r/Oilpastel
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First pastel drawing vs now
It’s only been a few months but the difference supplies & a little time can make is wild
u/ThroatFlimsy2546 — 4 hours ago
First attempt at oil pastels + need advice
I had trouble blending the colors smoothly with my fingers, although it creates some interesting textures. Basically, when I rub with my finger, it seems to lift more pigment than it blends. Could this be related to the paper I’m using? It’s 160 gsm drawing paper.
u/Beneficial-Fuel9938 — 12 hours ago
First Attempt!
Just finished my first piece. Would love some feedback on what I should focus on moving forward! I used Mungyo pastels on orange construction paper.
u/Mundane-Safe-5640 — 1 day ago
Any recommendations?
I tried to practice my oil pastel drawing by using a photo as a reference (fun fact: I took this photo in Rügen, Germany). It's better than my first attempt at drawing with a reference, but I still think there are some problems. I would appreciate any recommendations.
I made this with mungyo 36 pastel box.
u/manamabaguette — 20 hours ago
First time using oil pastels since primary school, tried to paint an urban sketch in my style but didn’t manage.. how to make tiny details and smooth surfaces?
u/ArtChillTect — 18 hours ago
My first ever oil pastels landscape! And my 5th oil pastels work overall :)
Found an amazing video tutorial for this reference. Learnt a lot! And it made me order 4 colors of Sennelier pastels, results with them on the tutorial were just wow. Seems like Sennelier is much more oily than a Gallery one.
u/pm_magic — 16 hours ago
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Why use oil pastels to achieve oil painting effects?
As a hobbyist interested in dabbling in oil pastels or painting, there's something I've been curious about. I initially posted this as a comment somewhere but thought it might be better to make a thread and get insights.
Many beautiful pieces of oil pastel work here look like oil paintings and they seem to be achieved by techniques such as cutting off chunks to mix on a palette to be applied with brushes, melting pieces to mix or drip, using solvents and brushes, etc.
Don't get me wrong, I appreciate the artwork and seeing the many ways artists get creative with oil pastels and what the medium is capable of in their hands.
But also, I thought the primary benefits of oil pastels were supposed to be that they're much easier to use, easier to transport, and quicker and simpler medium than, say, oil paint.
If I were to go through so much trouble (I know artists don't see it as "trouble", I mean making the extra effort and managing tools like solvents, palettes, brushes, knives) to achieve that level of blending, details, and textures with oil pastels, wouldn't just using paint be simpler and also better at achieving the desired oil painting-like results? I've never painted in oils so genuinly curious. Are there unique advantages to using oil pastels this way over using paint?
u/Legal_lapis — 20 hours ago
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Bag End
My take on Bag End for my husband’s birthday coming up. I’m really quite happy with this as I’ve not done a lot of art until a couple of months ago.
My issue is perspective. Does anyone have any tips of how to work on being able to draw/paint things from a different perspective? The house part is my least favourite part of this drawing and I have no idea how to make it seem more side on, if that makes sense.
Any tips appreciated!
u/mpage27 — 2 hours ago
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Eucalypt bark patterns in colours
Actually kinda love this piece, planning on doing a set
u/Any-Dig9495 — 17 hours ago
Day 91 of the Silly Art Chronicles
I made this yesterday before sleeping but it was 4am. As I made this after finishing my insane amount of work.
I tried something different and not my comfort zone in Oil pastels.
I usually love landscapes but in painting mediums.
Hope I have done a decent job
u/Flat_Task_2930 — 1 day ago
Second attempt oil pastel painting
This is so far my favorite. And even though I'm not experienced, this was surprisingly easy (followed a tutorial).
Don't mind my chipped nail polish 😭
u/confused-biologist — 1 day ago
new favourite medium
these were made with artists loft oil pastels, i stupidly decided to splurge on sakura cray and i regret it bc they’re so hard. 🥲
u/weedfat — 2 days ago