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0 likes • Feb 8
@Victor Sun 100% agree and personally this is something I need/will be working on in the future. The biggest learnings I've had from this style of drawing is enjoyment. All to often, when striving for that perfect proportion, that high realism, frustrations can set in and the focus seems to be on making sure the viewer enjoys what you produce, which for me has switch me off in the past. Thus style of drawing taught me to relax, be free, and that perfection doesn't have to be achieved in order to enjoy your your art. If you can develop the fundamentals of art whilst doing this, then you are on the right path, and most importantly enjoying doing it.
0 likes • Feb 10
@Vince Salomon I'll check this out 👍
Feb 8 •
Pan pastel issues
Has anyone had any experience using pan pastel? The issue I'm having is related to using white pan pastel on black paper. I tend to like using pan pastel to get the starting values in my art. But, once the pastel is applied to the paper, I'm struggling to use white charcoal pencils over it. It's like the pan pastel fills the grain of the paper and the charcoal pencil has nothing to grip to. This results in the pencil scraping the pan pastel rather than applying charcoal to the paper. I've tried using compressed white charcoal, but the same happens. I've watch some tutorials on thus and they dint seem to have the same issues. I've managed to get around this by drawing over the pan pastel with soft white pastel sticks, but that's not my preferred method. Black pan pastel on white paper isn't an issue. Vine and willow draw very well over the pastel, not white seems to pose issues. Any tips?
0 likes • Feb 9
@Tatyana Mincheva @Vince Salomon Thanks for the advice 👍 When you say drying over it, is that with a fixative? I'm using bk-rives paper, which is relatively smooth, but dies have some tooth. I've tried generals compressed charcoal (block form) and that doesn't work. The fixative is a possible solution, but I fear I'd lose an element of bleding after it's applied.
2 likes • Feb 5
@Melissa Sautereau yes it's white charcoal, white pan pastel and some soft white pastel stick on black paper.
1 like • Jan 13
@Vince Salomon exactly that!!! Mad charcoal is my art inspiration right now and the reason I got back into drawing. His style is amazing.
0 likes • Jan 19
@Melissa Sautereau I could, but his eyes are closed 😁
1 like • Jan 11
@Mikaila Ivery pan pastel is a brand of pastel. It comes in a tub. It applies very similar to charcoal and erases very easily, like willow charcoal. I tend to mix the 2 in the same drawing, pastel and charcoal. I highly recommend watching the artist madcharcoal on YouTube. He uses pan pastel all the time and his art style is soooo inspiring.
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@james-conner-4336
Trying to learn to draw without fear, freely without judging myself and worrying about being judges
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