Animals with Pastels (Udemy.com)
Learn how to draw animals with pastels.
Created by: Matthew Fussell
Last updated March 2021
What you will learn
- The basic materials, tools, and surfaces for working with pastels.
- How different drawing surfaces play a major role in your success.
- How to plan out your sketches and ensure accuracy in your drawings.
- How to draw a cat with pastels and pastel pencils.
- How to layer pastels to create realistic colors and textures.
- How to draw a dog with pastels and pastel pencils.
- The differences between oil pastels and traditional soft pastels.
- How to plan a composition to make it more engaging for the viewer.
- How to draw a Macaw parrot with pastels and pastel pencils.
- How to develop details with pastel pencils.
- How to draw a cow with oil pastels.
- How to achieve a painterly look with oil pastels.
How it compares
Against the other 194 rated Udemy courses in Drawing on CourseDuck:
- Rating4.8 out of 5higher than 85% of them
- Reviews106#152 of 195 by number of reviews
- Length4.1 hoursshorter than 57% of them
- Last updatedMarch 2021earlier than 56% of them
Course Description
In this course, we take a look at drawing four different animals with pastels and pastel pencils. Each in-depth lesson series demonstrates and explains every step of the process. Learn how to master pastel techniques while exploring the subject of animals. See why this medium is perfectly suited for this subject.
The course is designed to expose the learner to a variety of animals as well as surfaces and techniques.
In the first series of lessons, we take a look at drawing a cat with soft pastels and pastel pencils on PastelMat paper. The second series features a drawing of a dog with pastels and pastel pencils on green pastel paper. After this, we explore drawing a tropical bird on pastel board with soft pastels and pastel pencils. And lastly, we draw a cow in a field with oil pastels.
This course is clearly a video course. But not all of us prefer to learn from watching videos. Some of us prefer to learn from books as well as videos, so ebooks are included as well. This course has been developed to accelerate learning by teaching to many different learning styles. Each course module includes an illustrated ebook that corresponds with the video. Every step and concept is clearly illustrated and described in each ebook.
Instructor Details
- 4.8 Rating
106 Reviews
Matthew Fussell
Hi, I am an illustrator and educator. As the founder and instructor at TheVirtualInstructor (website), I am able to help thousands of people all over the world realize their dreams of creating quality art. My illustrations have been featured in numerous publications and my work can be found in many private collections. Although I am an illustrator, my true passion in life is teaching. I have been teaching for over ten years and I am lucky to have helped so many people achieve their goals of creating art.
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Reviews
By Paul Doughty on 6/4/2025
Matthew explains the process quite clearly without getting caught up in the desire to exactly reproduce his strokes and use of pastel
By Tatiana K on 5/18/2025
Great course! Excellent explanation of all the necessary techniques working with pastel and oil pastel, very thought-through choice of subjects to draw. Cannot recommend the instructor enough - thank you so much for your courses!
By Kathy Ann Murchison on 4/18/2025
Really loved this course. Clear and concise instructions on materials and techniques. Looking forward to another class with this instructor!
By Robyn Shepherd on 2/9/2025
A good explanation of applying depth to the colours. However, I am having problems adding fine detail over layers of colour.
By Ida Hatter on 1/25/2024
I am self taught. I like using pastel pencils and love drawing my golden retriever. I am going to venture I to using pastels as an underpinning. Thanks Matt. I have enjoyed several of your courses.
By Pamela Morse on 7/2/2023
I had a difficult time getting the white daisies over the darker greens at then end. I am frustrated with how it turned out, but I did enjoy the learning experience overall. I like Matt's teaching style.
By Melanie McGahon on 3/14/2023
I have found all of Matt's courses highly instructive whilst challenging me. I have applied much of what I have learnt on my own projects and found that the knowledge and confidence gained in a new medium has resulted in some great pictures.
By Nicolette Bohn on 9/16/2022
Ein sehr schöner Kurs, der viele INformationen vermittelt An informativ Course, which transfers a lot of Information, great done Matthew!!
By Chris E. on 12/28/2021
Matt is very talented but I did not feel that I could not create a nice drawing. His is pleasant, patient and encouraging.
By Val on 4/25/2021
Finding it very interesting
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