Uploaded June 2026 | Updated September 2026, 2 weeks ago

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Morgan Weistling demonstrates a pastel portrait and explains how accurate drawing comes from observation, measuring, value relationships, and simplifying forms into abstract shapes.


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The 4 Types of Edges in Painting - youtu.be/zpSlGmbUB08?si=7-EaqKFRbPdOdi_S


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CHAPTERS:
00:00 - Intro
01:12 - Getting Started
03:00 - Stage 1 - Establishing Proportion
15:12 - Question 1 (Starting Over)
17:57 - Question 2 (Working Inside Out)
21:10 - Question 3 (Drawing from Imagination)
23:34 - Question 4 (Warm vs Cool)
26:32 - Question 5 (Thinking Abstractly)
30:42 - Stage 2 - Finding Values
34:35 - Question 6 (High Chroma Pastels)
36:07 - Outro


CREDITS:
Artist | Instructor -
Producer - Stan Prokopenko (http://stanprokopenko.com), Sean Ramsey, Charlie Nicholson (instagram.com/shloogorgh/)
Production Assistance - Charlie Nicholson, Patrick Bosworth (https://patrickdavidbosworth.com), Stephen Clark (https://peppermintgentleman.com), Hongju Lim
Editing - Hongju Lim, Charlie Nicholson, Sean Ramsey
Publishing - John Birchall, Alex Otis

Music by Epidemic Sound

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