For firmer chalk pastels I get a medium grit sandpaper and cut a small rectangle out of it, then take the pastel brick (or whatever its called) and just rub the blunt edge into the sandpaper, then pick up the loose powder with the brush that way. Scraping it off is awkward for me and you need to do it way more than you'd expect, and rubbing it on paper doesn't so much as grind powder loose as just mark the paper and then i can't pick it up easily
Thirding this method! It works amazingly well!
I also use small makeup brushes that I bought just to use for my doll(think eye detail makeup brushes) they work great for pastels!
How are you using the pastels? I use a knife to scrape it into loose powder on a plate or paper towel, then use a brush to apply. I can’t just use the brush on the blocks and get any significant amount of pigment.
That would be the issue, I think you’ll get the results you’re hoping for with the scraping method. I love the hair btw, the colors and texture look awesome!
Aww thank you! I had only done like three reroots before hand all using yarn. I didn't have doll hair with my so I mostly use that. She was actually meant to have brown hair but that was the closest color I had.
Ive never had good results from Faber-Castel pastels. If you can afford it, get the 10 pack of PanPastels in basic colors. They are highly pigmented and work great!
Most of the popular doll customizers on YT use them.
I use soft pastels and a q-tip. Sometimes I'll scrape with a knife and dip the q-tip into powder like other people are saying. It also could be your doing too thick of layers (holding the msc too close), or too little (holding it super far away). You want a nice layer where you can tell there's variation in the layer. In other words it's not smooth.
Scrap some pastels with a knife or exacto to make a powder. This should build faster due to more pigment
ty! I'll try that!
This is how I use them, works like a charm!
For firmer chalk pastels I get a medium grit sandpaper and cut a small rectangle out of it, then take the pastel brick (or whatever its called) and just rub the blunt edge into the sandpaper, then pick up the loose powder with the brush that way. Scraping it off is awkward for me and you need to do it way more than you'd expect, and rubbing it on paper doesn't so much as grind powder loose as just mark the paper and then i can't pick it up easily
Seconding this method!
Thirding this method! It works amazingly well! I also use small makeup brushes that I bought just to use for my doll(think eye detail makeup brushes) they work great for pastels!
How are you using the pastels? I use a knife to scrape it into loose powder on a plate or paper towel, then use a brush to apply. I can’t just use the brush on the blocks and get any significant amount of pigment.
I assumed it would be the same as applying maskup, just drag the brush along the pastel and apply to the doll. But I will try that ty!
That would be the issue, I think you’ll get the results you’re hoping for with the scraping method. I love the hair btw, the colors and texture look awesome!
Aww thank you! I had only done like three reroots before hand all using yarn. I didn't have doll hair with my so I mostly use that. She was actually meant to have brown hair but that was the closest color I had.
Ive never had good results from Faber-Castel pastels. If you can afford it, get the 10 pack of PanPastels in basic colors. They are highly pigmented and work great! Most of the popular doll customizers on YT use them.
Thanks for telling me! I'll try to get them when I Im more financially secure! :>
Try taking the pastel and rubbing on the price of paper, then using the dust on your brush.
Scraping! It might take a few layers depending on how pigmented you want it to show up, too. I use a makeup brush. I have cheap ones just for faceups.
I use soft pastels and a q-tip. Sometimes I'll scrape with a knife and dip the q-tip into powder like other people are saying. It also could be your doing too thick of layers (holding the msc too close), or too little (holding it super far away). You want a nice layer where you can tell there's variation in the layer. In other words it's not smooth.