Trying Oil Pastels For The First Time In 30 Years

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[_streets]

"It was a traumatic experience, and my mind blocked it out."
There was PAIN in that line.

[kittyzoid]

Oil pastels definitely have a huge learning curve when it comes to not making your work look like a muddy mess. After a bit of trial and error, you can get some amazing pieces due to how well they blend together and even make some interesting textures by scraping away at them. Hope you give them another try sometime after this traumatic experience 😅

[Livery]

“Ah much better-AHH UGLY-OK all better” This is such a good quote 😂

[kero]

For pastels my go to technique is usually using a black piece of paper, actually! Then do the sketch lightly with a white pastel. Build up the colors/layer from lightest to darkest.

[ingridstockman]

“I promise not to break them”
Proceeds to throw them over his shoulder

[shannonlynn]

Try a smoother paper and do exactly what you do in your usual style with the black oil pastel and then add color after just like normally the black lines will blend smooth and solid once you put the color next to them unlike the pencil and push harder for opacity and easier blending. And follow the shapes that you want with your strokes like painting. I think you would be very good at this in your style because you're so strong in depth using color like the little highlights and hair's you could scratch in at the end. You got it boss! 😊🖍

[whitebacongaming]

When his 15 minutes quick sketch is better than ur whole career 💀

[bennyandthejets]

seeing an amazing artist such as yourself not always get the best results w certain medians is so encouraging to me bc i often feel like i’m not a real artist bc i haven’t mastered every median

[ducks_r_cool_]

We actually used oil pastels in my art class twice, and both times we used them on a velvet fabric and they came out really smooth and were a lot easier to blend!

[addybishop]

A wonderful example of different artists being talented in different mediums. I can’t do watercolor but I love oil pastels

[bugkd]

hi! i have almost no experience using oil pastels, but from what i know, try choosing a smoother paper to work on. you have to really layer and mix them to have a consistent final piece, so the texture in watercolour paper isn’t the best. the colours are really blendable(?) so the outlines can be worked out without a defined lineart, unlike brush pens or nankin. also, im sure you already know this but try watching artists that use oil pastels! all love to you, i love your content :>>

[uyrezkb]

The blending with oil pastels is the best part.

[indigotinted]

Him: I promise I won't break them
Also Him: *proceeds to throw them*

[__brim__]

"AH!! UGLY!!!!" That quote is gonna be something I'll remember for a while now lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

[Existential_Bread]

I like this because it shows that everything doesn't always work out in art and that's okay. His videos are so comforting to me ❤

[emilyg]

Having the most faint pencils lines or just sketching with pastels is best. Oil pastels are extraordinarily forgiving and layerable.

[thefandommaster]

"AHH UGLY!" I have never related to a quote more

[eggbagg]

“AH ugly!!”
hey now where’d you get that quote from? my sister?-

[messy_meXi]

Sketching with the color you will use for the outline (or mixing them if you want to) will help. Also, there are two types of pastels: hard and soft. The ones you used look like an in-between version, but soft ones are imo a pleasure to paint with. Not at all crayon-like. The effect you get is different from your style, it really blends a lot. Hope this helps!

[HerRoyalGayness]

I actually really love oil pastels! They’re difficult, but I really love the effect they give artwork and you can do some really cool stuff with them, but yeah they’re definitely a challenge