Do pastel pencils blend easily? Faber Castell and Caran D'Ache Pastels

Do you want to know if pastel pencils blend and smudge easily? I'll show you how pastel pencils can be smudge with hands, blended together with the pencils and how they are different to soft pastels in the way they blend.

Discover more about pastel pencils with my online art classes that are for total beginners all the way to advanced artists!
https://app.gumroad.com/emilyrosefineart

I'll show you how pastel pencils blend differently to soft pastels too!
I'll also share my secret for NOT SMUDGING your pastel drawing as you work - life saver!

I'm using Faber Castell and Caran D'Ache pastel pencils in this demo and I'm drawing on the sand coloured Calirefontaine pastelmat board. I also use some Unison soft pastels to show how easily they can be blended in comparison to pastel pencils!

Intro - 0:00
The pencils - 0:16
How to smudge a pencil easily - 0:50
How to blend two pastel pencils together - 1:55
Caran D'Ache pastel pencil smudging - 2:42
Caran D'ache pastel pencil blending together - 3:19
Soft pastel smudging 4:03
How to prevent pastel pencils from smudging - 5:05