Hi Kirsty! I have been really interested in realism with color pencils for a long time, and your videos are inspiring me to go on. My watch later list on youtube is filled with over a 100 different tutorials from your channel! I am only 10 years old and already my drawings look amazing because of you. I have already done a portrait, lots of fruits and now I am learning the basics of watercolor and starting a realistic eye drawing. Thank you! :)
Your the reason why people get inspired to do art and use their creativity I love watching your content Please don’t stop You are an inspiration You explain everything so well and help in a lot of way
Using markers is a really fun way to do this for sure, but most of them aren't lightfast. Because of this I wouldn't recommend working this way if you want to sell your artwork. Hope this is helpful!
Kirsty, you are such a big inspiration to me! I'm a smaller youtuber struggling to post weekly. As a fan of colored pencil, this will DEFINETLY help speed up my my filming process, and give me more time to edit!
I love the layering process with pencils, that is where I can relax and get the benefit of coloring for stress relief...BUT...there are times I want to speed up the process and not do as many layers. I have thought of using pastels under the pencils but hadn’t tried it yet, so thank you for the demonstration!
i mostly use pencils too, and i can't get myself to get too much into other media. but lately i've been starting to experiment combining coloured pencils with other media like you show here. i think mixed media is a great way to get yourself feeling comfortable with different media.
Absolutely! I used to feel so uncomfortable with paint in comparison to pencils. By using pencils and paint together i was able to ease into it by slowly using less and less pencils and more and more paint. Keep it up mixed media is one of the best things i've tried!
Thanks a lot Kirsty, I have been following you since really long time ❤️ You have helped me so much in improving my art. And because of your inspiration, I also started my own CZcams channel. I don't have words to let you know how much you mean to me❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️ May God shower you with a lot of happiness and peace😘
You are very great Kirsty.. Really I was trying to speed up my drawing and with this technique my drawing will definitely 3×faster.. Thank you sooooo much Kirsty.. You always inspired me..❤️❤️
If you are looking for other ways to speed up you colored pencil drawings, consider using a different paper and blending method! For example colored pencils on pastelmat with solvent, or colored pencils on sanded paper with powder blender. Hope this is helpful!
Hello Kirsty, I can’t believe you can draw such realistic pictures, you have lots of talent! Can I ask you a question?Where do you store your artworks? Do you keep them in a portfolio or do you give them to people? Thanks ❤️
Thank you so much for a video like this! I wanted to learn how to speed up drawing overall! THANK YOU for uploading this! I absolutely love your videos. They are really informative and helpful!
Amazing!!! I was thinking in using markers in the background, but pastels are a better alternative, they are cheaper, and more controllable in the application. Thank you very much :D
It always takes me hours, and it really seems like the longer I take the better it is. I have a lot of patience when it comes to colored pencils, but these tips could really help speed it up without getting in the way of the quality!
I have found that to be true for my art too. I have tried many different methods to make the process faster but I find that I still end up spending the time I save with these methods to take my art to the next level. This means that I generally spend the same amount of time on my work no matter what method I use. Hope this is helpful!
I love your tips, Kirsty! I recently brought some color pencils and it seems like you knew my problem and sent this video to help me out. Thank you really very much for your help in improving my artworks!!!
So happy to see a regular art tutorial again :D No offense, I sometimes enjoy the business-side videos but as a hobby-artist, I find those art-tips way more useful. Even though this is obviously also important for building a business, as it crucial to work efficient.
I am trying to add pastels to my colored pencil drawings. I've been studying a very slow technique with tons of layers, but it takes soooo long and triggers my tendinitis as it never showed up before while drawing. Loved to see you talking about it with more details! Thanks!
@@FineArtforChrist I'm trying some different solvents too, here in Japan gamsol and zeist are hard to find and incredibly expensive so I'm still looking for a good alternative.
@@FernandaSomenauer That true for the Philippines too. Have you looked for Linseed Oil, I haven't tried it but I've heard it works similarly. Hope this is helpful!
@@FernandaSomenauer That true for the Philippines too. Have you looked for Linseed Oil, I haven't tried it but I've heard it works similarly. Hope this is helpful!
@@FineArtforChrist it is a good idea, maybe should give it a try! Maybe can find one not so smelly (I love linseed oil smell, but it is quite strong, as far as I remember). Thanks!!!
