how to draw portrait in pastel drawing of george clooney

[bentleysportraits]

the outline was with a pastel pencil brown i think

[therockladyfl]

Bentley

why did you start with a light base? All other artists seems to start with a mid then go dark, then light. Different style?

Are you using Pastelmat?

[bentleysportraits]

@therockladyfl

thanks for the question i started of doing water color and as you know with water color you have to go light to dark so i just carried that process over to pastel.

plus it helps not to put to much dark down first because it can bleed or mix into your lighter areas but there are times when i put light over dark ..like highlights in hair

[taudreee567]

awesome!

[ArtistMc1]

Very nice!!

[Mickeym1a2n3]

Excellent! you should be really proud of your self! Thanks for posting your work

[bentleysportraits]

@Mickeym1a2n3

thanks mickeym your comment was very kind thanks again!

[alice10160]

@bentleysportraits Pretty good for a black man.:)

[AJtubacranker]

great drawing! and i love the song can i get the name of it?

[kvin6565]

music is always by nude dimensions 2 album lisa shaw vocals

check out there albums very good lounge stuff.

thanks kev

[MJGVFan]

Wow! You did very good on that portrait Sir! I'm just beginning to learn doing pastel portrait right now. All I do is just charcoal portraits, but now I'm taking it to another level (pastel).

[bentleysportraits]

thanx mjgv.. but yea give it a try!

[MyArtIsLoved731]

@MJGVFan Lol don't XD. If ur still on charcoal, use color pencils. Then use pastels. That makes the system easier. But this was a month ago so..

[RFL0ki]

Im really good when it comes to charcoal, but im an amature at pastel so could anyone please tell me wat is that pencil looking thing hes using

[kvin6565]

it's a pastel pencil rfloki which i use for fine details

thanks

kev

[RFL0ki]

k thx

[KnockoffNigeI]

I've been having a bash at the pastels I'm having trouble with detail though. I've noticed a flat on the tip of the paste helps a bit other wise I've found doing it really big is a solution. Have you got tips you'd like to share with a beginner?

[the430movie]

Same thing here! I really never took lessons, its just practice, and desire to do it, and also tips and things i picked up along the way, now i do it where i live. It takes time.... The only thing is, that no one will sit for more than 25 min... I get them done about that time give or take 10 min, but usually its about 25 to 30 min. I also have to do caricatures, and some wood sculpting to accomodate... I wish the bucks where better though.

[kvin6565]

yea i know what you mean evening movie guy lol

if someone does want to sit awhile thats time and cost more ... but then you have people who don't want to spend more than 25.00 for a detailed portrait lol .

then your like sorry it's not gonna happen .

[talt42]

that was amazing. I just started working with pastels about a month ago, and i hope I can get to this level with portraits :)

-Lindsey

[ChasyShinizzle]

Wow, never saw a pastel drawing looking THAT good! Really great, your technique is great and so unique.

[elainelungyeelee]

Hi kevin ,i really love art like you .i am very very young and i think your protrait is amazing and i can see you use lot of tone and i am sure you 're a pro.when i grow up i must buy your protrait! =0=you 're just great

[bentleysportraits]

thank you that's very kind elaine your very kind!

kevin

[blueguitar77]

i love it, did u take drawing classes??

i would like to draw portraits, but that seems so difficult

keep doing more vids, and if u can some tutorials ^_^

Congrats and good luck

[bentleysportraits]

no i never took lessons i've just always been able to draw

thanks

kev

[blueguitar77]

could u do me a big big BIGG favor??

i wanna give a try doing a portrait, but

could u give me a picture to start

i have drawn before but never a portrait.

i would be very thankful.

thanx

[AtomicUs5000]

awesome!

[bentleysportraits]

thanx atomic thats very kind of you!

kevin.

[sweetkittensarah21]

drawing portraits needs special skill or what? is there any rules to make it perfect i tried to draw it but ...not as it is:(

[QueenBArtist]

WOW, I wish I can do that. I am not very good at portraits.

[bentleysportraits]

thanx queen it just takes a little practice I'm still learning myself lol

kevin

[jllobet]

awesome, you are very good. Which pastel brand do you use for your portraits?

[bentleysportraits]

thanx jill as far as pastels i use what ever i can get my hands on ... I don't use the expensive one much lol oops that didn't seem pro did it!

thanx

kevin

[WingTsunvlado]

very useful video for me tbh, and nice job :) thanks

[bentleysportraits]

thanx wing for your comment

[playlist110229]

What kind of pastel do u use? Oil, chalk or soft? because your pastel seems to blend so easily and im thinking it is chalk.

[bentleysportraits]

it"s soft pastel i use pretty much what ever i can get my hands on colors like black,variations of browns cream,and pinks,and blue and red i buy individual sticks because i use those colors the most i use the same colors on black or white people just different degrees

[bentleysportraits]

yes it's soft pastel

thanx

kevin

[jobrosrokmysocks]

did you use a paint brush at one point?

[bentleysportraits]

no i used my fingers

thanks kev

[bentleysportraits]

no used a pastel pencil for fine point area

thanks

kev

[gibmichel]

i love your works ...im 15 and im learning pastel.

[Gununggede]

Very good, super.

[portraUK]

Very interesting to watch your working process, great work!

[bentleysportraits]

this was drawn with pastels on pastel board .

like your work !

[artistajunior]

what material did you use?

[bentleysportraits]

Hey be cool thanks for your viewing my video hope your day is going well,

I wish the quality was better on this video but hopefully better next time.

I think I know the pastel set you bought it will probably be best to get a set that has at least 12 or more pastel. then what i do is buy individual pastel sticks as I need them in the colors I use the most like browns ,white cream and pink I use the same colors on black or white people just different degrees ( see next post)

[bentleysportraits]

depending on there skin complexion

as our skin is no one color.

as far as paper it makes a HUGE difference

pastel needs to be on a surface that will hold the pastel to layer colors i use mostly velour because it has a vibrant look.

in nthe video i'm using pastel board which has a sanded surface which eats a lot of pastel but pastel work very well on it. most people use canton paper which has a slight tooth on one side and smooth on the other.

[bentleysportraits]

as far as pencils i use them to do detail with eyes ,mouth and so on because pastel sticks are to thick.

i buy the pencils in colors, again that i use the most different browns ,white, black and so fourth. remember our skin is no one color of brown or pink but many under lying colors.

as far as pricing pencils and sticks are under 4.00 individually i don't know wrer you live i live in nashville tenn. i go to jerry's artaramma.

on line i go to mister art or dakota art i hope i helped

[bentleysportraits]

feel free to ask any other questions i'll answerer the best i can

thanks and take care

kevin bentley

[carltonbcool]

i just bought pastels today. the ones i bought were only 5$ and they were like peices of chalk. not like pencils. i suck with the ones i got. perhaps if i got some pencil pastels. im good wit charcoal and pencil. i can draw lifelike portraits. does the paper you draw on make a diffrence with pastels.  i just used regular paper. i really want to be able to do lifelike portraits with pastels. any advice would be helpful. how much did your pencils cost.

[bentleysportraits]

on this one i did not i was actually to lazy to because of trying to film it and all.

but mostly when I'm in a dark area and it starts to get over in to a light area i don;t necessarily want it to go I'll use the spray to hold that area

[pyramiaou]

Thanks for sharing this, very interesting to see how you developed it. Are you applying fixative on the successive layers all the way through? You have smudged in so many layers to get the skin tone - I'm intrigued! I will be doing more pastels soon I hope.