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Trying Oil Pastels For The First Time In 30 Years
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- เผยแพร่เมื่อ 25 มิ.ย. 2022
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"It was a traumatic experience, and my mind blocked it out."
There was PAIN in that line.
Poor Scott 😢
Can relate haha
;-;
we're currently doing oil pastels in my art class. my fingers are stained and my red color palette has PURPLE ON MY FOREHEAD
Honestly that’s me with charcoal. I shudder at each smudgy memory…
“I promise not to break them”
Proceeds to throw them over his shoulder
I thought this too, but you can actually hear that the case is empty when it hits the floor! ^^
@@asktokeatzen3689 yeah lol ik I just thought it was funny 🙌
The box sounds empty
The first time I tried it, the art work was actually my best one for that class
@@La_Foi idk how that’s related to my comment at all, but good for you that’s impressive 🤗
“Ah much better-AHH UGLY-OK all better” This is such a good quote 😂
Ikr lol 😂
XD
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.
Even the watercolor paper can work and you can sketch with a pencil or pencil colours
@@tseyazmutseyami1402 I didn't care to use watercolor paper for pastels
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 😅
I’m your first comment
And l agree
Same bro you get better at everything after you practice. It is not right to call something bad if you're not good at it. Practice it and it will automatically become good
I absolutely love them & especially how oily they feel etc . I don't know why he said waxy ? Because that sounds more like crayons
Completely agree! He needs to take the lessons learned in that short experiment and try again. Less ancient pastels may make a difference as well. I know they never "dry", but they do become brittle and less blendy over time.
"AH!! UGLY!!!!" That quote is gonna be something I'll remember for a while now lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣
😂😂😂
I'ma use that Everytime I see someone
I'll move to amarica and use it as my year book quote
@@Mo0sh_D0om I admire that
Same XD
When his 15 minutes quick sketch is better than ur whole career 💀
Damn... you must be super terrible lmao
Bro...fr and im a child😂😂
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
"AHH UGLY!" I have never related to a quote more
That is a phrase that every single artist has exclaimed at least once, haha
That's going to be suck my head for a while now
Me when I look in the mirror
Me every time I take a picture 😭
Him: I promise I won't break them
Also Him: *proceeds to throw them*
I wanted to comment the exact same thing lol
YOU COPPIED ME 🤬🤬
Im joking we just had the same thought
I think if you listen closely the box is empty
@@wendigobones5441 yep, the motion of throw also seem very light
The blending with oil pastels is the best part.
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 :>>
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!
Anyone know what type of paper that was?
@@cheryl-lynnmehring8606 Velvet fabric? That's one of the flat media options where the consistency of oil pastels is really useful.
Good oil pastels you can use on anything. I like Canson sand grain.
Same! We even put them in the school art show!
I'm sorry but I don't remember asking.
A wonderful example of different artists being talented in different mediums. I can’t do watercolor but I love oil pastels
Same bro
Me too watercolor seems very difficult to manage
@@ridhimajaiswal2193 yes
@@ridhimajaiswal2193 I have trouble because I’m impatient and it blends into a brown mess. Learning digital art really helped so I can do watercolor looking art. No dry time 😀
Honestly, he has talent anyway. It's just a matter of personal taste. Call me crazy, I loved the work he called "ugly" more than his regular "perfect" ones. Just question of taste.
Having the most faint pencils lines or just sketching with pastels is best. Oil pastels are extraordinarily forgiving and layerable.
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
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! 😊🖍
Thanks SO much! ♥
Also erase the the pencil enough where you can still see it
@@La_Foi I think a kneaded eraser would be good for that
@@ssavaart you can also use baby oil to blend it
@@La_Foi or use colored pencil for sketch.
“AH ugly!!”
hey now where’d you get that quote from? my sister?-
LOL
Yo mama
_😂😂_
@@hellohowareyou8396 _😳_
@@hellohowareyou8396 🫣
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 ❤
Oil pastels and watercolours are a pretty fun combo
"i promise not to break them"
Also 10+ seconds later: *Breaks one*
every single classmate in Elementary school:
R.I.P Bethany’s pastels at the end
Honestly, they are a nice medium when you're blending colors together with the pastells themselves, they mix together really well and you can produce wonderful pieces with them :) Takes a bit of learning and figuring out, but after some practice they're wonderful tools
I actually love oil pastels they are really nice to make sceneries with.
a tip i learned from my art teacher with oil pastels, go over the details loosely first, dont be focused on filling in the space for the first pass. the base colour, then the darks and lights. once you've done that loose first pass, you can start going over it more precisely! go over with the base colour again, but press down harder and fill in the gaps, then the shading, highlights, and details. also, be sure to erase the sketch enough that you can still see it but wont smudge it :P
oh also, better not to use your fingers to blend, let the pastels layer themselves into a blend
I think same applies for charcoal or sketching. First light then details
The finished product with the watercolors though omggggg the hair was so satisfying I loved it!