Can you post a link to those pan pastel blending/drawing brushes & replacement sponges? Thanks so much for all your instruction & tips! You're so amazing & inspiring!
Hi kertsy, thanks for teaching me tons of techniques and ways to improve my drawings .You are a lot better than my art teacher. And please can you teach us to draw from water colours
Just found your channel and am so stoked, I have always envied people who can draw so I finally decided to take the plunge and start learning. I am just at learning to sketch but I think I might as well start learning a bit about colours as well , no use dilly dallying around, might as well take the plunge head first, so to speak. Thank you so much in advance for all the help you are about to give me I am very appreciative.
Hi Kirsty, I want to say a massive thank you to you. You have taught me so much on here and on patron that I know take commissions and have started my own chanel. You are a huge inspiration so thank you ❤️😍
I don’t know if you already have but can you do a video or help on how to take an image on your phone and how to sketch it on your paper when it’s not the same size because I don’t have a printer at the moment and that’s what’s holding me up bc I’m taking days to sketch on part bc it not working right
Thank you for the video suggestion 😊 there is probably a mobile app that will allow you to overlay a grid pattern over your reference and then you can do a grid on your paper and use the grid on your mobile to help you.
I shy away from color pencils due to the time they take. Using other mediums as a base is a good idea to speed up the time taken. Thank you sharing great tips as always!
I really love drawing, specially with colored pencils, but since september I have got a new art teacher and sadly I don`t like her.) = So I didn`t draw this month, because it was no fun. When I looked at my art supplies, my mind comes to the teacher. But this video remember me, how much I love drawing and today I will create a new picture and just enjoy the feeling, thank you! Edit: now I did it and it was so satisfying!❤
Unrelated but here is my story💛💛 I am here to learn about coloured pencils, a medium that i hate and love at the same time. I prefer graphite over coloured pencils because graphite drawings only require tone transitions while coloured pencils has a quite new skill, which is blending. Blending colored pencil is not the same as blending graphite. That is why I draw portraits with graphite. This year, i planned to draw 4 of my closest friends for their birthday, i have done 2 of them though and i am happy to see their smiles. But one of them is like ughh so special in my heart🥺🥺 Last september was a stressful month and- that guy comforted me a lot, he gave me warmth and affection, I leaned at his shoulder, thinking that life is actually fine and suicide is not the answer. So here I am, watching videos on this channel, learning how to draw portraits with colored pencils, a medium that i am not familiar with yet. I want to master the skills of drawing portraits with this medium, so that I can give my first ever colored pencil portrait, to him just so he knows how much he worth in my life🥰 Also, if you are interested to see my drawings, my ig is @addibbo
Thank you Kirsty for this incredibly helpful video!! It's so interesting to know, that the pastel also can be erased. One last question for me would be: are there any possibilities to use a blending fluid on it, because of the pastels or is it only possible to blend the coloured pencils together by burnishing 🤔
You can use solvent with this method, but you have to add a layer of fixative to the pastel before adding the colored pencil. That way your colored pencils are activated by the solvent but your pan pastel layer isn't. Hope this is helpful!
Great ma'am.. Love from 🇮🇳India..... I just wanna know that can we use ivory paper for pencil colour drawings or can u suggest any other type of paper which is little cheap
I've done this method on all kinds of paper, from printer paper to pastelmat and it works about the same for all of them. You should keep in mind however that by using a paper other than pastelmat you are limited to only a couple of layers. I only recommend it for underpaintings unless you know how to re-establish the tooth of the paper! I hope this is helpful!
Hello Kirsty, Thank you so much for this video ❤. Can you please do a video about types of color pencils and some cheap brands? Which one is best oil based or wax based? Your tips are helped me a lot to improve my drawings. Thank you so much😍😍
I started with the Faber Castel Children's grade colored pencils. These are great to start with since all the colors line up with their more expensive alternatives making it easy to transition to the more expensive when you can afford it. These are great for practice however if you want to avoid having your colors fading in the future you need to find something lightfast. Unfortunately there is no such thing as cheap lightfast pencil, you get what you pay for! I hope this is helpful!
When Kirsty’s under painting is better than your finished product
Kristy I learnt many things from you, thanks.
