A COMPLETE Beginners Guide to Soft Pastels & Pastel Pencils
Channel: Shaymus Art Tutorials
Date: 29/11/2022

If you are new to soft pastels & pastel pencils or would just like to know more about the medium, I created this helpful beginners guide to talk you through the basics but also my top tips & things I think every pastel artist must know. Topics include, my favourite soft pastel paper, sticks, pencils & tools. I'll also explain how to frame and store soft pastel artworks as well as how to stay safe while using them. Lastly, I'll finish off with methods & techniques to show you how I use soft pastels & pastel pencils to achieve realism in my artworks.


● Art Tutorials & Real-time Process Videos
https://www.patreon.com/shaymusart 

A selection of in-depth soft pastel tutorials now available:
- Red Fox lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/red-fox-soft-79567807
- Tiger portrait lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/tiger-portrait-82747703
- Sliced oranges lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/sliced-oranges-70051855
- Realistic Lynx portrait lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/lynx-portrait-1-73315379
- Cheetah Cub Eyes lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/cheetah-cub-eyes-72148887
- German Shepherd lesson: https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-draw-soft-54056400
- Cherries with ONLY pastel pencils lesson https://www.patreon.com/posts/cherries-pastel-70259672
- Realistic Double Spaniel Dogs lesson https://www.patreon.com/posts/how-to-draw-show-62871942

+ Many many more lessons included on my Patreon channel.


● Full Preview Catalogue of Available Soft Pastel & Pastel Pencil Patreon Lessons​
https://shaymusart.com/soft-pastel-and-pastel-pencil-lessons


● FREE Soft Pastel & Pastel Pencil Introduction Guide​ PDF
https://shaymusart.com/tutorials/#pastel


● My FAQ & Favourite Soft Pastel & Pastel Pencil Materials and Tools List
https://www.patreon.com/posts/68665824


● My Website
https://shaymusart.com/


● My Camera
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● BG Music 
https://artlist.io


Realistic Cherries with Pastel Pencils: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nGx8KKNocsU&t=82s


0:00 Intro
1:13 The best pastel paper to use
4:06 The best soft pastel sticks to use
4:28 Unison Colour soft pastel sticks
5:12 Schmincke soft pastel sticks
5:50 Rembrandt soft pastel sticks
7:09 The best pastel pencils to use
7:59 Stabilo Carbothello pastel pencils
8:51 Faber-Castell Pitt pastel pencils
9:34 Caran d'Ache pastel pencils
10:06 Bruynzeel pastel pencils
10:47 The darkest black pastel pencil Cretacolor 
11:42 The brightest white pastel pencil Caran d'Ache Chinese White
13:10 The best soft pastel tools to use
16:12 How to sharpen pastel pencils
17:43 How to stay safe with soft pastels
19:31 How to frame & store pastel artwork
23:31 Soft pastel methods & techniques
44:04 Creating realistic art with soft pastels


DISCLAIMER
The tools in this video are simply what I choose to use in my studio, please do not also use them if you find them to be unsafe. Your safety is your own responsibility.


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