Blue Skies Smiling At Me (Magnolia tree in soft pastels)

Hi friends! We are finally starting to get some spring weather, and I was inspired to paint a lovely flowering tree in soft pastels.

You can find a real-time version of this soft pastel tree painting up in Critique Club now. You can enjoy this real-time tutorial along with 150 other real-time art lessons and monthly creative prompts and become part of a wonderful community of artist growing their skills all for $7.50 a month. You can watch the time-lapse of this project for free below.

Supplies (affiliate links used)

• Canson Mi-Tinets Touch paper (flannel gray)

• Pastel pencils (sharpener)

• NuPastels (hard soft pastels)

• Soft Pastels (beginner recommendation)

• My favorite soft pastels: Schminke and Sennelier

• Krylon workable fixative

• Reference photo

If you want more soft pastel content, you might also like my Soft Pastel for Beginners Class. Happy crafting!