Follow Colin as he guides you through recreating this beautiful sunset using a small selection of pencils. For Beginners

What you will learn

How to Draw a Tree Landscape

The basics of using Pastel Pencils

The light to dark rule when layering Pastel Pencils

How to apply the techniques learnt to start their own animal portraits

Why take this course?

Would you like to be able to do draw pictures you can be proud of?

In this course you will learn techniques to be able to paint a beautiful tree sunset landscape. When you’re finished, you’ll have a picture you can be proud and maybe never thought you would be able to achieve!

How do I do it?

It all starts with Pastel Pencils.

In my 30+ Years of Experience I have found that Pastel Pencils is the by far the easiest art medium to pick up and learn.

When you have finished this course you will learn the basic skills around using Pastel Pencils to create amazing looking pet portraits.

What do I need?

Pastel Pencils

Pastel Pencils are a wonderful medium, they can be blended easily on top of each other and, because they’re in a pencil form, are very easy to use. This subject is classed at an “beginners” level. We have listed all the colours that you need below:

Faber-Castell PITT Pastel Pencils


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  • 102 cream
  • 149 bluish turquoise
  • 230 cold grey I
  • 170 may green
  • 165 juniper green
  • 186 terracotta
  • 118 scarlet red
  • 175 dark sepia

Pastel Paper

The paper I use is Sand Coloured PastelMat Pastel Paper (300gms thickness). This is a fantastic paper and can take a lot of layers.

It has a sand paper like texture to it which makes it more difficult to erase mistakes on but the results you can get are worth it. If you do not have this paper you can use your own pastel paper (UART 800 grit is a great alternative).

Outline Drawing

I provide you with a basic outline drawing for each picture. If you wish to use this, simply trace the outline to your paper using a graphite transfer sheet like tracedown (for dark grey paper you will benefit from using a white tracing sheet so you can see the outline more clearly).

Step by Step Instructions

I walk you through step by step with video instruction how to draw each stage. You’ll learn techniques behind drawing beautiful landscape pictures and create pictures you can be proud of.

Start Learning Today

With just a small amount of pencils you will see the AMAZING effects you can get.

Let your journey into drawing and painting pet portraits start here.

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