I am so glad you found it helpful! I have a lot of other pastel related videos to help you get started including a side by side comparison to various type of pastel papers.

I am so glad you found this helpful! I hope you enjoy learning to use soft pastels.

So glad I could help. What a lovely thing to have! Now you can think of him when you great beautiful artworks. 😊

@@LaurenWatkinsArt yes, absolutely !!! Thanks for helping me with that ! I have more from him that I use, but not much, already used his watercolor paper (that he already prepped on a wooden board about 20 years ago, my mom found it in the attic, she found 2 wooden boards with watercolor paper on it (both sides) and I used one to make a mothersday card, my mom LOVED it, it was so amazing). thanx !!!!

Wow just saw another video, and that woman used pastels like watercolor, wow, another way to use them, makes me very happy !

holy s***snacks!! I am glad you found this helpful! I will try and do some videos on storing and framing pastels in the future.

Lauren Watkins Art thanks! Ill be on the lookout😉👍🏼

hello,,,you can buy a pastel/chalk "Fixative" (aerosol spray) at art supply. Tip, when spraying a finished, or partially finished work keep spray tip away from work surface so as not to actually "blow" colors off the surface. A light coat to start, & a final coat to "FIX".

@@LaurenWatkinsArt nice

During beginners class we were told to use cheap hairspray

You are very welcome! I am glad It helped.

The sound is pretty good for me tho, and I usually have problems with sounds

@@angelinaranyal384 great stuff,thx

Yes, thx , great info

clean the speaker on ur phone or your phone is getting old

Try headphones

I just wash them out when the get really grubby under warm water with some soap and then I let them dry completely. If you want to keep a color really clean and vibrant I will use a clean soft tool sponge. If not I will just find a dirty one that’s in the same color family. So if I have a used sponge that already has red pigment on it I will use it in areas of my painting with similar colors. That makes it so I don’t have to wash them all the time.

Sometimes I will use a spray fixative but that can darken it up. If I am storing in I will wrap it in glassine paper. It works really well from keeping it from smudging until it gets framed.

I typically use the large sofft tool sponge for large backgrounds.

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I think I tried to use the textured side but this was filmed so manny years ago I can’t remember for sure.

The lighter paper is Uart sanded paper

The ones that are rubber like with a wood handle go by several names but the 3 most used ones are rubber shapers, silicone shapers, or clay shapers. They are a tool often used for clay and pottery. They come in a variety of shapes and sizes. The big grey one is called a catalyst edge. It’s often used with acrylic paint. I have more info and close up pictures on my blog post. The link is in the description box.

It’s UArt sanded paper in 400 grit. It’s by far my favorite paper to work on

@@LaurenWatkinsArt Thank you for your reply! Is this brand for both colors of paper in the video?

@@shana3968 the gray paper is canson mi teintes

@@LaurenWatkinsArt Thank you for your reply. I love this video presentation.✨

Thank you very much Lauren..

Uhh im so confused

I am so glad you are finding my videos helpful. Yes! The sponges are very durable and wash up nicely. The will stain but that doesn’t bother me.

@@LaurenWatkinsArtThank you so much for your quick reply. I just got my Mungyo set of 64. I’m going to be trying them soon!

They are called catalysts. The one I am using is a Princeton Wedge Catalyst shape #6

Lauren Watkins Art thank you so much for replying 😊

Debbie Daniels oil pastels have an oil binder to hold them together. They are creamier and not powdery and all. Soft pastels are dryer and more powdery. More similar to chalk in texture.

Meryem Hussam UART sanded paper I think it’s 800 grit

Just soft pastels

Domno87 The Cream colored paper is Uart Sanded paper.

@@LaurenWatkinsArt thank you

It’s my favorite!

HelloCaptainBlingBling your right! I was mostly focusing on tools that help blend because they can be used at any stage. I often blend with rubbing alcohol at the beginning of my paintings because I like how quickly it dries.

@@LaurenWatkinsArt That would depend on what for of pastel paper used? I know some disintegrate with moisture, like I was warned about sanded cardstock (Sennelier) vs types like u-art when I last was at Blick's. They were concerned I would try to use fluids on the Sennelier and chatted me up about intent while at the register. What have you found works best?

@@sacrebleu1371 hi! I recently did a review of a bunch of different papers and talk about which papers can handle wet underpaintings for pastel pieces. But I found Uart to be the most durable of the papers thay I have tried if you want it to be a sanded paper.

It’s pipe insulation foam from a local hardware store. It’s what we put around exposed pipes to keep them from freezing in during winter. It’s such a high density foam that it blends the pastels really well.

@@LaurenWatkinsArt thank you so much ! I will try it ! Because I use an handmade cotton paper and it’s lightly textured and I would like a smooth effect with blending without a textured effect !

For me, it depends on the type of paper and level I want, but for sanded base layer, I use pipe insulation foam piece. I will use a rice paper blending stump, cause harder paper will often leave burnish marks that won't work back out. I have used makeup applicators that are sponge types and there are more out there. Try it on scrap paper of same kind to be sure what effect you will get both with the pastel and tool of choice. My choices on those depend if I am using pan, hard, or soft pastel and if it is an underpainting or finishing touch. I work to avoid dulling the pastel when blending. I think it matters on my subject, if I am doing a detailed area or not, and if I am working on a bokeh (soft, out of focus) background.

@@sacrebleu1371 thank you!!! Im really new to pastels and want to know what are the techs before buying a set😆😊. Thank you very much for the infos☺

I like to use water to on early layers but some pastel paper I have tried doesn’t respond well to to water blending.

That is Uart sanded paper.

Thanks, darling. Much appreciated! 👍 Thank you for sharing your techniques!

Meenu Goyal, they go by several names but their most common names are rubber shapers or color shapers.

Simonet1309 it really depends on the look your wanting to achieve. I tend to blend more when I am doing realism especially in the early layers of the piece. Landscapes I tend to blend less.

I can hear perfectly.