Try oil pastels and watercolours! The water and oil seperate and it looks pretty cool
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!
“Pencil sharper on the back of the box”
Me: wait what- I’ve never seen it-
it's only on the bigger boxes sadly
269th like
I had it but never knew was it did, regret throwing the box out now 🥲
In defense of oil pastels, I have the feeling you are trying them out in a way they were not meant to be used🤣
Very amusing short though...
Yeah, when using oil pastels to make people generally you do it on a large scale since they don't have a fine point lol
@@fusion2139 yeah or mix them with colored pencils/pens since you can pretty much just cover up the sides with those
I honestly prefer the portrait he made with oil pastels. Very Expressionistic.
Personally, I have the most fun using oil pastels for abstract ideas. Trying to execute precision based art projects with pastels can’t help but be messy. It’s the same for soft pastels too. The workflow is intuitive for certain types of projects, but you have less control which affects neatness. I definitely prefer other mediums, especially for portraits or landscapes with intricate details.
At school we use cottonballs dipped with baby oil then apply it to the finished oil pastel drawing. We do this so that no pigment would transfer to the hands.
Did you just do a light wash of baby oil over the whole work? Or were you more precise finishing blending with them? I’m curious if this could work as a fixative in a pinch?
Another thing is that different artists have different preferences! I honestly love to draw and doodle with pencil since I always have one. There are many amazing pieces made with different types of art!
“AGH! Ugly!” Got me 😂
My mom used to had color flannel graph backgrounds for children’s stories when I was younger. I remember watching her color with pastels. I miss her.
The “ahh ugly!” Was everything😆
They can be quite chaotic!! The actual point of using oil pastels is to let loose on your art and have more fun than intention, kind of like a pallet cleanser for whenever you get art block or get tired of drawing :)
I’ve been reading the comments and I think this is the most wholesome channel I’ve ever seen ever like you’re not only taking in tips from other people that comment on your video but you are also improving your own art style growing as an artist and as a person and sharing that journey along with us. Your humble and kind but also generous with your knowledge of art and as someone who did art in school but didn’t really do art outside of school. You give me motivation to just jump back into it for fun and not see it as anything other than Expression and fun
Honestly, I really enjoy using oil pastels. I took art in elementary school and my teacher taught me a lot about them. And i enjoy using them. My favorite medium.
Yes! For as long as I've been an artist, oil pastels have been my mortal enemy. Gorgeous palette cleanser tho!
your watercolor ending was everything
I prefer using oil sheets for oil pastels, much smoother application, and you can layer much more easily. Go dark to light like you would for oil colors and putting less pressure as you move forward with the layering helps. I hope this would be useful.
I love oil pastels. They can blend nicely with a blending stub.
We used oil pastels in my junior art class,now we focused on painting. Literally every thing that happened here happened to me
Bro I have a great experience with oil pastel it’s so easy just throw in a bunch of colors , smudge them and boom your painting in ready
I find oil pastels fun and they can actually look really good if you know how to use em.
Oil pastels make good landscape pictures as well
This one was really light hearted and funny 😂 thank you for posting
Absolutely My Pleasure ♥
oil pastels are just evil crayons!!! we both have had traumatic oil pastel experiences
I will also join in this traumatic reverie! I ruined so many doodles trying to use them when I was younger!
Read the comments and watch tutorials, and you can learn to use them better.
I reccomend using regular sketchbook paper for oil pastels, and when it comes to oil pastels it’s really about how much pressure you put into it and smearing it.
I felt like you were talking to me when you said “Sorry Bethany, already broke one!” 😂
Scott: Thank you Bethany. I promise not to break them.
Also Scott: Continues to throw the package behind him at the end of the video
There are a lot of really trash oil pastels out there, in this case it’s definitely more about the quality than you. They should not feel like crayons
I stand by Crayola's oil pastels. Trust me.
