Thrifty Pastel Month 2024 - Week 1 - Fluffy

Hey there hey friends. Today we tackle the first prompt for Thrifty Pastel Month 2024. #thriftypastelmonth

I will be using oil pastels for the first composition, but you can use whatever you want to. The best thing is what you have.

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Art and video production: Ken Johnson
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[thethriftyapprentice]

Hey there friends. It’s time for our first prompt. Hopefully you are giving thrifty pastel month a try!

[TellitLikeItIs-sbdi]

This was soooo helpful! Amazing creation as always. You can use so many mediums so well. Proof that practice pays off. Thank you for sharing.

[diannedupuis]

This is so interesting. I’ve just invested in oil pastels so this is perfect timing!

[ivypearl]

Those Mont Marte "premium" oil pastels are fabulous. Their "signature" oils pastels - not so much. My favorite oil pastels are Mungyo Gallery, Soho Urban Artists, and the Mont Marte "premium". Great video. The Soho Urban Artists are super soft and pigmented. They remind me of Sennelier, but way less expensive.

[Cali_Flowers]

I've only really tried oil pastels a couple of times (at a walk-up activity table at an art festival, haha), but I thought they were really fun! I could not believe how quick they were to use. (Especially with soft pastels.) With other media, it is easy to get bogged down with drawing carefully first and dealing with water and whatnot, but with chunky pastels… it can be ready, set, 🏁🤗

[Cali_Flowers]

Thank-you for these great tips, Thrifty! A lot of this is new to me. And I never thought to try a color pencil right on top of oil pastel! 🤯 That black pencil looks really great!

I swatched my school-grade oil pastels and my first impression is that the white in my set does not layer very well and looks pretty transparent. So, after seeing your black pencil layer like a boss, maybe I can use the white color pencil to boost my white areas and highlights, too?

Do you happen to know if white pencil can go in-between layers of oil pastel, if I have a weak/transparent color? For instance…
dark color on the bottom, followed by white pencil, followed by transparent color on top?

I love your blues-blend in the sky and the reflections in the water. I am excited/nervous to try to make a picture, but you make it look easy! I am glad you gave us an example to copy, because sometimes that is the hardest part: Getting an idea and getting started! 🍁🦔

[tribalstyle]

You recommended the MM extra soft last year and I bought a pastel or muted set and loved it! I just bought a bunch of Sennelier during the Blick sale (ok a bunch is like 12 $25 worth-- not that many). But I also want to try the PR Haiya

[artandmusic]

I love your painting! I used masters touch mixed media sketchbook, but I'm going to get the canson mixed media.