Painting a Day Demonstration - Cow by Roberta "Roby" Baer, PSA

We were recently on a photo shoot and came across this awesome dairy in Northern California. Because we will be attending the Red Bluff Bull and Gelding Sale, I wanted to paint something to take along. I couldn't resist #1207 as my subject for a couple of reasons: This is Pearl Harbor Day and my dad is a Pearl Harbor survivor and it is also the wedding anniversary of my dear friend in Cape Town, South Africa.

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• Pastel
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[jenruchito76]

great Art Work ! Amazing , i have 2 questions .. in what time you finish this cow ? and second , I have prismacolors , what kind of paper Board yo recommend me  to paint with my pencil colors ? Thanks ..and I Love cows and Horses !

[robertarobybaer]

@jenruchito76 Hello and thank you! This is my small painting series, they take me around 2-3 days working several hours a day. I use CarbOthello pastel pencils because to me.... the prismacolors are waxie and a little more difficult to blend and layer. I'm not knocking them I just prefer the pastell pencils myself! My paper is Bristol Board 500 cold press which is a nice board or rag illistration board. I just show what I feel are the important parts on the video as the rest is repetitive.

[turelsut1]

An other very good work

[robertarobybaer]

@turelsut1 Thank you very much!!

[CHloE748]

your artwork is AMAZING!!! i subbed. do you copy the outline of the pic?

[robertarobybaer]

@CHloE748 Hello! Thanks for your nice comment! I do a pre drawing with graphite pencil, all hand done using reference photos, no copying. I use Bristol Board 500 cold press paper.

[robertarobybaer]

Hi Lynda! You're welcome for the posting but the thanks are for you for posting your your wonderful comment, makes my day!

[madlynda]

truly amazing, i love all your animal drawings, but this cow has to be my favorite,

thank you for posting,

lynda.

[robertarobybaer]

Thank you Decoy Dude! Keep going with the pastels, it does take some time to settle in but well worth the effort!

[TheDecoyDude]

awesome work! i just started my first pastel, quite frankly it's harder than it looks but the more vids i watch, the more i get pastel. thanks for this one as well as all the others~TheDecoyDude