finally, I found an accomplished pastel artist doing realism! Monet would cringe if he saw what is being called impressionism. Overly dark, fast smudgy geometric shapes for trees, etc. has destroyed today's pastel artists, Lyn, you have saved the day and make me realize I'm not alone!
I’m an older newbie on a small island in Alaska! “Lemony yellow”, I was like whaaaat? But then you explained and showed…mind blowing tips for sure! People watch and listen and you will learn! Thank you Lyn!
I do animal commissions, I’m told they look like a photograph, which I take as a compliment. Your use of color and your strokes for the wave and water and the detail last is fantastic! Thank you so much! I will give it a try as soon as I’ve got some time! I’ve subscribed!
Thank you very much for posting this demo - so glad I found it. I love the way you paint with pastel along with how well you describe what you are doing as you paint.
Absolutely amazing. I see now you used Fischer paper 500. I hope I have spelt correctly. Thank you again. I will enjoy more of your video tutorials I’m sure.
Thankyou for the superb lesson! It’s much appreciated. I learn so much from watching and especially from your detailed description . It’s interesting and useful to know what some of the actual pastel’s are that you’re using. Great to have some current pastel material on RU-vid.
OMG, what a wonderful teacher, you are. You are about the most talented artist I have ever watched. God blessed you immensely. I love your tutorials, Lyn. Thank you for taking the time to teach us and sharing your world of art. I am a novice, however, I do know fine art as my brother was a fine artist. And he never took a lesson.
Patricia Smith thankyou so much Patricia. I’m also getting some videos up on Vimeo which give more teaching and the opportunity to see every stroke and idea in real time.
What a huge surprise and a treat to hear back from Lyn, such an incredible artist took the time to send me the reply to my question and this was such a great help to me. How right she is about the UArt600. Wonderful results with it yesterday. Thank you so so much !
Hi Vicki. The paper that I used in this demo was Kitty Wallis (no longer available) but you could use any of the following - UART 600, Fisher 400 or Lux Archival. The pastels are varied - Art Spectrum, Sennelier, Girault, Terry Ludwig, Great American Artworks.
Yes, she is amazing ! I would love to know what paper Lyn is using because like me, she blends with her fingers. Please please tell me ! I have Canson Mi Tients but doubt for some reason that is what she is using. I have UART sanded and one cannot blend like that....am stuck with the paper that so many artists early on when I returned to pastels, raved about and said this was THE paper to use. Only not for me. Hope to hear back very soon as I approach my 80th Birthday in a few weeks. Thank you so much, admire you and love all your beautiful creations !
Hi Cynthia. The paper is Fisher 400 which is very similar to UART 600 . Both are heavily sanded surfaces. To blend effectively you need to put a good coverage of pastel down first. Notice that I don’t blend until I have all of my colours down first.
I’ve not tried a sanded paper yet however I blend with my fingers and I use pastelmat which I find beautiful paper. You still need decent amount of pastel down to blend properly but it’s the first paper I found where I really like the end result
Judith Brown no fixative used at all. Fixative would actually darken the work and not necessary to hold the pastel onto the paper. Pastel paintings are the most colourfast of all media and once under glass are absolutely secure.
Pauline Leippi I use quite a number of different brands but I would always advise students to get Terry Ludwig Intensified Darks which come in 2 sets and Art Spectrum Soft Tinted Whites. Others that I use are Girault, Sennelier, Great American and Richeson.
