Painting a Photorealistic Rose in Pastels - Time Lapse Demonstration 

Thank you so much for the kind words!

Thank you! I’m happy you enjoyed. It certainly were a lot of color changes in this. ☺️

Thank you so much Nicole! The colors are the reason I had to paint this. 😉

I’m so glad you like it! Thank you!

I’m honoured you think so Pamela. Thank you and stay safe and healthy!

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Thanks!

Merci!

Thank you so kindly! Glad you enjoyed it!

Thank you! I’m glad you liked this and thanks for the kind comment. ☺️

You’re very kind! Thank you!

Thank you Colleen!

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My pleasure!

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Merci! Je veux peinturer beaucoup de fleurs dans le futur. ☺️

Thank you!

Thanks Nicole! It was meditative to draw them. I think I’m obsessed. 😉

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Thank you for your support!

No books, but I have tutorials on Patreon and a full rose tutorial coming up for August’s lesson. ☺️ www.patreon.com/bePatron?u=14908456#no_universal_links

Thanks! I think in time you can do this. We all start as beginners and get better by learning and practicing. Have faith in yourself!

Thank you! Yes, this was on pastelmat. I mostly use Caran d’Ache, some Carbothello Stabilo, and Rembrandt pastel sticks. There are also some times I’ll use some Conte a Paris and Generals pencils. I like the white Generals.

Awe! Thanks my friend. I really appreciate your comment and support! 😘

Thanks! I draw on paper and transfer either with graphite paper if I’m using a light coloured pastelmat. If I’m using dark paper, I’ll outline the back of my sketch with white pastel to transfer.

Never give up! And yes, it is complicated. Patience and time are required, but you can do it. ☺️

@@CaroleRodrigue id love it if you did a video on how to blend pastels...maybe a bit slower one? Lol

Soft pastels + carbothello pastel pencils and faber castel pastel pencils. Along with some pan pastels

Thank you! This was 8 x 10”.

That is black pan pastels. And thanks!

@@CaroleRodrigue Thank you 🙂

Thanks Renee! This was pastelmat. I used to work with sanded paper until I fell in love with pastelmat. It’s easier on the fingers, holds a lot of pastel, and is great for detailing. I wonder what sort of pencils do you use? A good pencil should give you good colour and luminosity. Also, I cover my work with glassine as I paint. It’s the same paper I use to cover paintings for shipping or storing.

@@CaroleRodrigue I use Derwent pencils and sanded paper (Uart or Mi-Teintes Touch). When used alone, they are fine, but when I try to use them along with my soft pastels, you can see the difference. The pencil is just different. I usually use them to draw what I plan to paint (when I'm not doing impressionistic work) and then go over that with hard pastels first (NuPastel) and then a blend of other softer pastels (Terry Ludwig, Jackson, Great American). I have not tried Pastelmat as it is so costly for a beginner (not making any $$ on my paintings, although I did sell 2 of them to friends when I posted them on Facebook - lol). I have received a small sample of Pastelmat when ordering other art supplies, but I just can't afford $5 a sheet for a 9x12. Just the pastels have ruined our savings. lol We are retired now, so we have to be careful how we spend our $$. I sure did love your rose painting and I'm going to try your technique. I've ordered a few PanPastel to help with the background and initial laying in along with some of the tools for PanPastel. I can't wait to try it. I wish I had you by my side to guide me. lol But this video helped me a lot. I hope to see more of them.

I’m wondering if perhaps your initial layers are too heavy? I always make sure to keep my first layers very thin so that I can build up more layers without my colours all mixing in together. I’ve never used Derwent pastels so I can’t comment. Pastel sticks are softer than pencils so easier to layer. And yes, pastelmat is costly so not a good option for practice and learning.

@@CaroleRodrigue I try to keep my first layers light by using hard pastels first. I think that the paper I am using does not take as many layers as I'd like and that is probably a huge part of it.

Nikki Farias this reference was on Pixabay.

That is a sheet of glassine paper. The pastels underneath won’t stick to it so everything is protected. I also use it when shipping.

This was pastelmat.

No sorry, not this one. I didn’t have my Patreon at that time.

@@CaroleRodrigue looking forward to see you do another flower in patreon 😍

Pooja Jain use the menu on the top right of your screen and you can slow it down.

I think you mean the reference photo. It was from Pixabay.

Carole Rodrigue what does the website do again

It’s a free reference photo website. You can find a lot of great photos to practice paintings.

Okay cause I love art and I want too learn how to shade in my rose as well

Thank you! I’m glad you liked it. ☺️