If you guys have any requests for pastel pencils, let me know!

Fantastic fox drawing. I have found the only way to sharpen pastel pencils is by using a knife and sand paper. Don't bother using a pensil sharpener you will end up breaking them. The are meant to be used on the side for covering larger areas, so I like to expose more of the led. A lot of people then only sharpen them near to the end of their drawing when they want to start doing the detail. I only started using mine a few months ago, I have only broke a led once using a knife.

Can we take a moment to appreciate that this video length is exactly 11:11 🙌🏻✨! Excited for this fox drawing 🦊! These pencils such have nice pigment 😍! I could see how these would cut down the time in shading. That would be annoying though not being able to get a fine point from sharpening. Although using colored pencil for the fine details does sound like a good idea 👍🏻! Pastel Pencils are perfect for quick pieces- definitely going to look into this set! 💗

“The best way to solve any problem is to buy more art supplies.” Exactly lol.

First of all, I love the fox! 🥰 It's a real beauty 1. Pitt Pastel 2. Softer pencils 3. Pastel sticks 4. Pan pastel About Pitt Pastel Hold them at a low angle ant cover larger areas for the 1st layer. By that get the values in place. After that, hold them at yet again a low angle and push the pencil in the direction of the pencil whilst constantly rotating the pencil. That way you'll always get fine lines. And finally, sharpen with a razor blade or box cutter. Combine the 3 and you will not ever need to sharpen the pencil to a fine point. 💁‍♂ Common mistake : Layer 5 and now I need to add a spot of ultra bright detail. And so I have 3 choices. A) I rease the 5 layers on that spot with a paint brush and rubber B) I sharpen the pencil to a needle point and force burnish the pigment into the picture C) Plan my picture ahead, set the 1st and 2ond layer white, and simply scrape off the top layers when I need to add highlights later About softer pastel pencils I'd use them to make certain colours seriously pop out. And when I don't use clairefontaine pastelmat paper with heavy teeth. About pastel sticks They are simply efficient. Of course I want to decorate my picture right away with the many details. But sticks force me to think about values before I commit to details. That then enables me to judge way in advance if my choice of colours were correct. If not, well then I've just waisted maybe 1 hour of work. No biggy, it's just far less frustrating. Sticks come in many shades of hard to soft grades. Jaxell, Rembrandt, Senelier, etc. Hard for 1st layer, soft for top layers. And when I commit to only sticks, I get somewhat of an impressionistic feel. Hyper realistic = ah, a cool fox. Impressionistic = this - oooh, this fox is ... there is something I feel on this🤔 About pan pastel WICKED! I get to mix base 1st layer colour patches on the paper. The 1st layer with pan pastel is so super thin that is barely even counts as a layer. And yet still the colours are super vibrant. I get the most bang for the € from pan pastel. Bottom line: Pan pastel to start Stick to get the shapes Pitt pastel to add the 3rd details layer Soft pencils to make highlights pop Senelier for creating things that make us look twice

The little red sharpener from General's is good for pastel pencils, or use a craft knife. I prefer the hand held red sharpener because I'm a klutz and will probably cut myself with the craft knife, though that method is preferred by many artists on KZfaq. I enjoy using colored pencils on top of pastel pencils, they play well together. I used to enjoy using soft pastels, but have lung damage now and they're too dusty for me. The pastel pencils don't seem to bother me as much at all. I use pan pastels and pastel pencils for my base layer. I'm just an old granny with a hobby, I'm not at your level, but I thought I'd share. Enjoyed your video very much, the fox was gorgeous!

I have the stabilo pencils that i use in conjunction with my soft pastels/ I use terry ludwig, unison, schminke, rembrandt, and nupastels. To sharpen my stabilo pencils, I use an x-acto XLR electric sharpener. It works great and, gets them to a fine point. Best part is the price: 19.95 from Blick Art Supplies.

