Drawing Lunatik21 - Drawing Tips Included

[Corrcreations]

What is everything you use?

[itBchrisP]

screw you for being so much better than me!!!! have a nice day lol

[shinkaito]

Did you use gray/blue for some parts of the skin?

[darkrevotion]

I enjoyed watchin ur art there. nicely dun.^_^ Congrats. I'm not gud at pastel, but I'd like to learn from ur doings there. ha.

[lusant2]

what are you using ?? and can you do a tutorial please cuz i suck at pickin skin colors

[TheWiggiy]

i use nupastels from prismacolor, those work well for me but i'd rather the pencils

[bringonthetrumpets20]

O.O amazing im subscribing

[Vaughany335]

That is awesome!!! Great job! Keep it up!! You're great!!

[ANOTHERWORLDKREATION]

thats amazing ahhh am jelous lol

i wish i kan draw like that man!

[becasmar]

taking the tape off is the funnest part :)

[pejeeshur]

would you please tell us what exactly are the media you used for doing this fantastis portrait? "pastel" i read but which one...oil? or chalk?

[dakosha]

This is great!! :)

please, put up real time tutorial

[Organization13rules]

O.O omg gosh !!! your amazing it actually looks like an photo

[oohmiigawshxx]

oh my dear god!! thats unbelievably good! i wish i could draw like that. u shud be an artist!

[davidandlisare2]

fantastic

[zlatkok333]

You have awesome skills. :) I'm looking forward to that tutorial you mentioned in the description. Keep up the good work! ^_^

Zlatko

[ReubinAlexander]

Thats my baby you drew! :D WHen I saw tis I nearly died, its such a beautiful piece of artwork of such a beautiful person.

[rockpaperstuuph]

Great work!

This inspired me to have a go at pastels. I'll stop by my art store when it isn't -30 outside.

:)

[gramshin]

simply amazing!

[louisanasquare]

great illustration.i love the details.did you use pastels as well on the background?(the part where you kinda smudged it.)

[ironcast12345]

should i get pastels or just stick with pencils and shading? i love ur drawings!

[WebkinzAngel14]

hey can u draw other things besides people

[Perroquet51]

Mesmerizing! I hadn't seen you on my front page in ages so came to see what was going on.

[wulfus512]

fantastic

[dunkje1]

shtup and leave your dark cold basement.

[davinciman04]

but i like it here

[SmecksDotCom]

dark cold basement = yucky gross spiders.

Get out now while you still can! :)

[berserkeranimal]

are you a professional cause you sure do draw like it

[SmecksDotCom]

Does professional slacker count?

Thanks for stopping by!

[schoolbusfan]

This is Omar Zaman.

I would like to say that you have great art talents. :)

[SmecksDotCom]

Hi Omar, this is Mary.

Thank you for the nice comment. :)

[schoolbusfan]

Mary

You are welcome.

[djarnexus]

can you give a list of the supplies you use, because i really want to do stuff like this (even the paper )

[Leafenheimer]

Holy shit? o__o

Beautiful.

[RedMilitant]

Fantastic work Smecks. Just recently came across your channel and its definately one of my favourites having seen it.

Iv learnt alot from your tutorials and I thank you very much for that.

Iv never used pencil pastels before, but im going to get some having seen your vids and give them a try.

Im curious to know Smecks, do you need to spray the finished work or anything to protect it? and is there special paper or anything that you use?

Thanks, RM.

[SmecksDotCom]

Hey RedMilitant :)

Thanks for the nice comments! I always spray my finished artwork with a Matte Fixative to keep it from smearing. As for paper, I usually use a medium tooth 90lb canson paper. You definintely want something that has some "teeth" to it.

[RedMilitant]

Cheers for the info smecks.

Iv actually tried using the pastels now, and boy do you make it look easy :D

I got the wrong paper for the job, its 120lbs, 200g/m^2, A3 'drawing paper'. Its the only thing I could find that I thought would be suitable.

There seems to be alot of white 'dots' between the pigment (as in its not filling in the gaps or something).

I have another question about pastels if you could help smecks. How do you blend fine detail? my fingers are just too big 4 d job.

[RedMilitant]

Iv tried using hair spray to fixate it having read about it on the internet. Surprisingly it works!, though with ever so slight changes in some of the dark tones.

but other than that, I guess its practice which gets the results in the end. the paper I got is a big let down though :( - and whether its the paper or using my finger for smudging thats the problem, fine detail is a real problem to do.

Thanks again Smecks. Your fantastic let me tell you!

[SmecksDotCom]

Sorry for taking so long to respond, i was entertaining family for most of July :)

First, the brand of pastels really does make a difference. I use Rembrandt pastels which are very 'silky smooth' and easy to blend (thanks to Cobi for that valuable tip).

Plus it is also really good to have a set of pastel pencils for fine detail work. When the bigger chalk-like pieces get used a bit, they get that dull/rounded edge and make it impossible to do any small details.

[SmecksDotCom]

Also... as far as blending, I use a blending stump for the fine detailed areas. For large areas I use my fingers or even sometimes a paper towel. Of course, i also end up with very colorful knees by the end of the drawing.

I'll try to put together a video on the different supplies and such that I use. I think that might help?

If you have any more questions, ask away!

[roastedmarshmellow]

WOW! :D

[loxic]

Waiting for mine =P

Btw ur website wont load on my laptop

[mikma]

MIKMA WAS HERE

[Lunatik21]

Yaaay!! Its finally done :D

I love it! I finally get to be drawn by Mary herself ^_^

Thank you sooo much for doing this *Huuuug*

Im so favoriting this and its being put as the featured video on my page ^_^

[DannyDiDon]

do you usualy use fixatiff on your work when ur done? because pastels should make it messy if its not protected :P

[SmecksDotCom]

Yes, most definitely. I use Grumbacher Matte Fixative... its the only brand my local art store carries, but seems to do a fine enough job.

[DannyDiDon]

oh ok :D

[Supernova336]

Very nice Mary! But a tutorial on sketching would be pretty nice...since I pretty much can't enlarge or make drawings smaller...I just kind of make the exact same picture ish...

Oh by the way, I edited the video, and i'm waiting for it to finish rendering so I can put it up on youtube. It really isn't all that great, but at least I can get some pointers!

[SmecksDotCom]

Yeah, I think a real time tutorial would be good to add ... hopefully I can sort out my lighting issues. I'm either too dark or too washed out. I don't know why I can't seem to find a happy middle ground again lately. *sigh* On a "brighter" note - I shall happily await your video :)

[Reija]

Is he a new user on the forum?

And amazing drawing as usual!

Hope that you'll draw me someday!

[SmecksDotCom]

He's been with me since the days o' the smecks forums and followed me over to flixray. You, Reija, are incredible and yes I will definitely do your picture - though i am going to have a bit of a lull in drawings for the next few weeks while I have company with me. Can you send me a picture through the flixray forums (ie private message)? That would be groovy. I have two others that I have promised to do, but will gladly put yours in the official "to-draw" mix :)

[trekfan92]

That is so awesom Mary. I love watching your drawings.

[SmecksDotCom]

Thank you my friend! I think I still owe you a private message reply but got caught up in this drawing. At least you get a break from my never ending rambling! :)