What are you stuck on? This part of the Hub focuses on how to pastel animals, the tricky bits like whiskers and paws and understanding how to pastel fur. and it will continue to grow.
The Hub gives you the confidence to go ahead with your own paintings, to grow and be the best artist you can be.
In this section I'll show you how to pastel whiskers. Long, short, thick, thin, tiny, huge. There's an introduction to the technique followed by examples.
In the next 3 lessons, I'll show you how to see fur better to be able to pastel in a more realistic style. If you can't get out of the habit of pastelling every single strand of hair or fur, and you're wondering why your paintings don't look realistic, then these 3 lessons is a must for you. I'll be demonstrating using spaniel ears.
Lesson 1. How to see fur to be able to stop pastelling every single strand of hair
Lesson 2. If you struggled with lesson 1, lesson 2 will help you further.
Lesson 3. We will be pastelling long ear fur using what we learnt in lesson 1 and 2 and more.
In this section you'll find a growing collection of fur tutorials that show specific techniques.
This section is for things like dog tags and leads
In this tutorial I'll show you how to pastel the short thick fur of the Bullmastiff breed.
I'll show you how to accurately trace your outline.
How to select your supplies
How to pastel everything, showing you how to achieve a 3D effect and tint your colours to make new colours.
The colours I've chosen are not prescriptive and I help you by suggesting alternatives. I also describing the actual colours, not just by their numbers or often meaningless names.
In this tutorial I'll show you how to pastel soft short puppy fur.
I'll show you how to accurately trace your outline.
How to select your supplies
How to pastel everything, showing you how to achieve a 3D effect especially around the tricky snout area.
The colours I've chosen are not prescriptive and I help you by suggesting alternatives. I also describing the actual colours, not just by their numbers or often meaningless names.
In this tutorial I'll show you how to pastel the short thick fur of the Weimaraner breed.
I'll show you how to accurately trace your outline.
How to select your supplies
How to pastel everything, showing you how to achieve a 3D effect and how to soften the fur to increase the illusion of detail.
The colours I've chosen are not prescriptive and I help you by suggesting alternatives. I also describing the actual colours, not just by their numbers or often meaningless names.