I’ve been having a play with my new pastel pencils and I wanted to show you what they do and what I’ve been thinking of them. I’ve ordered several more brands and will be testing them when they come in and I’ll let you know but for now I’m loving these! If you’d like to check out Emma’s patreon you can do so
Derwent do pastel pencils and I’ve been hoping to try them! I wonder if you’d like those ones? I love the Color of that green sketchbook do you still know where it’s from? Loving these updates 💚
I love using soft pastels (well, anything I can smush, really) and the portability of these pencils feels like the best of all worlds. Thanks so much for sharing your experience with them!
Hi Sandi. I'm a new follower. I have REALLY been enjoying your videos! Have you tried CarbOthello pastel pencils by Stabilo? They are awesome! They blend really well with water. The best I've seen. Love your stuff. Thanks for doing what ya do! Rose
Rose, welcome! Sooooo glad you've been enjoying the videos 🙌. I've heard good things about that brand and I'm really hoping I ordered some of them - I'll have to go check
I was so impressed by your vlog yesterday that I ended up ordering several tubes of the Turner gouache and a few of the Pitt pastels as well as some of the CarbOthello pencils. I feel sure that whenever there’s a run on supplies at Blick, et al they refer to it as “The Sandi Hester Effect”.
Lovely Sandi. You always take a material and make it your own. Personally, I love the Conte pastel pencils. I feel like they go down so SMOOTH, like butter as far as pastel pencils go, and I have tested several brands. But I’ll be curious to see what you think!
I love the birds!!! Thanks for the review of the Pitt Pastel pencils(that’s a tongue twister). I have a couple of them that I haven’t played with much. When I heard the scratchiness on the paper and the results you are getting I had to get them out and go sketch!! Thanks Sandi.
I love the mix of all the materials too Jason and when I'm outside i use soft pastels a lot - they're so versatile!
looks like fun, thanks Sandi !!
you bet!
They look wonderful Sandi. How do you stop them smudging in the sketchbook?
Just put a piece of paper between the pages
Love 🤩 especially the diversity of effects you can get with them!
thank you!
Derwent do pastel pencils and I’ve been hoping to try them! I wonder if you’d like those ones? I love the Color of that green sketchbook do you still know where it’s from? Loving these updates 💚
I ordered some of the Derewent ones. Handbook journal is the sketchbook. I'll have a link for it in tomorrow youtube video if that's helpful
Looking forward to it! Thankyou for replying :)
Loved the last two spreads!!
thank you!
I love using soft pastels (well, anything I can smush, really) and the portability of these pencils feels like the best of all worlds. Thanks so much for sharing your experience with them!
I agree about the smushing!
Hi Sandi. I'm a new follower. I have REALLY been enjoying your videos! Have you tried CarbOthello pastel pencils by Stabilo? They are awesome! They blend really well with water. The best I've seen. Love your stuff. Thanks for doing what ya do! Rose
Rose, welcome! Sooooo glad you've been enjoying the videos 🙌. I've heard good things about that brand and I'm really hoping I ordered some of them - I'll have to go check
I was so impressed by your vlog yesterday that I ended up ordering several tubes of the Turner gouache and a few of the Pitt pastels as well as some of the CarbOthello pencils. I feel sure that whenever there’s a run on supplies at Blick, et al they refer to it as “The Sandi Hester Effect”.
that's funny Lesleigh!
Haha!
Love these! It was so much fun today! I have a long way to go to loosen up 😬
PS I was able to watch this with no glitches 😍
so glad there weren't any glitches and yes - today was fun!
Love love the foxes!
thank you!
OMG 😱 they’re gorgeous! Love the Colors and 🦊 and 🦅 🐦
Thanks for the update. I was stuck and I feel like I have a little push in the behind to get me going again.
so glad this was a nice push for you!
Lovely Sandi. You always take a material and make it your own. Personally, I love the Conte pastel pencils. I feel like they go down so SMOOTH, like butter as far as pastel pencils go, and I have tested several brands. But I’ll be curious to see what you think!
Hmmm, I hope I bought some of those!
I just went to buy some of those and was trying while sitting in my car waiting for an appointment. Say you were on. Thanks !! I like them too so far.
so glad you like them!
Thank you Sandi! I love how you create birds and trees.
I think I will get my fingers all dirty by experimenting with soft pastels.
have fun with dirty fingers!
I love the birds!!! Thanks for the review of the Pitt Pastel pencils(that’s a tongue twister). I have a couple of them that I haven’t played with much. When I heard the scratchiness on the paper and the results you are getting I had to get them out and go sketch!! Thanks Sandi.
I thought the scratch sound would bother me but I actually love it 😂