The most useful, instructive and practical portraiture tutorial I’ve seen by far, and there have been many. Jon Davies should be much better known.

Been painting for 11years this is by far the best tutorial I have ever seen.

The current obsession with hyper-realism is tiresome. This tutorial and this approach to portrait painting is very refreshing and Jon Davies is clearly a genuine Master. He can do more with a few strokes than a hyperrealist does with several thousand.

The BEST VIDEO on portrait drawing ever!.. Respect for the artist!

One of the very best teachers so far, one who pinpoints the parts we tend to overlook.

I usually don’t leave comments but I had to on this. Literally I have saved so much money by not going to art school by just watching this video. He explains things so much better.

Jon, where have you been so far??? The best pastel class ever! THANK YOU!

Not only a great artist but great sense of humour Mr. Davies. I laughed so hard at the false eyelashes thing and 'getting away with poking pastels up somebody's nose'. Great demo!!

dear jon you are the most generous teacher i have ever seen. thanks so much

So much better than other pastel portraits I have seen! So generous with instruction! I hope you continue to share more of your instructive videos! Will share with others!

I wish that this video had been uploaded when he was there or even when he was younger and could answer questions. This is super duper helpful especially if you want to do semi-realist yet loose portraits. I'm just going to do as he said and save this and refer to it. I looked up what sugar paper is and it's like a construction paper that we used in kindergarten. So my thought is that we can use the cheaper Mi-Tientes drawing paper. I say this b/c as he was drawing/painting I had a pad of paper out that I was using to draw, with pencil, a portrait that I will eventually put on velour. That pad of paper was a bristol vellum - extremely smooth and used for either pencil or ink. Needless to say, it certainly wouldn't behave will any pastel or even the Conte a Paris that I have sitting on my table at all times. So, what did I do? I got mad and took the nearest sharp object, a pen, and scribbled out my drawing and then wadded it up and threw it away. Now, I only hope and pray that my husband doesn't get mad at the DEEP scratch marks on my/our table [it isn't an expensive thing dut dang!]. Anyway, good joy and leaving the grief behind, to all aspiring pastellists.

This is now my very favorite art video. I loved every second of it!

Incredible demo such depth/ volume and realism!! Master artist will watch over and over again.

Jon, you are a real artist, and individual with a characteristics of an institution. Very inspiring, full of spirit, and liveliness in the sketching. I watched, heared, and enjoyed every seconds of your painting. Great video. Thank you for sharing. I liked and subscribed it.

This is, by far, the best instructional video I have watched. This man is lovely.

love how you get excited

I'm a beginning artist and I love this guy's enthusiasm and manner! Thanks Jon!

Amazing tutorial. I’ve learnt a lot from this video. Thank you so much for sharing generously your knowledge on art. Thank you !!

Fantastic tutorial, absolute master of his art. Thank you

I often find that when I'm drawing a portrait I often get to a phase in the drawing when it just looks ugly, years ago that was when I gave up and tried again but I found that pushing past that ugly phase my compositions more often than not come together and I end up with a finished piece I am proud of.

This is an absolute treasure Please leave this uploaded 🙏

Such a nice gentleman a great teacher a humble person you are sir. I salute you. I love you I respect you I wish i had the opportunity to sit with you talk to you learn from you pour you a glass of water. 💕

Awesome video tutorial! THANK YOU for sharing so much of your love and gift of pastel portrait painting! So much information packed into this.... and so much fun to watch and follow. Bravo!

Just fell in love with this guy's teaching. The voice, the insight, and the soothing demeanor gave me a whole new way of looking at my own work as a portrait artist.

What an incredible human and amazing artist!

Utterly inspiring, Jon. Thank you.....

This video is pure gold! Thank you Jon!!!!

Very fine lesson and excellent art teacher. What a talent.

Brilliant, life changing. Thank you so much.

Such usable material. Takes the mystery put of pastel portrait painting. Can' t wait to get started. Thank you so much. You are amazing.

Absolutly FANTASTIC tutorial. Thanks.

That was amazing! Thank you for your generosity and expertise. I love your free use of pastel! Hurray!

Jon Davies is my new hero. If you are watching this sir, please know that I am a beginner artist at 43 years of age and you have inspired and encouraged me. I will be looking for more videos featuring you, because I know I could learn a lot. And even if not, it is so enjoyable. Some love Bob Ross... I love Bob Ross. But you are my new favorite artist. Damned masterful, sir.

Thank you so much. You are by far the best instructor I’ve come across.

One of the best art lesson

Spent the day with you. Learned so much! Thank you!

Brilliant loved every minute thank you

The best instructional portrait video I have seen. Thank you.

Very impressive pastel! Vibrant, fresh and lively composition. Thanks for sharing!

Just finished watching your video. Absolutely loved it.. Can not wait to try out your techniques. Thanks.

