Yep. I get focused on the subject, then go blank on the background. That's me 😂

Looks great. And the advice was great too. Thx.

Hi, Lana. Thank you for making all these helpful videos! Question: have you tried alcohol to blend CPs as an alternative to solvents? I cannot use any solvent...

Love the second picture. More realistic and vibrant. Thanks for the lesson

Im working on this challenge but i modifed it to work for my schedule. I dont always have the time to draw. So i dont worry about the time constrictions. I'll get it done as my time permits. I work 40+ hours a week with a lot of fluctuations in time so I'm just focusing on working on the portraits and styles instead.

How do you feel about spray adhesive vs graphix? Also, what are your thoughts about spray painting sides prior to affixing the art?

THANK YOUUUUU for making a video about this. ❤❤❤

Thank you very much for sharing these mistakes with us. I as just set to start using my pastels in a project when I was given 90:days notice to leave my home. Darn it all!!! I so dislike packing and moving and now at nearly 79, it is even worse lol.. rents have risen, so, I may not be able to afford a 3 bedroom house using one bedroom for me. One spare bedroom for grandchildren or family or friends and this third bedroom is used for my workroom. I’m also a textile artist you see, so having a third bedroom has been very important. So I’m trying not to become anxious as I pack and LABEL very, VERY carefully. I feel as lon* as I have a garage, I can store my crates of materials there instead of a third bedroom. How do you store YOUR supplies. A shelf or a draw please or just in those large plastic crates with clock on lids. Great for textile art supplies. My large work table my husband made me before he suffered from Alzheimer’s and needs to live in a locked ward in a Nursing Home is marvellous. He built all my storage into its base, clever chap that he used to be. So that can be stacked in a garage too. I will be interested in storage ideas please, When my mother passed a while ago, I got her spare not marching sets of drawers. Now they can slot in between my bedroom furniture or even in my Livingroom and probably drawers are a good storage area for pencils, brushes and ART paraphernalia for other than TEXTILE ART paraphernalia. Maybe I’ve answered my own question for me at the moment. Empty drawers in my garage can be slotted in between furniture I guess and there I have storage for everything. However I’d still be very interested in how YOUR own Art paraphernalia is stored, or also those who watch like I do please. I’m really enjoying your video’s and have subscribed thank you Lana!!! Margot New Zealand.

Thanks a lot

I wouldn't trust their lightfast claims, how can they be so cheap and lightfast? Anyone familiar with art supplies knows how expensive the professional ranges are due to the cost of the tests and pigments. Stick to Luminance and Derwent Lightfast if you plan on selling originals.

I am working with Woomer pencils and I like them very much. They are close to my S. Farben oil based pencils. Please note that I am a rank beginner. Thank you for bringing the Woomer pencils to our attention.

In your opinion, what is the best board, paper, etc for pan pastels? For doing portraits. Thank you.

This tutorial is awesome! Thank you so much for going through your process step by step and explaining what you are doing and why. Please do more botanical tutorials like this. I learn so much from you.

Great advice.

I noticed that you didn't mention pastel pencils. Would they work well over pan pastels?

Thanks for this video. Very informative!

I think you are so talented. I have never seen anyone draw as well as you do. I will be watching as much as I can of your work.

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Solid advices there! Good job on the portraits too!!!

I listened to your discussion of the Woomer colored pencils and ordered them on Amazon. Thank you for providing information about them.

I like when you show us the photo beside your drawing...it allows me to understand why you make the choices you do.

Are the Woomer oil or wax based?

Wow! You've convinced me to give it another try with solvent. I think I just need to practice and play around with it more to see what it can do for me. Thanks!

In another of your videos I commented how I don't like using solvent because it takes control away, but I'm re-thinking it now. The way your use the solvent for the first pass color to set the tones, then once it's dry you go over it again and again with more color and more detail. I'm going to watch your Solvents video and give it another try. Thanks for helping me.

I use your process as well and map in the darks and lights first. One thing I don't do, however, is use solvents. I have tried many of them and find that it removes the "control" I like so much about coloured pencils, I'm a very tight worker which works both to my advantage and disadvantage. I do like burnishing though since it is a very controlled process. I'd love to see you do more botanicals, the rose is beautiful and I have learned a lot from watching this video.

