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Get good results with the cheapest oil pastels- My tips and tricks!
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 18 ก.พ. 2023
- Come into my snowy, Northwoods studio with me and learn my tips and tips to using Pentel oil pastels successfully! I'm still learning oil pastels, but as soon as I started treating them more like I would colored pencils they suddenly started to work for me! I hope my tips help you too!
Happy creating!
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My everyday art supplies and the equipment I use for filming as well as my art printer will be listed below today's supplies!
Pentel Oil Pastels: amzn.to/3DRkZ1N
Strathmore Pastel Paper: amzn.to/3x7Be6Z
My every day supplies:
Oil Painting:
Michael Harding oil paints (my favorite oil paints- the best of the best):
Six tube set: amzn.to/40vYN6Z
Ten tube set: amzn.to/3lcjVz2
Gamblin oil paints (my runner up paint and a little cheaper):
Nine tube set: amzn.to/3wY67e8
Winsor and Newton Winton oil paint (Best inexpensive but good quality paint for beginners):
Ten tube set: amzn.to/3JKEXPq
Liquin (thinning medium and speeds drying):
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Liquin for fine details:
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Liquin Impasto medium (for thicker texture):
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Gamsol (oderless paint thinner and cleaner):
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Pastel:
My favorite pastel surface is ClaireFontaine PastelMat:
Amazon: amzn.to/3iWcRWx
Blick Art Materials: shrsl.com/3w5on
Stabilo CarbOthello Pastel Pencils:
Amazon(set of 60): amzn.to/3wooZmq
Blick Art Materials (sets and individual pencils): shrsl.com/3w5ph
Panpastels:
Amazon (the set of 20 that I own): amzn.to/3R1cYN1
Blick Art Materials (individual pans): shrsl.com/3w5p0
Faber-Castell Pitt Pastel pencils:
Amazon(set of 60): amzn.to/3QWOF2M
Blick Art Materials (sets and individual pencils): shrsl.com/3w5pa
Stick pastels:
Prismacolor Nupastels (set of 36):
amzn.to/3JM9E74
Mungyo (good for beginners and cheap!):
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Watercolor:
Daniel Smith Watercolors:
amzn.to/3JQm91v
Arches Hot Press Paper:
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Pen and ink:
Favorite ink- Dr. Ph. Martin’s Bombay India ink:
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Favorite Dip Pen:
amzn.to/3jEiCso
Favorite fine liners- Sakura Pigma Microns:
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Favorite paper for ink Drawing- Strathmore 500 Series Bristol Smooth:
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My fine art printer- Canon Pixma Pro 200: amzn.to/3XFK2vG
My filming equipment:
Overhead filming set up for my phone: amzn.to/3Z3AAnb
My Camera- Canon Rebel EOS SL3: amzn.to/3XG58Kk
Alternate lens: amzn.to/3YFTv7M
My voice over microphone: amzn.to/3Ixgtbz
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Oil pastels are a tricky medium to work with! You are doing a great job with them!
Yes they are! Thank you so much for the encouraging comment!
Really beautiful, saw this on your 'shorts' and finally got a chance to watch the full video, it's lovely. Thanks for sharing!
Thank you for leaving such an encouraging comment!❤❤
So pretty! You are absolutely amazing and talented! ❤
Thank you! That is so kind of you to say!❤
Beautiful!
I rub my finger over the tape a few times it does help to loosen the sticky stuff a bit and pull the tape away from the painting
I know you're still at the stage of familiarising yourself with oil pastels, but I have to say this piece turned out so well that you're already starting to look as if your mastery of the new medium is pretty much fully established. I've never dome pastels and it's possible I never shall ... ... but ... the results you're achieving with this unbelievably cheap Pentel set are really tempting me to splash out $8.29 (!) just to have a play with them. Thanks for sharing the video with us all - it was an enjoyable 11 minutes.
Well thank you so much! That is one of the kindest things someone has said to me in a long time! Thank you for being so encouraging! And for the price, you can't really go wrong with the Pentels! Even if you hate them, it's such a minimal investment for 50 colors! It's a great way to try oil pastels!
This is stunning.😃
Thank you so much!
This girl gives Laura Ingalls vibes, she's lovely. Try sticking the masking tape on your jeans/clothes before putting it on your paper, it makes it slightly less sticky. Also I've seen pulling the tape off at an angle instead of straight down helps. 😊 Looking forward to more oil pastel work.
Thanks for the tips! I appreciate it! I'm looking forward to doing more Oil pastel too!