Wow Ive learnt so much from this video one thing that I picked up was how you are not drawing what u see on a photo because why draw a photo when u can just print one, so that's what I picked up because yesterday I finished a realistic sketch of Dywan johnson the rock and it looked like a photo but what I changed about it was I did like drips coming down his shoulders, I've done art for 7 years now and I'm only 13 but age don't mean anything.....this is because my mum is an artist

You, Sir, are mighty talented and delightful. Excellent video. I’m watching it in stages. Thank you so much!

I love it!!! It is the most helpful drawing lesson I have ever had online. THANK YOU SO MUCH!!

Brilliant tutoring thanks Jon

This man helped me unlock so much joy in my practice, thank you!

This guy is the real deal.

I'm so happy to come across this amazing video. I love drawing faces, but my 9th grade art teacher missed the mark (even so, she was generous with her time). Thank you Mr. Davis. I will be re-watching and practicing.

Excellent. Thank you. Loved it. Your amazing. Cheers

Marvellous, I love the way you think, and work. Thank you so much, I am a impressionist seascape and landscape painter,and my greatest wish is to paint a portrait, so grateful to you. Maxine

Great artist and a passionate instructor

Excellent teaching method

probably the best portrait demo with pastel I've seen ...and I've seen a few. thanks for the share!

Fantastic love this tutorial, it has made it fun again, really inspired me to do more, brilliant!

Fantastic artist painter and so much generous!!👏👏👏🙏🙏🙏

Thank you! Wonderfully explained!

Brilliant video! Really good explanation of how to do a basic portrait for beginner. Thank you!

Thank you, it was an amazing 2 hrs watching at work

I have thoroughly enjoyed watching this video and have learned so much! Thank you

Just getting in to pastels and watching your videos are very helpful thank you ps great work

I love his tutorial, it simple and easy to understand.

This is WOW!!! I am not even in the half of the video and just by seen and trying one time I´ve already emproved so much my drawing. Thank you, really. And this Jon Davies its so exited, we can see that he really enjoys being an artist.

This is absolutely a great tutorial. Definitely a like

Jon u are an amazing teacher....I'm revisiting your tutorial while convalescing from covid... you give me hope again..yay...with practice I can do this again.

you are interesting to be around,i have enjoyed watching

Wonderful easy to understand and so simple to follow. Many thanks from a very and old artist.

ooh this is so good! really pleased with my results.. actually drew something that looks like it's supposed to!!

love the "we suggest the eye" and the warning about overworking it.

You are a great teacher.

Thank you! This was so helpful.

Wow, you make pastel painting look so easy....thanks. I am new to this, I usually paint with Acrylics, but want to do something new. This has helped me a lot as I'm not good at the drawing aspect of art....

Thank you very much for so a great information you give very kindly to us.

I've learned more from you than from anyone. U r the best

Fantastic work amazing

Thank you so much, if heaven exists, i hope you and the man who is teaching you how to use the pasteles go to heaven

What can I say except thank you thank you thank you. So helpful.

Excellent teaching!!!

I am really enjoying your videos fantastic thank you

Thanks so much you're the best teacher 😃

Hey dude it’s definitely necessary to draw every hair on my head, I’ve only got three left, lol love the video really good keeps up the good work and God bless 🙏🏻

A great mentor in art. Hope to meet you someday Sir. Great video you can learn a lot... God bless you always.

Oh to have the chance of a live lesson from this man , so expressive and not too full of himself, i bet his lessons were/are a blast. Can't find him on internet, so sad.

The portraits are classic, but the training is in an expressive manner, in clear English… I especially liked the expression as for Irving, in the initial stage to sketch a blue sockets instead of eyes!======= In a word -This is overcoming the psychological pressure! 💕

WOW. Love this video it was lovely his voice is very soothing and explanation is very simple. This was very educational would love for you to do a video on a older person wrinkles, crows feet, freckles and so on. again lovey video.

Thank you so much

This old fashioned art teacher should have more reviews than this

Gracias por compartir su arte Maestro. Un fuerte abrazo a la distancia desde Perú.

Very interesting. Thanks for sharing.

Never thought pastels can be this great.

You must have patience. Trust that, with time and effort, you WILL improve. Too many people want good results right away. They get discouraged and never achieve anything ! Keep Going !! and Don't fall for that nonsense about 'Talent'. Telling yourself that you just don't have any talent is a cop-out.. a way to avoid doing the work. Skills will develop without you realizing it. Successes will lead to more success.

I l love it!

This man will have many followers as he is a true Artist.

Thanks for sharing this video

Thanks master.

Wow Excelente Video maestro mis respetos me gusta como bocetea con las barras de pastel sanguina saludos un abrazo a la distancia amigo

When light strikes a translucent sphere like an eyeball or a marble or a grape, the light hits the EXTERIOR of the orb first, passes through it unseen and shows up again on the INSIDE surface on the far side of the sphere.

I love watching your video, you have a God given talent for art and teaching. I do have a question. You showed where the reflection is on the one eye.... will it be the same for the opposite eye? Thank you for sharing with us.

Merçi beaucoup maître !👍

aawesome！ i laughed so hard about eye lashes!!!

thanks

What chalk pastels did you use? They do not leave a lot of powder everywhere? Well done, valuable