Great video. You mentioned you like to use CP+solvent for your early stages of a drawing, since it fills in the white specks of the paper. Using a layer of watercolor paint underneath would do the same thing though, yes? So, as a watercolor artist, I'm trying to figure out if there's any advantage to me adding Gamsol to my process when making a colored pencil drawing. Any advice? Thanks!

Very creative! Your skin tones are beautiful.

Thank you! I really appreciate your generosity in sharing your knowledge and expertise. Your enthusiasm for your work is inspiring. Three beautiful portraits. God bless you!

This is very interesting drawings.

Wow! Your painting of the rose with the lightfast budget Woomer pencils looks gorgeous! So impressive! The Holbein rose is also lovely, but I think I prefer the Woomer rose for its vibrancy and contrast . So interesting that you find the Woomer quality superior to Prismacolor. Thank you for experimenting with something new and doing it with integrity. God bless you!

Lovely paintings and colors.!I like how the colors were similar over the three. I wonder if the solvent will damage your paper and pigments over time. The use of water with (lightfast) Derwent watercolour pencils or perhaps ("exceptional lightfastness") Faber Castell Albrecht Durer water color pencils would be gentler on the paper and pigments. Thank you for the demonstration on 100% cotton papers and sharing your expertise and talents. God bless you!

THIS IS SO AMAZING IN EVERY WAY! Ur my favorite channel, and I'm not even an artist!

This is a great insight regardless of medium, actually. I'll be applying this, thank you!

This channel is one of the biggest treasure troves!

Nice idea but they cost $79 on Amazon in Australia.

What a fantastic video, and portrait!!!

I really love watching you create. Your end results are divine!! Loving the vivid colors of this budget set! Thx for sharing ❤

Do you find you like this better than UArt for colored pencils? I have a roll of UArt for my pastel portraits, but I'm in the middle of a very long recovery from surgery, so I've picked up colored pencil drawing/painting because it's clean. I bought the full set of Luminance and Polychromos since I do sell my art and have to stick with lightfast and archival materials. Have you tried UArt sanded paper and if so, how do they compare in your opinion?

The in depth explanations of these more “challenging” colors is such a gift. Thank you so much! I’ve been looking for awhile for vids specifically about white, cream, yellow…. And you have appeared now with incredible teaching! Thank you! Subscribed! ❤🖍

Thank u so much for this video! Most videos throw so much info and steps at u that it becomes overwhelming and is so much to take in, u explained each step so well! Also not everyone can afford to pay for detailed tutorials when starting out so its hard to find good help for free, this was easy to follow and easy understand as a beginner. 💚

Great info. As a learner i appreciate it

This is Amazing. I love them both but like the lighter color in first one. I appreciate the depth you go to in explaining how to do this. I have trouble with choosing my colors and would love to be able to color as wonderfully as you do but that's way in future....maybe. Thank you for referring me to this video and now I'm off to binge your other videos.

Who isn’t layering their prismacolors or other similar pencils?! That’s the whole point to using them…

I immediately went to amazon and purchased these pencils. You are such an amazing artist. It was so nice to get something that is approved like an expert artist like you. Thank you! Even though I didn’t need to get it (oh by the way it had gone up a couple of dollars to $30 something when I bought them) but there isn’t that satisfaction that even a cheaper pencil can do such an amazing job. I am so glad I found your channel and follow your tutorials. Thank you again.

Does this work with watercolour pencils too? Thanks 🙏🏻

I haven't done many coloured pencil drawings yet, but watching this I noticed that I already instinctively used this method every time.

booooooo they don't ship to the UK

Hello ! Thank you very much for your excellent training. I am one of your fans from Iran. I would like to ask you to enable the Persian captions, so that we Iranians can understand your explanations well. Thank you 🙌❤️

Loved your creativity and had to laugh at someone thinking the "non colour" of white & black as cheating... 😅

I’m about to embark on my first attempt at Panpastels. Your video was very I formative and you are easy to listen to . Thank you.