I love this series because it constantly reminds me to go into my supplies and play with neglected goodies. This then makes me to evaluate the purchase, and keep or pass it on. Thanks, I think we all need this on a regular basis or we just became artist horders 🤣
Thanks for this! I am exploring oil pastels. Peter's Art in Berlin is a wonderful, family run shop. If you are ever in Berlin, they are worth a visit. So glad you found them! I am currently enjoying the Jaxon oil pastels (made by Mungyo in South Korea, equivalent to the Mungyo Gallery MOV artist grade sets) which come in very affordable sets (less than €20 for 48 colours) and are available open stock. I am still learning to use oil pastels, and wanted something not too expensive but good quality still. I was glad to see you combine oil pastels with watercolours, which I had not considered doing. Thanks for the inspiration!
Oil pastels are one of my favorite mediums, and has been since I was young. Like Crayola crayons, I would get a new box of oil pastels for Christmas. I haven't tried layering with watercolour, but I do use then like oil paint sticks with a touch of alkyd medium to help them dry completely. I also apply them like traditional soft pastels, without the need of the special boards or papers. Oil pastels are a convenient and responsive field sketching tool as well.
@@iritlandgraf Alkyd medium. Alkyd is a resin based medium that is solvent and oil soluble and typically used to modify oil paint to make them faster drying. Alkyds are dry to touch in a few hours, dry within a few days, and typically cured thoroughly within 7 to 10 days. Alkyd mediums come in a gel for (Lukas Painting Butter and Webber Res-n-Gel are my favorites), or as a clear to amber liquid. You can also get pre-mixed alkyd paints, but I find that problematic if you don't paint routinely. It doesn't take much exposure to start the hardening of the resin. For oil pastels, wax crayons, and oil sticks, I will either brush a thin coat of the medium on the support and draw into it, or lay the work flat and add a thin layer on top with a soft brush, and let capillary action draw the medium into the pastel. With the gel medium, it is more like painting, the gel medium gets mixed into the pastel with a painting knife or bristle brush either on the support or the palette.
@@iritlandgraf I have some oil pastel drawings that are years old and never fixed. It is a durable medium, but like wax crayons gets a bad rap as being a child's art material.
I just ADORE your flowers!! Peonies are my favorite flowers ever and most of your flowers have the big loose feel of peonies. Also love hearing about what gives you the feels!! 😊❤️
Irit, you are such an inspiration to me! I love how you try everything & are fearless. I am an oil painter who has fallen in love with watercolor and we both seem to love the pinks...thanks for how generous you are in your teaching & sharing. You crack me up a lot by fun things you say, plus you are such a joy to listen to & how sweet your laugh is!!💗
I agree with everything you have said 100% - except for being an oil painter (I am not). I cannot believe Irit doesn’t have ten-fold the number of subscribers. She will though - it’s only a matter of time.
Thank you Barbara! I really hope my channel will grow, of course also for my own benefit, but I really want to spread the joy of watercolors and freedom!! You're very sweet, thank you!
Peters Art is a great resource for Holbein products, I recently picked up some gouache. They also have the new Daniel Smith Master Sets in stock and you can find the Roman Szmal watercolors there. It is fun to see the stamp in action, I might pick it up in the future. Sennelier oil pastels are really soft, like a lipstick. The Caran d ache ones are good quality as well, I like oil pastels for mindless mark making. Cheaper brands don‘t have such a good color pay off. I tried the Paul Rubens oil pastels and they have pretty colors, they are really soft, but the pigment load isn’t as good as Sennelier/Caran d ache.
I am really loving this series!! I am new to watercolor and love getting ideas of things I can add to my paintings! I would be very interested in a follow up series where maybe you showcase a particular product that you decided to keep in a painting or tutorial. Thank you so much for all of the helpful tips! Your channel is by far my favorite!
I’m so excited u will do another order of your stamp set! I missed last one by 1 day🙁. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for next order. LOVE the little tube. Yours will be even cuter “sketchy”.
