Comments on: Pastel Landscape Mastery – Trees and Foliage

By: Teri Pope

Teri Pope — Mon, 20 Oct 2025 00:13:34 +0000

Hello Matt,
When looking at a reference how do you decide what is the best color of paper to use?

Thank you, Teri

By: Deb Germana

Deb Germana — Sat, 17 Feb 2024 20:13:00 +0000

Great lesson! But I wish you would mention when you switch to nupastels. I have softer pastels, and nupatels, which I understand are harder. I’ve done 3 pastel lessons of landscapes, and I’ve yet to switch to nupastels which I like very much. And I really like the nupastels.

By: Edward Chalkley

Edward Chalkley — Wed, 08 Mar 2023 16:17:22 +0000

Hi Matt,
I have asked this question before,my pastels clog and I have difficulty in layering some colours, like putting light colours over dark, is this down to the paper, it’s 250 gsm.

By: matt

matt — Mon, 09 Jan 2023 14:07:21 +0000

In reply to Joyce Connell.

Hi Joyce,

Some artists like to use fixative on their finished pastel drawings. Fixative will help keep the pastel dust from moving on the surface. I don’t use fixative since it darkens values a bit. Instead, I keep my pastel drawings safe in a drawer with a cover sheet until I’m ready to frame the art.

By: Joyce Connell

Joyce Connell — Wed, 04 Jan 2023 23:01:29 +0000

Can you tell me what you use to preserve this painting?

By: Deborah Hooper

Deborah Hooper — Wed, 26 Jan 2022 20:47:39 +0000

how can we see the image you are painting?

By: Helga Bedanova

Helga Bedanova — Sun, 18 Oct 2020 12:34:41 +0000

Thank you Matt for such a great video. I love this landscape. I will buy some soft pastels next week and try it! I have a question, is it possible to sketch the landscape with H pencil before I start? For me I need to plan where to put the trees and lake etc otherwise the lake will be too big, not enouth space for the big trees … If I use H pencil, will the pencil be still visible after I finish drawing with pastel? Sometimes I have this problem with colored pencil drawings.

By: Sherry Laws

Sherry Laws — Thu, 02 Apr 2020 20:47:37 +0000

How do you keep all the pastel dust off of your picture without smudging it? Your lessons are great by the way 🙂

By: matt

matt — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 11:41:27 +0000

In reply to Patsy Bennett. Hi Patsy, The video picks up slightly different colors than the final artwork which is photographed and edited to match the drawing in Photoshop.

By: Patsy Bennett

Patsy Bennett — Wed, 16 Oct 2019 00:11:11 +0000

I noticed in the final completed drawing, the one you flashed on the screen just before the end of the video, is much brighter than the one you completed while showing you drawing in action. It looks like yellow highlights were added to brighten it up. I really like it better. Did you add yellow highlights to accomplish this look?