Comments on: Pastel Landscape Mastery – The Sky

By: luisa lehmann

luisa lehmann — Tue, 23 Jul 2024 19:34:38 +0000

I will look at all the lessons first and then go back and follow each one painting along with Matt.

By: matt

matt — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 13:34:35 +0000

In reply to Edward Chalkley. Hi Mred, It's hard to say why your pastels are clogging. It could be due to the pastels or it could be due to the paper. What specific paper are you using and what is the brand of pastel?

By: Edward Chalkley

Edward Chalkley — Tue, 07 Mar 2023 10:59:40 +0000

Hi Matt,
Can you tell me why My pastels clog when I try to layer colours on certain pictures.
I use 250gsm and soft pastels. but for instance on your sunset tutorial I found it impossible to layer without clogging, especially grey on blue.

Thanks Mred

By: Elizabeth Battle

Elizabeth Battle — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:05:19 +0000

This is incredibly helpful. I am just a few minutes in to the video and I am already seeing techniques and methods I never would have thought of doing. I hope I can create better clouds after watching this – clouds and skies are surprisingly challenging!
What brand of pastel paper is this? Canson Mi-Tients (which I can’t spell, even though I work with it all the time, lol)?

By: Elizabeth Battle

Elizabeth Battle — Thu, 16 Feb 2023 18:00:52 +0000

In reply to sana asad. Carolyn, the photo reference is under the "Resources" tab below the video.

By: Steve Isenberg

Steve Isenberg — Tue, 23 Aug 2022 20:57:55 +0000

I will investigate these. Thanks

By: matt

matt — Tue, 16 Aug 2022 22:14:25 +0000

In reply to Steve Isenberg.

Hi Steve,

I’ve noticed that you’ve made several comments about this course and expressed your displeasure with it. It sounds as though you may be looking for more basic instruction on how to use pastels in general. I’ll list some additional resources on the site that may help you. Remember, this course is specially for creating landscapes with pastels.

All of these lessons are outside of the current course you are taking. There are more lessons as well besides these. I hope this helps.

By: Steve Isenberg

Steve Isenberg — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:44:48 +0000

Hey Matt, do you know of a good beginner course to learn pastels? These follow along videos do not show how to lay down the pastels, nothing on blending other than using a finger.

Since my fingers are rather big, how do I blend with my fingers in small areas?

No discussion on layering colors either.

Also, how are you cleaning your hands after you blend?

Should we use an air filter or at least wear a mask?

Is it really just as simple as starting at the top and working our way down the paper?

Should we sketch out the composition before we begin rubbing pastel on the paper?

After doing several other courses here at VI. I find this one to be exceptionally lacking in quality instruction.

Thanks for any feedback you might be able to offer.

By: Steve Isenberg

Steve Isenberg — Mon, 15 Aug 2022 18:32:14 +0000

In reply to Jeremy James. This is definitely not a good starting point for someone new to pastels.

By: Jeremy James

Jeremy James — Thu, 13 Aug 2020 02:05:51 +0000

Hi Matt! Not sure you’ll see this due to the age of the video but…do you have any tips for creating clouds with pastels? I just can’t seem to get that wispy effect that makes clouds look like, well, clouds. I’m new to pastels and I’m having trouble finding solid tutorials for beginners who need to understand what strokes to use and how. Is there perhaps a better starting point that I’m not aware of?