I loved the way oil pastel pushed away wet paint and looks beautiful. So glad you experimented with this. I have some nice pastels that don’t get much use. Thanks so much Irit!💕
Hi Irit- I’ve got a Tracy Lebenzon Wangi orange synthetic brush in medium with 1 inch long bristle in my shopping cart. This brush comes in 3 bristle sizes. May I ask which size bristle you recommend? No hurry with responding. Whenever it’s a good time for you. So exciting! Thanks so much for the discount!
Hey Susan, just for future reference, the best way to make sure your questions are answered are either to post a new comment or of course email me. I don't see when there are new responses to older comments unless I scroll down my comments feed, so most times I will sadly miss those. My Wangi brush has 4cm bristles, so around one and a half inches? The length combined with the slightly stiff bristles works really well for me. If you are in doubt just contact Tracy, he knows which brushes he sent me and is extremely helpful. Also, don't forget to use my code irit for 20% off!
I am sooo glad I found your channel! This video is exactly what I love about art, loose abstract mix media of oil pastels and watercolour. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this:)
Gotta say I love, love, love the stamp set you created! I even tried to order another set for a friend. They’re sold out. Not surprised. The stamps are delightful! Thank you! 💕
Another great video Irit....I have the Sennelier oil pastels and feel guilty that I’ve not used them yet....this week maybe? When you added them to the watercolour it was magical to see the way it pushed the watercolour away! You are so right about the gold pastel stick...beautiful!! Take care
Great video irit! The Jane Davenport colorsticks should be water-soluble. The reason they have that outer casing is because she was trying to mimic lipstick. The dramasticks are her version of wax pastels and they mimic eye liner or lip liner...not sure which but they are water resistant. The product line was called 'making faces' i believe. Personally i have the whole line but i never use it and im not sure why that is but thanks to you i might just reflect on it and figure out why! You never fail to inspire me, Irit! Im sending so much love your way! Lol go
I have recently gotten into oil pastels. I bought the same set of Sennelier that you have and also bought a small set of Shiva Oil Sticks, artist quality, that are simply traditional oil paint in a stick and are not like oil pastels and will dry more quickly than oil pastels. They are simply oils dried out enough to be molded into stick form but with some medium they are nice and buttery and vivid...very high quality. And now, more companies are making non-solvent thinners and mediums for oils as well as water mixable oils, that seem to be just as good as traditional oils.. The the swatches I’ve done with the oil pastels, I just sprayed a fixative to them and that seems to stop the sticky and soft surface, but for serious art that I would keep or sell, I would spray fix a couple or 3 layers and then also spray on a light lacquer. I also have Gelatos and Marabu gel sticks and some others that I bought when I was doing more just paper crafting. But I have to say, I recently did a beautiful layered background with just Gelatos and if I didn’t know, I’d think it was done with something “artist quality.” If Faber-Castell make a gel-based pastel that was also lightfast, they would have a huge hit on their hands. I also just bought a beautiful set of Paul Rubens and Mungyo oil pastel sets on Amazon. Paul Rubens is a Chinese company who make the well-regarded Paul Rubens watercolors, also said to be very good “artist quality” as is the same for Mungyo. Thanks Irit!
Thanks for sharing Nancy! I suspect oil paint sticks may work better for me than oil pastels, so may try them in the future. My issue with the ones I've seen is that the colors range is so much more limited than oil pastels, and I'm all about color! I'm familiar with Paul Rubens, have reviews some of their products on my channel but haven't tried the oil pastels.
I have Jane Davenport for art journals. I’m moving to give them to a family member because I bought white nights for myself. I have the sennelie and carn dash are on my wishlist. 🥰
Really adore your color choices! 😍 Always so inspiring and this video is so helpful as I’m curious about oil pastels 🙏🏽💖 But I did want to mention one thing about the Jane Davenport set in case you don’t know… be careful letting kiddos use them - EVERY product by Jane Davenport that I’ve looked into has a cancer warning 😐. Though I love Jane’s creativity & style, I got fed up with the CA Prop. 65 warning on everything, even things you wouldn’t think it would apply to 😕 She does say on her website that the warning is mostly there for the packaging of her products & not the products themselves, but to me this is kind of a grey area since the products touch the packaging for a long amount of time & I’m not sure how much of the chemicals leach into the product with heat (common with plastic) or in other ways . This is especially worrisome when you consider that companies aren’t required to disclose just how much of the chemicals are in something 🤦🏻♀️🙄. I’d just rather not have to worry about it, personally. I purchased several of her books but left the rest.