Wow, relatable
Lol true
" When Kirsty's underpainting is better than your finished product" then you know yours isn't truly finished yet!
Relatable!!!
Hi Kirsty! I have been really interested in realism with color pencils for a long time, and your videos are inspiring me to go on. My watch later list on youtube is filled with over a 100 different tutorials from your channel! I am only 10 years old and already my drawings look amazing because of you. I have already done a portrait, lots of fruits and now I am learning the basics of watercolor and starting a realistic eye drawing. Thank you! :)
Wanna see your art works
Keep going on your artwork my friend! It's great that you're starting young, hope you continue to develop and become better at it!
@@shilohmillondaga2392 Thanks a lot! :) :)
That is so adorable:)) I’m 12 and I’m starting young as well!!
@@brendaaa-il9pu Thanks a lot! That's awesome that you are also starting young!😀🤗
me, a cartoony art style marker artist: *interesting*
haha lol i do both realistic and cartoony
@@nayshaprasad8318 same!
@@nayshaprasad8318 Same
@@nayshaprasad8318 i am still practicing realistic and Im searching for tips 👌🏻
@@gabby3113 want me to give u some?
I only tried watercolor for underpainting and it really saves some time.
yeah but it won't work if u use cheap chalky watercolour like me
You can also use Prismacolor Art Sticks. I have done that a number of times.
Your the reason why people get inspired to do art and use their creativity
I love watching your content
Please don’t stop
You are an inspiration
You explain everything so well and help in a lot of way
I’ve never seen a video with more difference of ratio between likes and dislikes
Your drawing skills are beautiful as you are ma’am.👏👏
I’ve been using pan pastel for years, absolutely love them for my colour pencil base. You should try markers too
Using markers is a really fun way to do this for sure, but most of them aren't lightfast. Because of this I wouldn't recommend working this way if you want to sell your artwork.
Hope this is helpful!
Omg I Love ur vids aswell!! I watch you and Kirsty all the time!!
Kirsty, you are such a big inspiration to me! I'm a smaller youtuber struggling to post weekly. As a fan of colored pencil, this will DEFINETLY help speed up my my filming process, and give me more time to edit!
Same here exactly! She is really like our art teacher but better.
Yes as a little CZcams it's very hard at the beginning 🙈😅 I work very hard and a lot for that 🥴
I love the layering process with pencils, that is where I can relax and get the benefit of coloring for stress relief...BUT...there are times I want to speed up the process and not do as many layers. I have thought of using pastels under the pencils but hadn’t tried it yet, so thank you for the demonstration!
i mostly use pencils too, and i can't get myself to get too much into other media. but lately i've been starting to experiment combining coloured pencils with other media like you show here. i think mixed media is a great way to get yourself feeling comfortable with different media.
Absolutely! I used to feel so uncomfortable with paint in comparison to pencils. By using pencils and paint together i was able to ease into it by slowly using less and less pencils and more and more paint. Keep it up mixed media is one of the best things i've tried!
I love that you use limited materials, but combine them in ways that make sense. 🌸 I love mixing media to save time too! 😅
Thx Kirsty...... I was really struggling for colour pencils
Drawing details with colored pencils over markers feels delicious 7.7
I'd love to see more videos on how to draw portraits/portrait features with this technique!
I've started using watercolour as a base for mine
What kind of paper are u using if you use watercolour and pencils?
@@masyanadieerste9592 Since it has to take water, I use watercolour paper
Thank you so much, Kirsty. I am a young artist and you helped me discover different mixes of mediums to suit my style. I learned so much!
I really love your tutorials . Your speech itself adds a plus point to the aesthetics of the video
Thank you so much! It’s great to hear that you enjoy the videos 🥰
@@KirstyPartridgeArt thnks for being a motivation
Thanks a lot Kirsty, I have been following you since really long time ❤️
You have helped me so much in improving my art. And because of your inspiration, I also started my own CZcams channel.
I don't have words to let you know how much you mean to me❤️❤️❤️❤️❤️
May God shower you with a lot of happiness and peace😘
Ma'am your videos always help me to improve my drawings ❤💜💖
I always try to keep your tips in mind in order to get better results 😊
YOU ARE REALLY GOOD AT REALISM I THINK ON CZcams
So she's good at Art AND makeup?!
