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This is how i draw in pastels, its a bit different than what many people would say is right because i start with the darker colours first and go over the top with the lighter ones later. as u can see with the Tawny Frogmouth Nightjar on the left, its really dark and messy, not very pretty, also very grainy. i put all the different tones in each needed area which ends up looking really dark like that.

Then i go over the top with a pale blue with the middle Tawny. This smoothens it a bit but all the textures arnt showing as much but the colour does come thru. i try using colours either than grey which is the Tawny's natural colour because it gives it its own effect. i used pale blue and purple on the middle one, the speckles or spots near the neck r done in indigo.

The third and final Tawny looks nicer, alot cleaner and not grainy like the previous two. with this i use white conte (mainly ecause my white pastle is really small) which i use to highlight and smoothen the feathers. I come back with the dark colours after that because then they have pretty much gone paler, this brings out more detail but it willl make it grainy which is in need of more layering of other colours to blend with it so it dont look so messy. it may take a while to get it right, hope this was helpfull!!!

Keep in mind, with most art, like painting and drawing/colouring in, u do light first, i just found it easier doing the darks first with light over the top cos the pastle mixes differently from pencils or paint.

The only reason this became a tutorial was because i got bored after drawing the first head (which was the far right-hand one) and when i got to the second one i got sloppy and the third i lost all motivation. how a way to do a tutorial huh!!!

Description
This is how i draw in pastels, its a bit different than what many people would say is right because i start with the darker colours first and go over the top with the lighter ones later. as u can see with the Tawny Frogmouth Nightjar on the left, its really dark and messy, not very pretty, also very grainy. i put all the different tones in each needed area which ends up looking really dark like that.

Then i go over the top with a pale blue with the middle Tawny. This smoothens it a bit but all the textures arnt showing as much but the colour does come thru. i try using colours either than grey which is the Tawny's natural colour because it gives it its own effect. i used pale blue and purple on the middle one, the speckles or spots near the neck r done in indigo.

The third and final Tawny looks nicer, alot cleaner and not grainy like the previous two. with this i use white conte (mainly ecause my white pastle is really small) which i use to highlight and smoothen the feathers. I come back with the dark colours after that because then they have pretty much gone paler, this brings out more detail but it willl make it grainy which is in need of more layering of other colours to blend with it so it dont look so messy. it may take a while to get it right, hope this was helpfull!!!

Keep in mind, with most art, like painting and drawing/colouring in, u do light first, i just found it easier doing the darks first with light over the top cos the pastle mixes differently from pencils or paint.

The only reason this became a tutorial was because i got bored after drawing the first head (which was the far right-hand one) and when i got to the second one i got sloppy and the third i lost all motivation. how a way to do a tutorial huh!!!