# Pekes in Pastels **URL:** \ **Category:** Share Your Art\ **Created:** [January 6, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542 "2020-01-06T17:51:54Z")\ **Posts on this page:** 17\ **Page:** 1
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 5:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/1 "2020-01-06T17:51:54Z")
A Christmas commission I did in November. I took the month of December off to doChristmas stuff, but now I am anxious to get back to my pencils. ![image](https://canada1.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/uploads/thevirtualinstructor/original/1X/41f5a068065fe471e429ad35005f04e86d6a5988.jpeg) ---
**Author:** ![RainFrances](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/r/a6a055/32.png) [@RainFrances](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/RainFrances)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 6:06pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/2 "2020-01-06T18:06:40Z")
How beautiful! 🙂 ---
**Author:** ![Ginny](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/ginny/32/94_2.png) [@Ginny](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Ginny)\ **Post date:** [January 6, 2020, 6:51pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/3 "2020-01-06T18:51:58Z")
Oh, I love it. Good job! ---
**Author:** ![sterlingsiam](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/sterlingsiam/32/30_2.png) [@sterlingsiam](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/sterlingsiam)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 2:33am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/4 "2020-01-07T02:33:39Z")
Adorable pooches. Great job! ---
**Author:** ![djboruah](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/djboruah/32/408_2.png) [@djboruah](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/djboruah)\ **Post date:** [January 7, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/5 "2020-01-07T14:02:28Z")
Waw. So nice and so cute. The softness of the fur is beautifully done. Great work. ---
**Author:** ![Denise](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/denise/32/40_2.png) [@Denise](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Denise)\ **Post date:** [January 16, 2020, 10:52pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/6 "2020-01-16T22:52:32Z")
This is fantastic! Congrats on your commission on this. ---
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [January 17, 2020, 12:14am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/7 "2020-01-17T00:14:50Z")
Thank you, I don’t get many commissions outside of pugs, so it’s fun and challenging when I do ---
**Author:** ![Cojax73](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/cojax73/32/589_2.png) [@Cojax73](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Cojax73)\ **Post date:** [February 26, 2020, 4:12pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/8 "2020-02-26T16:12:11Z")
I love it when the artist takes the time to make the subject as real as possible. You hit the nail on the head with this one! Thanks for posting it. Jack ---
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 3:23pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/9 "2020-04-23T15:23:42Z")
Hi Lori, Beautiful work!! Im just starting with Pastel Pencils, using Conte, which is supposed to be good quality. I’m very impressed with how dark the black is and how white the white is. I’ve been working on the Owl with pastel pencils and I’m having a problem with my colors being so intense. Do you have any tips on how you got that effect? Thanks so much, Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [April 23, 2020, 7:39pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/10 "2020-04-23T19:39:20Z")
Hi Brenda, Thank you. My pencil that I love for black is Stabilo CarbOthello, I use this and then for the darkest areas I use Rembrandt soft pastels. For white, I use the same, although I like the white in Pitt Pastel too. I also have Prismacolor Nupastels which work great too. I think the Rembrandt would work with any pencil. You can buy them by the stick, so if you don’t have them, you could just buy the black and try it. ---
**Author:** ![Grammy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/g/c89c15/32.png) [@Grammy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Grammy)\ **Post date:** [April 24, 2020, 5:28pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/11 "2020-04-24T17:28:30Z")
Thanks, Lori, I’ll try one of them, I think the Conte pastel pencils may be just too hard. Brenda ---
**Author:** ![Cojax73](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/cojax73/32/589_2.png) [@Cojax73](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Cojax73)\ **Post date:** [June 18, 2020, 5:49pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/12 "2020-06-18T17:49:13Z")
Lori, All of your artwork is suitable for framing! Great work done here. Jack ---
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [June 19, 2020, 12:57am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/13 "2020-06-19T00:57:40Z")
Thank you so much, Jack. ---
**Author:** ![jodygoldman](https://yyz2.discourse-cdn.com/flex030/user_avatar/community.thevirtualinstructor.com/jodygoldman/32/797_2.png) [@jodygoldman](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/jodygoldman)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2020, 8:02pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/14 "2020-06-21T20:02:14Z")
What do you like about these particular pencils ---
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [June 21, 2020, 8:45pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/15 "2020-06-21T20:45:26Z")
Hi Jody, I really love the color of the black in this pencil. You can add color or even as is, it doesn’t appear flat. The Rembrandt pastel is a nice tone of black that works well to darken recessed areas. I absolutely love the Rembrandt pastels, a lot less dust then other brands. ---
**Author:** ![batchy](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/b/45deac/32.png) [@batchy](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/batchy)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 4:15am UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/16 "2020-07-06T04:15:28Z")
Wonderful well done it looks like a photograph ---
**Author:** ![Lori51](https://avatars.discourse-cdn.com/v4/letter/l/d78d45/32.png) [@Lori51](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/u/Lori51)\ **Post date:** [July 6, 2020, 2:02pm UTC](https://community.thevirtualinstructor.com/t/pekes-in-pastels/542/17 "2020-07-06T14:02:21Z")
Thank you, Wayne, …