My mom used oil pastels as her main medium when she was into art, she has some really pretty pieces
I bought a dollar store set and did some pretty good florals, so I got an expensive set and couldn't seem to improve. They have gathered dust for a few years but now I'm ready to try again with the help of TH-cam!
i think that you’re supposed to lay down the pastels and blend into the paper with your finger
“But without the cool sharpener at the back”
Me: THE *WHAT?*
@Ryder Hernandez N O
I love your art but..
This video makes me happy in a way because I just KNOW I'm more skilled at using oil pastels than a professional artist.
I've been using these for a long time so yeah
I love the oil pastel art
Me drawing anything: “AH UGLY *throws sketch book across the room* ok~better”
"Ahh! Ugly!" -Scott Cristian Sava
Don't give up on pastels they are wonderful!!! It's just a different technique but can make beautiful art
personally I recommend sennelier oil pastels, not for the boogie ass reason of using expensive art supplies but because u can rlly begin to feel the true nature of oil pastels. they r creamy and pasty, colors blend seamlessly with each other and you can use oil paint mediums with your oil pastels too, since they are technically a type of oil paint. u can use them on other surfaces such as gessoboard, or wood or even cold watercolor paper (for those who love water-based mediums). it's rlly a great medium, the cheaper brands just don't do the medium any justice.
I've just started using sennelier pastels and the difference is night and day. definitely the better ones out there.
Ya I always call oil pastels adult crayons 🤣.
No offense to anyone who uses them
Amazing! I volunteer my profile picture if you want to draw it ✏ I like to draw and paint too. I find it really fun and interesting
You need to draw flowers with oil pastel or a moonlit Ocean. they look amazing!
You still did better than my art right now as a oil pastel artist (i never tried doing portraits though i only draw scenery or objects)
"Crayons for adults"
Me being a 12yo having a set of 50 : 💀
I'm confused 😵💫
I personally really like using oil pastels I always buy some for kids because they don’t cost as much and they usually have a kind a plastic thing around them (idk how to describe it) so they don’t break so easily :)
The oil pastel itself looked good. It's just that the proportion was off in the oil pastel one whereas the proportion in your watercolor paint one was fine. It's probably because you're more comfortable with watercolors but honestly your video just made me want to try oil pastels for professional drawings now. I rarely ever used oil pastels also, like you. Love the channel. Your work is perfect
I took an oil painting class and the professor taught me that you can use linseed oil with oil pastels and the oil helps blend, smooth, and thin out the pastels.
This guy is so cheerful its great. Thanks for the great content👍
I use oil pastels fairly often, they're pretty easy to use, which is why art teachers usually recommend them to students from ages 5 to 11.
The key is to mix the pastel by coloring with more force than by using your hands. Watercolor paper probably wasn't the best choice for using them haha since they're mainly used for creating a more or less flat layer on paper.
I found oil pastels really fun. You can press hard to blend them or press lightly and use paper, q tips or other materials. My mind can't really process how your drawing went so wrong!
Oil pastels are a different animal from all the other mediums. There are artists who do great portraits with them; ofcourse, the artists are aware that this medium has its own strength and weakness.
I really sugest you to try soft pastels, soft pastels are more like chalks than crayons and have a technique pretty similar to the watercolors you use, I guess. Only that instead of using water you have to use your own hands, then you can blend the colors super easy making layers. Only thing, you have to use the right paper for soft pastels so the pigment can stick properly, otherwise you'll end up having to use A LOT of paint fixative.
I'm using this technique for college, being taught by my mom, and I'm in love with it.
In Philippines, oil pastels are the medium every student use for poster making. Even until now! Like, there's no exception and me, even though I drew, I also have an incompatibility with oil pastels, so I never tried joining on every poster making contest. I just admire my schoolmates' art using that medium.
As someone who started their art career with oil pastels, I would say you are NOT supposed to blend them with your fingers , rather use some tissues or cotton cloth (that's not dyed).
If you want to blend the colours I would suggest don't layer too many of them in one place. If you HAVE to layer the colours, don't blend them.
This is all based on my knowledge of oil pastels and experience with them. Make sure to have fun playing around with them. Love from India.
These are what we always used on school art class projects, i never had any idea how to use them
tips (i’m not the best at oil pastels): Normally when you use oil pastels it’s easier to sketch with said oil pastel so it doesn’t smudge. also, do press hard! it helps get the colour down
As a person that use mainly oil pastels for my art I always draw something once or twice before being satisfied 😊
I love your attitude.
oil pastels are great for sunset scenes and blending stuff like that. great for drawing blob shape that needs to be blended, you tried to draw a specific shape, which is probably insanely hard to make it look like not a nightmare.
