Nice work! And superb instruction. I’m moving into landscape pastel painting after a lifetime of portrait work, so it’s wonderful to have artists like you who so generously share demonstrations, talking through your process. THANK YOU, Alain!
Omg I’m dying, “it gave its life for that little moment....”. Moment of silence for all the soft pastels which have lost their lives crumbling under use or being dropped on the floor. 🤦♀️. And a half hour of looking at this magnificent painting in awe!
Thank you@@MissTinaTv , I appreciate it! Glad you enjoyed, and found it humorous! It's good to laugh as well as taking our painting seriously. All the best to you!
Absolutely wonderful! I found myself prompting you to do this or that, ha ha! I thoroughly enjoyed every second of that. I'm starting a new painting in pastels tomorrow! I'll be back! Thank you so much, Joan Williamson
I'm new to pastor painting and I broke four pastels on my last painting. Seeing you break a few of your pastels was very comforting and made me feel normal😅
I never understood the complexity of pastel before. I ordered product/materials to try. I do every-other medium conceivable.Pastel is more delicate and complicated involving a skill I am totally unfamiliar with. Thank you for the slow step by step tutorial. I am 74 raised 8 children while being supported by a wonderfully create husband and always had time to do creative projects because I am tenacious. Now I devote my days to very aspect of art until I am drawn out of my happy place by reality. You conduct your paintings as if you were in front of your orchestra. You impress me with a calm organized manner tempered by your loose open wonderful talent. I think the key is the paper for me. The foundation is paper. I stole sandpaper from my husband's workshop (he builds beautiful large airplanes) and plan to prepare the surface of the sandpaper to play with the pastels and see what fun I can have!! I watched this painting twice!!!!!!! again thank you
We are blessed that you have a gift of communicating your thought processes within the emotive construct of painting with us. Thank you for sharing at this level. Amazingly, I feel I am right there painting with you and understanding your choices. Your abilities to teach and convey these concepts is remarkable.
Over 30 years ago I used to paint in oils. Friends helped me to arrange exhibitions where I sold all paints for dimes just to buy oils. I had to return to driving airplanes job to put food on the table. I always flew long distances a minimum of 12 hours, so I had at least 5000 chances to see sunsets or sunrises. Now that I can stay home, I just bought oil pastels set, hoping for the best, although I have never tried painting with them. Alain, thank you for being on RU-vid!
Such a lovely painting. Loving and learning a lot in your 2022 Landscape Course. I think I’ll use this painting as one of the exercises in milestone 4. Thanks.
Just wonderful. Other YT artists put down so many layers of pastel which can get confusing for beginners but you get to the heart of the colours you want to convey without too many layers . Excellent.
I was so happy to see you use a brush for the edges and blending. I see you still use your finger too but I disliked that aspect of pastels in the past and the dust I brought in with me was another reason I had to drop its use, so many years ago. I have marked a set of brushes for Pastel use ONLY! I am looking forward to using your tips and process in my next effort! Thank you for these wonderful videos and I do appreciate the sign up sheets and follow through. SO considerate and generous. Hoping you have a lovely day!
Thanks, Alain - I found these 2 videos really interesting, watching how you built up the pastel colours until you achieved your result - the area around the sun was particularly interesting: layers and layers of pastel, each making that subtle difference. It always works, having dark alongside light doesn't it. Jane (Oxford)
Jane Lintern great to hear from you! Thanks for your thoughtful feedback, yes it does help to anchor the darks and develop the lights for impact! Blessings to you
A beautiful picture, I love sunsets. I also liked your reference to the late Bob Ross, he used to make me laugh with his "happy clouds" etc. Another saying of his was, "there's no such thing as a mistake, just a happy accident." I only came across your videos by accident a couple of days ago but I'm loving them so far. It's great to see artists using different mediums other than paint, there are so many. My favourite medium was charcoal (quite messy too), many moons ago of course, mostly landscapes, I'm also a "leftie."
Hello for the first time i entered your channel and watched this video I liked the simplicity of your style of drawing and coloring as well as your smile and beautiful soul.
Thank you for the gift of Part 2 today. Thank you for two-part series on painting sunsets. Your mark-making is inspiring and a liberating example to follow. Your tutorials are very encouraging.
Thanks for a stunning pastel tutorial. I learned a great deal from you about mark making. I'm definitely going to try out these tips when next I get out my pastel set.
Wonderful! I love the way you make the pastel dance and sing while creating beautiful color forms. Your technique and the way you share your thoughts while painting is great.
Phil Amos thanks for the feedback! No fixative necessary. The painting is already mounted on gator board, so it just pops in the frame behind some frame spacers and glass.
