by many for their shockingly easy ability to break & snap, especially when trying to sharpen them with a conventional sharpener. This can be incredibly frustrating as they’re not cheap, I have sometimes in the past sharpened a whole pencil till it’s non existent without even being able to use it once, simply because sharpeners break them so easily. Well, I’m happy to inform you that I, nor you, no longer have to put up with this problem. For

In this drawing, I will be using Unison colour pastels, Carbothello pastel pencils and Faber castell pastel pencils to draw a Lemur on Clairefontaine Pastelmat paper. I wanted to create a dynamic background, similar to the reference photo. I took inspiration from the bokeh effect already seen on the righthand side of the reference photo and continued it onto the left (reference attached on Patreon). I loved the colour palette of blue’s, grey’s and dark green’s of the bokeh, I used a mixture of pastel sticks and pastel pencils to create it. I also used both the pastel sponge tools