Oil pastels can match into any types of paper. I always uses oil pastel since kindergarten :)
To achieve maximum effect of oil pastels, generally I use either a pastel paper or a rough gessoed surface where I press really hard on the pastel
It’s kinda like watercolors where you work light to dark, as well as blending with other colors, you can use a pallete knife to scrape any unwanted color off too. Maybe a landscape would be an easier start?
Uuufff I m really disappointed that it didn’t work out with you. It’s really easy to use thm. I have been using oil pastels from long time, I really love painting with it. Smooth n easy to blend.
I low how you mix very vibrant colors to make a like brown-black shade its really cool 😃
In my experience pastels is used for larger sketch because its hard to focus on small details using it and you have to color it really hard in order for it to stick. Blending it is way smoother than crayon, but if you want it way smoother use "oil" pastels.
Smudging technique is cool and all, but I think pastels should be pressed hard for you to see the vibrant look, and your hand should be in pain once you're done.
Glad you tried out the baby oil tip! 😆
I find using tissues to smidge the oil pastels makes it go a lot further and it looks more vibrant
Use turps to blend them and even combine them with watercolour to get the resist effect :)
I felt the same about oil pastels before I found that you can use linseed oil with a Qtip or brush for blending. It works similar to a thick watercolor pencil & you can use odorless turpentine with a Qtip to make corrections. I love working with all kinds of media especially oil painting & watercolor & ink. Before I came across your videos I never thought to use color pencils on watercolor along with ink. You inspire me daily! I love your art, my faves are your Umbrella 🌂 Academy & Long hair art books. 🎨
Each time I see this guy, I wonder how I'll draw and paint when I'm older. I'm just 17 years old and I'm excited about the process of drawing thought my life! I wanna be old and compare my drawings, I anna draw and make art all life!
Thanks for being so inspiring ☆
Rough bogus paper works really well with this material!! I would check it out if you ever use them again.
When you said “AH UGLY” AT THE END I WAS CRACKING UP INSIDE 🤣🤣🤣🤣
I remember using these in elementary school.Most art lessons these were absolutely out of this world HELL to use. The school used to buy cheap oil pastels which broke and smudged every time you did the lightest dot on the paper
Good old days...
I love how the more videos you make the more your personality comes out!
I love oil pastels. There’s a big difference between brands, not only in quality, but also in how they are best used. Some are great for sketching, some for under painting, some for texture, some for blending, some for detail….
what do you think about craypass and pentel oil pastels? thanks!
@@kimcarig714 I think oil pastels are very individual taste. Each person has to decide if they want a buttery pastel, or a more dry pastel, etc.. I really like all the Mungyo pastels in part because they are not terribly expensive so I'm not afraid to use them boldly--I'm not saving them for a brilliant moment that may never come-- yet they behave like a quality pastel.
@@cIvy726 I see. I haven't try the mungyo oil pastel but I have the mungyo soft pastel and it's great also.
Do you also like smooth texture like vellum board for your oil pastels?
@@kimcarig714 I think I should say, after saying Lindsay liked Pentel well enough, that BlackBeans, a very good pastel artist, does not, and both mentioned smell. So, there's that. Everyone seems to like Mungyo. I have had the Mungyo Gallery (artist grade) oil pastels, and the regular soft pastels for many years. I'm always happy with them. I have just ordered Mungyo oil pastels (blue box, student grade) but the reviews on TH-cam show a pastel that simply doesn't blend well. Mungyo Gallery blends beautifully, so I would recommend that over the blue box, but the student grade is very inexpensive, more waxy and limited in terms of blending and layering. The student grade has a lot of texture, so if you like that they are great. Also, apparently, they work well on black paper. Mungyo gallery is soft, blendable, layerable, gorgeous... but more expensive.
@@kimcarig714 I had to come back to say that I do NOT recommend the Mungyo Student grade pastels (blue box) BUT I do recommend Mungyo Gallery oil pastels. Pastels that do not blend will make you believe you do not like working with pastels, and the student pastels don't blend well. Pastels that are soft, blend, layer nicely etc., like Mungyo GALLERY, will give you a much better sense of whether or not this is a medium for you. You might also consider looking at reviews for the new Mont Marte pastels. They are new, I think, and an Australian company. They are quite inexpensive - comparable to the Mungyo student pastels in price - but are getting really good reviews in terms of softness and blendability. I think they are probably worth a gamble. Look at the reviews and see what you think. Ok, I'm done now! ;0)