*now thats talent*
It kind of makes sense tho, right?
I get so emotional when I think about the journey you went through ಥ‿ಥ
You are very great Kirsty.. Really I was trying to speed up my drawing and with this technique my drawing will definitely 3×faster.. Thank you sooooo much Kirsty..
You always inspired me..❤️❤️
If you are looking for other ways to speed up you colored pencil drawings, consider using a different paper and blending method! For example colored pencils on pastelmat with solvent, or colored pencils on sanded paper with powder blender.
Hope this is helpful!
I enjoy your videos so much.. 😊💙
That’s awesome to hear! 💕
@@KirstyPartridgeArt 💕💙
Never imagine that I can use pastel before pencils. It's so interesting. Thank you! I love your videos. Greetings from Bulgaria!
One of the many things i like about this channel, is the fact there is no intro jingle and stuff like that. Straight to the point
Hello Kirsty, I can’t believe you can draw such realistic pictures, you have lots of talent! Can I ask you a question?Where do you store your artworks? Do you keep them in a portfolio or do you give them to people? Thanks ❤️
Thank you so much for a video like this! I wanted to learn how to speed up drawing overall! THANK YOU for uploading this! I absolutely love your videos. They are really informative and helpful!
Glad I could help! Hopefully this technique will allow you to speed up your drawings 😊
@@KirstyPartridgeArt It will!
Amazing!!! I was thinking in using markers in the background, but pastels are a better alternative, they are cheaper, and more controllable in the application. Thank you very much :D
czcams.com/video/JKR2ns2rGpk/video.html🙏🙏.
It always takes me hours, and it really seems like the longer I take the better it is. I have a lot of patience when it comes to colored pencils, but these tips could really help speed it up without getting in the way of the quality!
I have found that to be true for my art too. I have tried many different methods to make the process faster but I find that I still end up spending the time I save with these methods to take my art to the next level. This means that I generally spend the same amount of time on my work no matter what method I use.
Hope this is helpful!
I really enjoy watching your videos in the morning before work it gives me something to look forward to after work you are an amazing artist
I love your tips, Kirsty! I recently brought some color pencils and it seems like you knew my problem and sent this video to help me out. Thank you really very much for your help in improving my artworks!!!
Have fun using them and I’m so happy that I could help you out with this problem 🥰
@@KirstyPartridgeArt omg u replied!!!
And above all you are my idol whom i see everytime!!😊😊💜
Your yt Channel is one of the best and your skills are unbelievable omggg i love your art
Your channel inspired me to start drawing again and start believing in myself rather than thinking that I’m not talented anough to be able to draw. 😁
That’s amazing to hear! Keep going 🥰
Yes indeed, I can 100% relate to this!
Your an Amazing artist. Looks just like a photograph. First time here at your channel I really enjoyed your video.
Thanks a lot Kristy, your videos have always helped me.😊
Thank you Kirsty!
My pleasure 😊
Best art teacher ever on CZcams 💓💓💓
Just what I needed! I have some pan pastels and the full set of Polychromos so I’ll be trying this out.
Love your art so much
So happy to see a regular art tutorial again :D
No offense, I sometimes enjoy the business-side videos but as a hobby-artist, I find those art-tips way more useful. Even though this is obviously also important for building a business, as it crucial to work efficient.
Thank you for all your videos, really help and so to motivate me to draw more🔥🔥🔥
I am trying to add pastels to my colored pencil drawings. I've been studying a very slow technique with tons of layers, but it takes soooo long and triggers my tendinitis as it never showed up before while drawing. Loved to see you talking about it with more details! Thanks!
I have carpel tunnel so I use solvent to reduce the pain, maybe you could try that if you haven't already.
Hope this helps!
@@FineArtforChrist I'm trying some different solvents too, here in Japan gamsol and zeist are hard to find and incredibly expensive so I'm still looking for a good alternative.
@@FernandaSomenauer That true for the Philippines too. Have you looked for Linseed Oil, I haven't tried it but I've heard it works similarly. Hope this is helpful!
@@FernandaSomenauer That true for the Philippines too. Have you looked for Linseed Oil, I haven't tried it but I've heard it works similarly. Hope this is helpful!
