I love to see how Alain embellishes the colors from a somewhat dull picture onto his fresh colorful painting. I watch w/o sound to learn more visually watching what colors he chooses to use. Thanks for the lesson!

It's amazing that good values and colors can make simple strokes appear as a vibrant image. Really amazing study!!!🎉

The strong blue shadow on the edge of the bowl makes this painting for me.

I love the small color studies the best!

So spectacular… such great colors in the shadows…

wow you really are just playing around. and it turned out so powerful. I don't know why art feels like some deadly serious test

Exactly what I’m looking for! Love the wonderful contrast of colors and how they came together together. Loved how you talked about the placement of pieces on the board. Loved how you talked and demonstrated the drawing and reasons you do the 30 minute cor study. Playing and experimenting with colors are things I really enjoy. Love how you talked about and demonstrated as you went. You talked about a neutralized color, warmer colors, cooler etc which is the same with acrylics. It doesn’t seem as easy to get the colors that I want with acrylics as with the pastels. I’m a beginner acrylic painter and it didn’t matter to me that you’re working with pastels. I loved working with pastels many years ago and plan to revisit those pastels. Glad I kept them!

Love this video, thank you, giving me confidence to not be afraid of colors

Absolutely stunning…

Thankyou. You are very generous to share this instruction.

Alain Hi! This is amazing. Loves it! Inspired to try the technic this very moment. You brought the painting to life. Thank you for this wonderful video.

Thanks so much for revealing your thought processes. I'm grateful for you! Happy T. Day!!

Great tutorial for a beginner - my ambitions are beyond my skills but I’ve got to start somewhere 😅

Thankyou so much for your gift, you always are an inspiration, Happy thanksgiving 💖

Love this. Reminds me that i love pastels as a medium. Im digitally painting and focusing mainly on my color senses right now, but breaking out the pastels for my studies is sounding really nice after this

Love that Alain.

Thank for the informative color study.

Commander!! As always some of the greatest art instruction tutorials in all Artdom!! Happy Thanksgiving 🎉 to you and your family Maestro!!!

Thank you Alain. Oh wowie, how these colours just vibrate. Awesome!

Thank you Alain. I loved this tutorial, especially the bold, fresh color marks!

man, this is inspirational!! always curious about the thought processes when selecting colours for bold strokes. Fascinating. thank you Alain.

Hi Alain, you are such a joy. I just stumbled upon your videos tonight. I started by watching your very informative videos on the different pastels and papers, and then your autumn tree demonstration. And now here i am on this tutorial. I was relieved to discover i had haplessly chosen a great set of starter pastels, that just arrived! You are very inspiring and i could listen to your cheerful calming voice for hours. Starting to get a bit blurry eyed though. Lol. Have to quit soon. You are a great teacher, thank you for sharing, i feel so much better prepared to play with my new pastels, i was a bit intimidated and will do some of these studies while i hunt down, or make, some of your recommended sanded paper. I feel like i am in art school! Way too much fun. I see a pathway now. I am hooked. Will go back and watch all your videos now. So glad i found you. Love these real time start to finish paintings. Thank you Alain.

Time limits keep it fresh! Love your demos and color studies. Monochrome study is spectacular.

Happy Thanksgiving. Am grateful for your excellent lessons.

Thank you. This was just the lesson I needed.

So insightful…Thankyou for sharing your expertise, and THANKYOU for the encouragement!🤗

As always! I have missed some of these amazing descriptive moments. Loved it. Thank you.

Amazing. I hope I learn that.

Thank you I learned so much about shapes and values w color!

Love the colors!!

Your color studies look awesome.

Thank you, Alain. Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family, too.

Thank you Alain!

Thanks so much love your colour choice I’m going to give this one a go I got to be bolder in my colours and strokes

Thank you Alain Awesome color study and demonstration ,,

Thank you for this! Happy Thanksgiving to you and your family.

Thank you for this very helpful and informative tutorial, Alain. Your enthusiasm is inspiring!

I learned so so much, thank you Alain. Happy Thanksgiving.

Thank you so much for this wonderfully informative and delightful video, and for all you do, and for your art that makes the world a much more beautiful place! Happy Thanksgiving to you and yours, and may you always have so very many things to be thankful for!

Thank you very much Alain for this demonstration!! Happy Thanksgiving!

Great tutorial Alain! Thank you!

Thank you Alain…. And happy Thanksgiving to you and your family

Helpful and informative video - probably one -or the- best- of your tuto

Outstanding, love the color combinations.Thank you. Happy Holidays to you and your family. Linda V,

Love this. ❤. I will be getting a Terry Ludwig basics set for Christmas (I hope). This would be the perfect style for experimenting with them….

Great opportunity to see your small but very much effective colour study,, Thank you sir🙏🌷

illuminating.

Love it ❤

ho wow magie tout ce place et fait un tres beau tableau 👌👌

Wonderful video and a lovely Thanksgiving gift ! Thanks Again Alain!

Really great study, thank you!

Thank you for this, I learn so much from you! The colors you chose are amazing together. I find color theory somewhat overwhelming and confusing, and never fully understand how to plan a picture using it. Can you recommend a really good book on color theory? What I want to know is why the colors you chose work so well together, and how to plan my own paintings that way. Thank you.

Thanks!

Wonderfull Alain

so beautiful. I am always surprised how you put your marks without any bleeding. Thank you

Thank you! This is an amazing study. Do you have a tutorial addressing when to use soft pastels v hard pastels? Happy Holidays to you and your family!

Hi Alain, have only just found you and pastels - a good combination I think having binge watched several videos of yours this evening! One question please, what difference does it make to the background wash when you use pastel if you a) wash it with water or b) with alcohol or does it change how the pastel goes down afterwards? Thank you :)

Realy nice work, I like your style, but what about reflection of oranges on the plate/bowl? I think it is neccessary to keep some realism, now it look like separated from scene for me...

P.S. Do you spray your pastels with fixative when complete? And frame under glass? Any advice would be appreciated!

Great video! I have a question... Are Terry Ludwig soft pastels discontinued? I'm in Canada and am having a hard time ordering them.

How did you get you value study?