Most amateurs/beginners try to take off too much wood. Slow and steady, thin shavings. Remember use a thin blade. HTH

These pencils are amazing and I have been using them more recently in my work. Thanks for sharing your fox drawing

That is such an amazing pastel painting. It's alive. I was into pastels a lot for some of the reasons you mentioned such as how fast you can work. The fatter pastels are good for the sky and other background components. i get tired of dealing with powder shedding and then seeing sometimes bad changes as a result of using fixative. Luckily nowadays we can photograph the artwork but alas for the pastel original. Maybe its a kind of poetic feature of pastel to have it be so transitory in nature. They go away fast but they can be created fast. I was just using the pastel sticks but details were easier to add once I got some pastel pencils. Lately I've been working with water brushes and watercolor. I keep buying all this gear so much I'm starting to remind myself of you...minus the advanced artistry.

Ive just had my F,C, pastel pitt pencils and I am really looking forward to seeing what is going to happen with them. I loved your demo of the fox head. I haven't used pastel pencils yet so hear goes.

Wow!!! What a beautiful fox! I was wondering in starting a new art journey with pastel, since it's been a long time dedicating myself to watercolor. With this video, believe me!, you definitely prove to me that this is the way to go! Thank you!!! Please, do more content on pastel 😍🙌

You look so much like Kristy Partridge. Beautiful work!

The Fox looks like he's going to give me a side quest after I returned from defeating a dragon He came out great 🦊

The fox came out nice. To answer one of your questions, the thing I really don't like about pastels, or pastel pencils is that you can never really fix them. All it takes is one touch and they smudge. There is no fixative that works, and when you use lots of it, you end up with something that looks quite different from what you drew. Some people don't mind not fixing stuff, but the fact that I know something can be ruined so easily really bothers me :)

Wow so beautiful 😍 i always like to sharp my pastell pencils with a stanley knife👍

Amazing art! So talented

I absolutely love how your fox came out! I have the basic set of 20 pan pastels. It has all the main colors and black and white and honestly that's all you need, you add white for tint colors and black for dark colors. You can then buy other pans as you realize your using that color more for convenience. I want to do some wildlife or pet portraits coming up with a pan pastel base and pastel pencils for details. I just have so many tutorials I want to get done, not enough time lol.

he is so soft and fluffy, the neck area is really well done 😀 i like using pastels, they just are so fragile I hardly ever do

A thought on sharpening.I use a razor type knife to cut Back the wood to thin out the pencil. Go to a hardware store and get a “ bastard” file yea that’s the name. Its used to file steel, and it can be 10”x about 1”, and it has 1 fat side. Lay the file down it’s flat side up. Slide the pencil across the file to expose the nice piece of pastel . When the pencil is thin and pastel is exposed , makes a point on pencil by rubbing it on fine sand paper.

The medium of soft pastel is all about the seeing the stroke work in your art. I use Rembrandt soft pastel set. I learned years ago by following Foster Caddell. You should check him out. He was one of the best ever in the pastel world.

What a gorgeous drawing and I loved listening to your review of these pencils! I've never tried them before but I do miss drawing with pastels... they just don't like me 😂

Hello! I love your art work!❤️❤️❤️ There is one big advantage to using pastel pencils: #1 you have to start with the darkest color and then add the highlights and details. Pastelmat is one of the best papers out there for artwork pastels. This paper supports many layers, and gets a good highlights at your work. My advice to you, is to start with the Stabillo Carbothello, they are more Soft than the Pitt pastels, for your first layers, or the Rembrandt Soft Pastels, and then the Pitt pastels for details. #2 Cover as much as you can in your first layers, add the layers without using pressure. #3 you can use your fingers to blend, cotton swabs that you used in this beautiful drawing, paper stumbs or blending tools, ◀️ the last is a hit! you don't get your hands dirty and you can mix the pigment with each other. #4 If you are not using the Pastelmat, and you use a paper that is not sanded paper, you must seal it with a fixative spray, I recommend the SpectraFix Fixative, it's very good, and it's also used to fix the works in charcoal. #5 sharpen it with a craft knife, they are too soft for any sharpener. **Important note: don't use the fixative spray on the Pastelmat, your work get dark** I hope that this advice are benefit to all of you, in the Pastel World 🥰🥰🥰

I think Faber Castell suggests using a special knife or blade to sharpen pastell pencils. Pastell pencils will dull some sharpeners.