@@FineArtforChrist it is a good idea, maybe should give it a try! Maybe can find one not so smelly (I love linseed oil smell, but it is quite strong, as far as I remember). Thanks!!!
Kirsty, I tried most of your techniques and they worked AMAZING!!!!!!!!!!! Thank u!
That's quite an interesting technique! Thanks for sharing!
Your videos are so helpful... thank you so very much, I really appreciate your tutorials ❤️❤️🙏🏻🙏🏻
Thank you for the support! Happy you like the videos 😊
Kirsty Partridge Art, you’re welcome 🙏🏻🙏🏻🙏🏻
I see most of your video, love it, I really learn a lot from your channel, and I can draw something right now! Keep awesome
I got some pan pastels to try this technique. Can't wait til they arrive!
Kirsty you do so many beautiful drawings. You inspire me😍😘
The people who disliked this video must've accidentally hit that button trying to hit the like button. 😂 🤪
That is actually true
Thank u !! Amazingly helpful as always!
Can you post a link to those pan pastel blending/drawing brushes & replacement sponges? Thanks so much for all your instruction & tips! You're so amazing & inspiring!
Love this hack to get your art done faster. Thanks!
Thank you for these tips! Really helpful. Keep on going! Inspiring vids as always. 🙂
Hi kertsy, thanks for teaching me tons of techniques and ways to improve my drawings .You are a lot better than my art teacher. And please can you teach us to draw from water colours
If you want to learn watercolor I recommend checking out makoccino
, watercolor is her main top there on her youtube channel!
Recently I've seen your channel and it is too good . You are the one who improved my art
This video made me want to start using my colored pencils again. Thanks for the awesome tips 😊
I can listen to her all day ❤️
Just found your channel and am so stoked, I have always envied people who can draw so I finally decided to take the plunge and start learning. I am just at learning to sketch but I think I might as well start learning a bit about colours as well , no use dilly dallying around, might as well take the plunge head first, so to speak. Thank you so much in advance for all the help you are about to give me I am very appreciative.
Hi Kirsty, I want to say a massive thank you to you. You have taught me so much on here and on patron that I know take commissions and have started my own chanel. You are a huge inspiration so thank you ❤️😍
Your all tips are always helpful.
Thank you for teaching How to speed up our colour pencils thank you so much ❤ sisters. Thank you for your video.
I don’t know if you already have but can you do a video or help on how to take an image on your phone and how to sketch it on your paper when it’s not the same size because I don’t have a printer at the moment and that’s what’s holding me up bc I’m taking days to sketch on part bc it not working right
Thank you for the video suggestion 😊 there is probably a mobile app that will allow you to overlay a grid pattern over your reference and then you can do a grid on your paper and use the grid on your mobile to help you.
i do that method..that's actually works well..don’t stay back as you don’t have a printer..😊
Respectfully, you are as stunning as your creations! Thank you for your videos! God bless! ❤️🙏🏼
Great video kirst, the apple looks so realistic, good enough to eat 👍😘😘😘
Each time i watch your videos i both learn art and british accent i loveee your accent,please keep up the great work😍😍😍u r one of the best artists
I shy away from color pencils due to the time they take. Using other mediums as a base is a good idea to speed up the time taken. Thank you sharing great tips as always!
I'm IN LOVE with colored pencils 😍thank you for your very helpful tips kirsty 😘
So many useful tips and details🥰🥰thank u kirsty🌷🌷
Omg thanks my drawings take so long but now they will be so fast Thanks so much❤️
This is so so helpful ❤️ Tysm Kirsty ❤️🎉
Thank you so much, your my inspiration 😘 ur the best!! Keep this good work up 😍😍
Happy world's teachers day ma'am
Thanks 🌹🌹 for sharing your techniques with us...
Shading plays very important role in art and you did very realistic shading I am 100% agree with your video 🤝🤝
So true, but only if your sketch outline is accurate in the first place!
@@FineArtforChrist I agree 😇
I normally read things in a Midwestern baritone. But I read the description in a British soprano. Keep up the good work!
You always inspire me. Thank you for sharing your skills.
I really love drawing, specially with colored pencils, but since september I have got a new art teacher and sadly I don`t like her.) = So I didn`t draw this month, because it was no fun. When I looked at my art supplies, my mind comes to the teacher. But this video remember me, how much I love drawing and today I will create a new picture and just enjoy the feeling, thank you!
