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    The 6 BEST techniques using OIL PASTEL [for beginners]

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    If you want to learn more techniques and process, I would highly recommend the book ‘ Drawing and Painting, Materials and …

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    6. Luke Daniel Galon on

      I thinking of watching this since i want to improve my drawing with oil pastel it looks merely beginner stuff when i first used it
      Like its crayons
      Also the last part i would say it’s reverse scaffepito

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    10. Xiolee on

      I got some oil pastels and was wondering how to use them in different ways. so much fun making ocean waves but wished I had seen this video beforehand love that baby oil tip. <3

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    14. Jarlsoars on

      The last example is basically a trace monotype technique. I like drawing this way but I prefer to coat tissue paper with a fine layer of oil pastel(like a carbon copy sheet). The thinner the paper the finer the lines. Aluminum foil, plastic bags and tracing paper have nice effects too. It's tricky to get a nice even coat of pastel onto such thin paper, but with some effort it can be done…so the resulting lines transferred to paper aren't so 'clumpy' looking. Drawn lines can be rubbed or smeared once traced/transferred for tonal or softening effects. If you don't like the clumpy lines look you can either scrape the excess off with an x-acto knife or use masking tape to lift the excess off the paper. I like to use a ball point pen to draw onto the tissue paper which can achieve some surprisingly fine lines onto your paper.

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    16. Kerry Curson on

      Love this! Thank you. I bought some oil pastels recently with great images in my mind. Only to find that it looked like crayon! So I’m looking forward to playing with these techniques 😊

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    17. Viis on

      I just got a huge amount of oil pastels from a former college of my mother and tried using them. I have the problem that they smudge a lot and that sometimes ruins the art work.
      Any advice regarding that?

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    18. Jean Proctor on

      I've literally had some oil pastels arrive today (in the August 2022 ScrawlrBox, which I subscribe to). I've never used them before, so I thought I'd see what I could find online as pointers and this video of yours came up Tom. I've subscribed and also really enjoyed watching what you did here. I loved the tip on using turps as a thinner and I'm going to give it a go with probably jojoba oil to see how it goes with that (I know it's not turps, but it's also a lot less stinky 😂). I'm actually really looking forward to seeing how I can manipulate the pastels now too! It was also really nice to see another left-handed artist. I do think there seems to be more left-handed artists making art and sharing tips on here and I think that all the other artists I follow are, at least to what I can remember, anyway! Thank you for the tips you've shown here, you've helped to fire my imagination.

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    26. Noreen Pitts on

      I live about 3 hours away from Monterey and am pretty sure I've walked on that beach. Love your painting of it. Thanks for the tips! Looking forward to playing around with them a bit. 🙂

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    28. Howling Wind on

      Thank you for making this video, there's not a lot on YouTube about oil pastels, they're a wonderful medium and should be elevated to beyond naive painting or children's painting, Oil pastels are much more than a crayon. Even a child's wax crayon can produce some wonderful results.

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    34. Marcy Beaupied on

      Love this! Thank you for validating oil pastels! They are one of my favorite mediums and often get dismissed as a legitimate fine art medium. Will share this video with my students.

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    48. Fran M. K. on

      Very cool and inspirational. I'm going to experiment with baby oil, oil pastels and oil based colored pencils today. It is a messy medium though. I was leaving black marks wherever I walked and realized I had a piece of black crayon stuck on my shoe😂

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