Derwent Helical desktop sharpener or Swordfish Ikon will sharpen your pastel pencils. The Derwent does both brands you have. As for pastel sticks I love unison - they are pure pigment (where pencils have clay in them) so colour rendition is brighter. However, I think investing in some pan pastels since you have two sets of pencils might be the better option since your style is fine realism.

Beautiful

Great sharing ,awesome😃👍very nice friend, ❤️❤️✌️

Good seeing you again. love the fox. And thanks for showing the pencils could you use a sandpaper to get the point or flat for details we use sandpaper when I was in drafting class. take care

Your work is awesome!!! I actually hate the hand sticks of pastel. I hate getting it all over the place, especially my hands. I chewed up an entire set of pastel pencils except one. Not actually a set since I bought them open stock. But I had at least a dozen. Schwan Stabilo, made in Germany. I never got to create anything with them since they never sharpened even to a blunt and by the time I resorted to a sharp single blade I had one left. They are the softest brand ever! I may have to try the Faber Castell Pitt. Thanks for sharing!

Saying Hi after a long time 🤓 Hi Alexis

I heartily agree with more art supplies solving any problem! 😂 That's the same fox that I drew a while back on the toned paper....it is such an excellent reference photo! I found another cool one on Unsplash that I really want to draw soon. My experience with pastel pencils is extremely limited and I have yet to buy a full set of them. You did really well with them, and your version of the fox is most excellent (the neck fur was definitely the most difficult!). I like the idea that pastel pencils are a faster medium than coloured pencils. But the whole issue with sharpening them along with their chalky texture are things which put me off a bit. Do you prefer one set over the other, Faber Castell vs Carbothello? I wouldn't even know which ones to buy so recommendations are welcome!

Pastels frustrate me, and I have gotten rid of most of my pastel sticks, but have kept my pencils because they seem easier to work with. I have some Pastelmat and I will eventually get around to trying it. 😂

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Nice drawing ...✍️

jesus that picture is well good

What pencil sharpener did you use - i have 3 different ones and they are trashing my pastel pitt pencils - have tried to sharpen with a knife but not too successful with this either. BTW I don't use pan pastel but I do use soft pastel and work on top with coloured pencil and pastel pencil.

Hi Alexis I think that's one nice fox, fur looks great! Haven't tried pastels before, but am thinking of trying. Seen videos where it's faster than colored pencils. Are you putting a fixative on your pastel works? Nice 🙂

Good work... Keep it up and stay connected with us Thanks...

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Can you draw the 9 tails since you have a fox obsession 🤪🤪🤪

I feel like its unfair to try to use them the same way as coloured pencils and be disappointed they dont act the same. They arent meant to say sharp and the fine details go on top after you create soft blended underlayers. Also theres other tools meant to make up for this, and yeah theres mixed media options as well

I don't think I have any of these l, maybe a few

I don’t use pastels so I cannot recommend anything 😊. I mainly wanted to say the fox is amazing!

Absolutely the biggest problem with pastel is the price of Pastelmat. Practically, this is the only type of paper that is decent enough for detail-rich layered pastel (pencil) art. All pastel tutorials are made on Pastelmat, this is the "de facto" standard paper, and its price is absolutely intimidating. This is far the most important factor which holds a number of beginners back to go for pastel. Even the second level of pastel papers are brutally expensive. So, pastel is the medium for the art aristocracy.

Absolutely HATE stick pastel.... but pastel pencil are my favorite medium I know weird