Edit: now I did it and it was so satisfying!❤
Ok
You should always paint and draw at least some for you not for someone else! You will always be more motivated to create art when you do.
Now my drawings will 2× faster
👍🏻👍🏻🥰
@EASY BUT MARVELLOUS You can try using alcohol markers as a base layer.
Yay
@@KirstyPartridgeArt I have a question, is worx paper enough?
@@andrewjamez9741 give it a go, see if it works :)
Unrelated but here is my story💛💛 I am here to learn about coloured pencils, a medium that i hate and love at the same time. I prefer graphite over coloured pencils because graphite drawings only require tone transitions while coloured pencils has a quite new skill, which is blending. Blending colored pencil is not the same as blending graphite. That is why I draw portraits with graphite. This year, i planned to draw 4 of my closest friends for their birthday, i have done 2 of them though and i am happy to see their smiles. But one of them is like ughh so special in my heart🥺🥺 Last september was a stressful month and- that guy comforted me a lot, he gave me warmth and affection, I leaned at his shoulder, thinking that life is actually fine and suicide is not the answer. So here I am, watching videos on this channel, learning how to draw portraits with colored pencils, a medium that i am not familiar with yet. I want to master the skills of drawing portraits with this medium, so that I can give my first ever colored pencil portrait, to him just so he knows how much he worth in my life🥰
Also, if you are interested to see my drawings, my ig is @addibbo
Your videos really help me find my art style
Finally! Something to make drawing more enjoyable and faster 😊. Thanks for the tips. And keep up the good work 👍🏻
I love kirsty's drawing...keep doing what you love..👍
Thank you Kirsty for this incredibly helpful video!! It's so interesting to know, that the pastel also can be erased. One last question for me would be: are there any possibilities to use a blending fluid on it, because of the pastels or is it only possible to blend the coloured pencils together by burnishing 🤔
You can use solvent with this method, but you have to add a layer of fixative to the pastel before adding the colored pencil. That way your colored pencils are activated by the solvent but your pan pastel layer isn't.
Hope this is helpful!
@@FineArtforChrist Yeah! thanks for your help!! Fixative is a great idea!!! 😍🤗
You are so good with this media
Wow amazing colar pencil drawing ✍️
Great ma'am.. Love from 🇮🇳India..... I just wanna know that can we use ivory paper for pencil colour drawings or can u suggest any other type of paper which is little cheap
I've done this method on all kinds of paper, from printer paper to pastelmat and it works about the same for all of them. You should keep in mind however that by using a paper other than pastelmat you are limited to only a couple of layers. I only recommend it for underpaintings unless you know how to re-establish the tooth of the paper!
I hope this is helpful!
Very helpful & very well explained 😍💜 And you're so pretty😍😍
Could you do a tutorial on how to freehand sketches please?
Great vid as always ❤️
She already did. Here it is if you would like to check that out: czcams.com/video/4mkxbzQyaBY/video.html
Hope this is helpful!
Hello Kirsty, Thank you so much for this video ❤. Can you please do a video about types of color pencils and some cheap brands? Which one is best oil based or wax based? Your tips are helped me a lot to improve my drawings. Thank you so much😍😍
I started with the Faber Castel Children's grade colored pencils. These are great to start with since all the colors line up with their more expensive alternatives making it easy to transition to the more expensive when you can afford it. These are great for practice however if you want to avoid having your colors fading in the future you need to find something lightfast. Unfortunately there is no such thing as cheap lightfast pencil, you get what you pay for!
I hope this is helpful!
Your eyeshadow is sooo rosy and pretty 🌸
Your videos are so amazing
I wish I could draw like you
U r all artworks and tips are awesome 👏 love ❤️ from 🇮🇳 india🤗🤗
Omg I didn't know this method.Thank you Kristy
you are not just a art teacher you are a inspiration.. your all the tips are so beautiful and those works just at the point...i like you so much..❤
Thank you so much....!! I had learnt many things from..Thank you very much❤
Kristy you are a time saver
Woww. Amazing.. Thanks for sharing this 👍😀
Your work awe - inspiring !!
Hey!!!!.. I havent watched even half way through but i love watching kirsty's videos!!!! ❤️❤️
That’s great to hear 🥰