Love watching you paint, Alain, and your Bob Ross moment. lol Also loved your comment about your soft pastel giving its life "for that moment." You're a scream. I am learning so much from this video, thank you for taking the time to do this in real time and for explaining what you are doing and the colors you are using. So helpful. God bless you and yours.
Thank you, Thank you, Thank You!!!!!!!!!!!!!! So, generous of you to share!!!! I am doing a diffused sunset sky over a lake now. This will certainly help! Love all your videos.
Chawol Meacham you’re so welcome!!! I guess this one came at just the right time for you. Blessings on your painting process, i do hope it is a great success!
Excellent demo. Love the explanation of the use of color. Thank you! I have a habit of holding the pastel at the end. I need to break that habit. I am a lefty also. I am going to try a sunset next. Stay tuned!
Lauraine Laframboise thank you! I am encouraged, as this is the goal- to make the process simpler and easier to understand! Painting is hard work, so i hope this approach gives clarity to the process. Very best to you!
Thsnkyou so much for this Alain, I will definitely be trying it, and keep trying till I c#n get it right. It was wonderful to watch how you did this and seeing visually the light touch that you use to apply the pastel, many light layers ! Lol, I’m too heavy handed I fear but I will try to lighten up. Thsnkyou for caring do much and sharing it means a lot to someone like me who is disabled and can’t access live workshops anywhere even in in the uk where I live
Margaret Brownhill thank you, it’s a pleasure to provide you with encouragement! You may be physically disabled, but that won’t stop you from learning and growing as you keep practicing your work! Many blessings to you
This is so helpful, especially with the values. I did a color pastel painting from a black and white reference and understanding the values from the black and white really helped me.
Thank you for sharing how you created this glorious sunset! Love how you teach while you paint, and your mark making. I'm left handed too, and I've never held my pastels like you do sometimes. I intend to practice that!
The cadmium yellow really added to the “wow” factor! I hope they never outlaw cadmium, those colors are so brilliant and magnificent, even if they are toxic.
I really enjoy your work and seeing how impressionism takes shape, as I tend to go for more of a realistic image in my own work. I have only been working with pastels for about a year and just discovered all these tutorials for pastels about 3 mosnths ago. It has really helped to watch your suggestions on paper and pastel products... hope you keep postimg!!!
Rebecca Fontana thanks! Welcome to pastel and i am very glad you have found these videos on my channel. I want to help you succeed as a painter, all the best to you!
Thank you so much for your very interesting method and the nice and efficacious way to teach. Congrats for your wonderful and vibrant art, full of poetry. Francesca D'Ascani from Rome It
@@mandylwilsonable it was 24 degrees this morning when I brought my son to school! Too cold. But there is such a thing as too hot as well. Have a great weekend!
As usual, an incredible and inspirational teaching video. Thank you for sharing your thought process throughout, it is extremely helpful! I used your ideas to create my own sunset painting and I am pleased with the result.
Thank you for a beautiful lesson. Will put this one on my list to do. I need help using the Terry Ludwig Intense darks II. When I did my color sheet they were all almost the same color. So different from my Sennelier
Amazing! Thank you so much for sharing your masterful paining process with us! I finished the painterly landscape online course and I really enjoyed it. I hope you are planning for more online courses in the future?
You are very welcome Maysoon. The brush is called "Yasutomo Laquer Handle Hake Brush" and at the moment it is hard to find in stock. Here's a link www.dickblick.com/products/yasutomo-lacquered-handle-hake-brush/
Thank you for a beautiful demonstration of a sunset. I appreciate your instruction. I tend to be too quick, and i can see the advantage of slowing down and doing step by step. I have recently taken a sunset in Big Bend NP and want to try your method. Where can I find the notes you mentioned. I would like to print up the list for future reference. Ann.
Ann Faulkner thank you! If you look in the show notes immediately below this video, you will see a link to download the step by step guide. I wish you all the best!
James Holder thanks so much! I have the sanded pastel board taped up to a black foam board. It’s my “tape-to-tape method”. Provably worth a short video!
thank you. I'm not sure what you mean with your question, why did i use an underpainting for a previous portrait demonstration? I use it to wash in the local color. Is that what you are asking?
ok u are the greatest whos using the pastel just please tell me why u dont use ur hand to soten ur pastel ur way really girl but what the advantage not useing ur finger and work with big masses thanx a lot
Hi Adam, I resist using my hand until absolutely necessary because it makes the color of the pastel less vibrant. The oils of our hands affect the pigment. But I do blend a bit with my hands, mostly toward the end when there's alot of pastel buildup. Hope that helps!
Some pigments produced from toxic elements such as cadmiums, nickels, chromes and cobalts are toxic, yes. It is best to google it and learn more about it. I have an air filter close to the easel that is able to filter out HEPA particles. Many artists choose to wear gloves as well. Some pastel brands produce non-toxic colors I think. But I haven't studied this very much.