Although you say you have less details in this... I think its just perfect! I'll never get a face like this with this giant things😏.. I discovered you also since a couple of weeks😊, Im jealous of the unboxing specially the Blick things, in Holland we dont have that big stores,, I was in 2012 in the US, in the south.. something with cars(corvettes) and music(Elvis and country🤗) so in Atlanta was a Micheals.. I was so hit by lightning... that I came out with...nothing... to overwhelmed with such and so many craft materials, I hope I can go one more time there..to make new memories.. its no1 on my bucketlist...🍀🙏❤... Im sorry!!.. Im rattling🤭🤭... I wish that I could live there🤭, I know that you have health issues... I do too😢....but girl!! You made your work out of your passion... you are still lucky!! And you make such beautifull art, and hey! You make realistic drawings.. its a gift! Cherish it!! Go girl go!!❤ a big🫂from The Netherlands!🥰🤗
Thank you so much for all your kind and encouraging comments! They mean so much to me! I think if I ever got a chance to go into Blick in person I also would come out with nothing because I would be too overwhelmed!😂 maybe someday we will both get to go shopping in an art store and actually get to buy something! Thank you so much for watching my videos!❤ I really appreciate it!
Hi! Try using linseed oil or even baby oil to play with blending, with the oil pastel, or using the rubber end "brushes" ☀️
Thanks for the tip! I appreciate it!
Hullo Amy, Zest it is just a citrus based spirits. I like the Chelsea Lavender brush cleaner, it might be better. Chelsea has mediums too for oil paints, that are not toxic like Turpentine and OMS! I am striving to get more impressionist too! One of the reasons I have gone into soft pastels. I want to get less tight in my watercolors as well. Just keep working and you will find the medium that will get you where you want to be! I decided years ago that I will NOT CARE if I am considered a mixed media Artist. I am an Artist and that should be good enough.
You can use a heat source to remove tape from pastels, if your paper starts to tear just stop and go get a heat gun or hair dryer and blow it away from the surface or angle it from the center towards your taped edge and pull as it warms up. good luck!
I was afraid the heat would melt the oil pastels! So good tip, thanks! I won't be afraid next time. I don't care if I'm mixed media as well. I'm going to do what makes me happy and if it makes me less successful, oh well. I'm not chasing success. Life is too short to chase something that probably won't make you happy in the long run anyway. Thank you for your thoughtful comments! I appreciate them!
The Caran d' Ache Neocolor II's are on sale for $1.59 a stick. I ordered all the ones I didn't already have this week as that is a great price.
Ooh! where??? If you let me know, I'll get some!
I highly recommend the mungyo gallery soft oil pastels. They are super cheap and they are night and day compared to the pentels. They smell a lot better too. Pentel feel very waxy to me, the mungyo are smooth, soft, and blend easily.
Thanks for the tip! The pentels smell awful! I thought maybe they would smell like oil paints but they don't at all! I'd really like to try the mungyo but I'm worried about the light fastness...
@@winterwoodsstudio Yeah, it is really frustrating that mungyo doesn't show their lightfastness but I've had a few pieces that have been up for about 3 years now and no fading. The pentels fade really quickly though so watch out for that.
@@meesespieces1510 I just assumed the Pentels weren't lightfast. Which is sad, because I liked how this one turned out. I plan to do lots more oil pastels and I won't be using the Pentels.😉
I really like how this looks. Thank you so much for sharing this and sharing what you’ve learned so far. I haven’t worked at all with oil pastels but I have heard from other artists here on TH-cam that the Mungyo Gallery and the Sennelier oil pastels are really good. It has to be the Gallery line though for the mungyo brand and they are in the less expensive category. However, the Sennelier are quite a bit more expensive. Just thought I’d pass that on in case you might want to add them to your list of ones to test and try out. Loving all the channel content. Can’t wait to see what’s next. Have a wonderful day. 😊
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave a comment and give me some recommendations! I've watched a lot of videos with people using the Mungyo Gallery but when I researched them, they aren't lightfast. I really do want to upgrade to some nicer oil pastels, but I'd like them to be lightfast. The Sennelier line is lightfast, but very soft and very expensive. I'm on the hunt right now for something in-between! When I find one, I'll do a new video! I am so glad you are enjoying my channel! 💓
Very pretty. You're so talented. To prevent the masking tape from tearing, stick it down onto your clothing (like your pants) a couple of times before framing your artwork with it, to take a little of the stickiness away. And actually, cheap, low stick masking tape or Washi tape can be easier to work with than the "artist's grade" masking tape.
Thank you so much for the tips! I will definitely try them!❤
How have I only just now found you? I can’t believe you don’t have more subscribers!
Have you checked out Sandi Hester? She has a journey and a some very in depth videos about loosening up your art. Plus she is just really cute and fun!
Another great oil pastelist is Rich Allen Bass.
