How to draw with Soft Pastel - A tree in the valley

This is a painting of a tree in the valley with soft pastel on Canson art board. This video here is to show how I made this painting and also step by step instruction will help others to learn how to draw and paint such landscape using soft pastel. I hope you will like this. Materials used: 6" x 8" Canson art board Rembrandt soft pastel Some pastel pencils A flat brush for underpainting Rubbing Alcohol (70% Isopropyl Alcohol) for underpainting Colors for Underpainting: Sky: Phthalo Blue Land Section 1: Brunt Umber, Cinnabar Green, Burnt Sienna Land Section 2: Deep Yellow, Burnt Sienna Land Section 3: Yellow Ochre, Burnt Sienna Land Section 4: Deep Yellow, Yellow Ochre Land Section 5: Light Red Oxide Tree: Deep Olive Green, Black Colors for Final Stage: Trunk: Black Pastel Pencil, Light Oxide Pastel Pencil and Light Yellow Left side leafs: Deep Cinnabar Green Right side leafs: Permanent Yellow Green Tree Edges: Olive Green Sky holes : Phthalo Blue, Yellow Ochre Grass: Permanent Yellow Green, Cinnabar Green, Permanent Deep Green, Light Yellow, Permanent Yellow Green, Light Red Oxide, Permanent Deep Green, Lemmon Yellow Land: Cinnabar Green Bush: Olive Green Flower: Lemon Yellow, Burnt Sienna Tree Line: Cinnabar Green, Blue Violet, Ultramarine Deep Blue Contact me: Email: [email protected] Facebook:   / bishnu.mal   Twitter:   / bishnu_mcharan   Google+: https://plus.google.com/1121145583993... Website: https://www.drawingstack.com Music courtesy of Kevin MacLeod (http://www.incompetech.com)