I'm glad you found me too! I really only started posting on here six weeks ago. I had a couple videos I put up like two years ago and then nothing else until January. I love Sandi Hester! She is one of my favorites! I haven't checked out Rich Allen Bass yet so thank you so much for the recommendation! Thank you so much for taking the time to watch my video and leave a comment! I really appreciate it!
That was really fun to watch. You're so talented. I like the "dreamy" quality that you evoke. I've seen people use a hairdryer on tape as they tear it off - seems to work for them. Never tried it myself just mentioning it. I use Mungyo Gallery (as an amateur) b/c it's pretty economical for a good product, but I read in the comments you're only looking for lightfast which makes sense for a professional. I'd love to get the Sennellier's but I just can't justify the price for myself. Also thanks for sharing the tips.
Thank you so much for the kind comments! I really appreciate them! I just did another drawing on this same paper and used the hair dryer and it STILL ripped! (I do normally do the hair dryer tip.) I don't think I'm going to work on this paper again except for practices and sketches. I wasn't a fan of the honeycomb texture either. I wonder if anyone has actually done any lightfastness tests on the Mungyo? The brand hasn't as far as I can tell, but that doesn't mean other people haven't. I might have to do some myself!
This came out so lovely!! I am really enjoying your channel. You're doing such an excellent job so far! I can relate to everything you said in this video...I am a colored pencil and soft pastel artist, and I never thought about approaching the oil pastels the same way as I do colored pencils. Great tip. I like the Mungyo gallery oil pastels They are a nice balance between the Pentels (student grade and crumbly) and Senellier (expensive and very soft -- too soft in my opinion). You may also love the NeoColor 11 water soluble crayons, although you may have already tried them--I can't remember if you have. I also like the Canson XL sand grain paper for oil pastels. The Mungyo's blend well on them with a blending stump. Take care!
Thank you so much for all the tips! U have thought about the Mungyo oil pastels but I've heard they aren't light fast. I can't seem to find any info on the internet though. Do you know? And I have some of the canson sand grain paper in my cart now all ready for my next order! Thanks again!❤
@@winterwoodsstudio You're welcome. 🙂I have read some things that say the Mungyos are lightfast and some that say they aren't, so I really don't know for sure. I have seen some established oil pastel artists use them, though.
@@micheleyoung9292 Well, in the end, all we can do is make the best decision we can with the info we have at hand. I am still STRONGLY considering buying a set! They really look beautiful
Hi Amy, Try some Canson XL sand grain paper - it’s very inexpensive to practice on and is like a cheap pastelmat if you will. Zest it works fine with oil pastel but works no differently to the mona lisa oms you have so save yourself some money. For fine details, you can use prismacolour pencils and chinagraph pencils with oil pastels. Hope that helps. EDIT: No you don’t need OMS with Sennelier or even Gallery. Try blending your pentel with cotton ear buds and see how you go. You van always add a little baby oil on the buds.
Thank you so much for taking the time to leave me a comment and recommendations! I appreciate it so much! And I put the Canson sand grain paper in my cart as soon as you told me about it! Quick question, have you used the mungyo Galleries? I was thinking of buying them but I heard they aren't lightfast. I'd be interested in your opinion! Thanks again! 💓
@@winterwoodsstudio I have a set of the mungyo yes but I use them for underpainting, then I top off with Sennelier. The sennelier and the caran d’ache NEOPASTEL (not the caran d’ache neocolor) are the best two types of oil pastels imho. Expensive but worth it. You can buy single sticks of both brands so maybe try a couple of each before investing to see what you think. 🙂
@@Kyomiibrown Thank you so much! I just bought a very nice set of Sennelier soft pastels, and I am absolutely in love with them! I'm sure their oil pastels are just as lovely. And the Caran d'ache colored pencils are my favorite colored pencils. I'm sure I'd love their oil pastels as well. I might have to by a few as a trial and see! Thank you for your input!
@@winterwoodsstudio You’re welcome. Maybe get a white in both and a colour as white is used a lot with oil pastels. Sennelier are very soft, neopastels are harder but both are excellent. Looking forward to more videos :O)
Hi Amy, fantastic work for your second oil pastel drawing. To avoid tearing the paper, pull the tape at a 90 degree angle away from the art work. Love your channel. Take care. Liz
Thank you! I'm not sure if that would have prevented it on this paper? I normally am pretty good at not tearing paper but this one is very thin. I'm used to working on thicker paper. But then again, this paper is new to me so maybe it was my fault! Thank you for taking the time to leave a comment! I appreciate it!
Whatever you do don’t get a Paul Rubens oil pastels. They’re so inconsistent in formula.
uh oh! 😂😂😂