I used oil pastels just this morning...I created a piture with them, but if I were going to use pastels with watercolor I would usehank you...Hello Irit!
Glad to see your order came in time. Wondered if you were going to notice the stamp ^.^ It's for swatches. Stamp & swatch the color. As for the Sennelier pastels silicone modelling brushes may work. Have yet to use mine. Anyways, great video.
I totally agree with you on the higher quality products being the most fun. I don't mind playing around with less expesnive materials, there are actually quite a few that I like, but overall, there is a reason why artist grade is called artist grade. I am currently using the Mungyo Gallery extra soft oil pastels, which I really like and can recommend, and also a bunch of cheaper oil pastels like Jaxon, Faber Castell, an the Mungyo standard oil pastels. I want to get a set of Sennelier, and I have been wanting to get it for a while, but I keep forgetting about it, and when I do remember, the set that I want is always sold out. Someday I'm sure to remember it while it's in stock - hopefully. And I saw that they have a transparent blending stick, and I really want that one, I think that would be extremely useful. Also, I have seen on Amazon that Paul Rubens has a set of candy colored oil pastels, called Macaron Colors, and I think those look super nice. I actually thought about you when I saw those colors. I think oil pastels are great, I enjoy them a lot. I like using them on their own as well as combined with other mediums, mostly watercolors and colored pencils.
Yay, oil pastels! I love them so much. I haven't figured out how I want to mix them with watercolors yet, but I know I'm going to mix them at some point. I've only got the Mungyo Gallery oil pastels for now, they're much more affordable than Sennelier or Caran D'Ache - definitely more appropriate for the size of my wallet 😅 I'm going to get a white Sennelier one though, I've seen that one especially recommended a lot. I know they're significantly softer than the Mungyo ones, so I do wonder how they'll hold up come summer when my crazy apartment with no AC gets almost 30°C on a bad day. Might have to store them in the fridge or basement 😅 Also! There are pastel holders! I had the exact same issue as you and someone in the comments on a Frugal Crafter video (I think the big comparison on soft pastels) told me they exist and it kinda blew my mind. They're basically clutch pencils but for larger diameters. Jackson's has a bunch of different ones, but I haven't gotten any yet. So far I find I do pretty ok... For now... I'm sure that'll change quite drastically once I start peeling pack the paper wrappers though 😂
Thanks for sharing! I may look for those pastel holders, although I suspect there's no realistic way of avoiding getting dirty hands, so maybe I'll just go with the flow...
Beautiful 💗 I want to buy some sennelier oil pastels but if I use them in sketchbook do I have to use fixative?... I am undecided between sennelier oil pastels or neocolor 1
I wouldn't use any oil pastels in a sketchbook. For hard and soft pastels a fixative is necessary for sketchbooks but with oil pastels I'd stay away. They are thick and oily and I doubt they would work
Maybe student grade oil pastels? There are many that are a lot more waxy and harder than artists oil pastels, and I have used those in a sketchbook and then just put some baking paper between the pages afterwards. Maybe that would be something for your sketchbook? They are quite different from artist's oil pastels though, but maybe this would be kind of a good compromise if it's important to you that you can use them in a sketchbook.
Good afternoon, congratulations first of all for your inspiring channel. Could you recommend 5 or 6 colors of the Senelier pastel oil that are essential for you? Greetings from Spain
Hi! I answered on IG as well, I don't use oil pastels often so don't have essentials. I also don't believe there's such a thing as must have colors. Pick colors you love! Most basic I would say are white, transparent and gold if you like. I don't like dark colors so black is not essential for me, but may be for others.
Enjoyed your demos and I went to check out the store you mentioned, was going to order a few water colors but shipping to Portugal is 20€. A little to much in my opinion 😟
I’m curious if the oil pastels stay moist and how you would prevent them from transferring to another surface if you worked in a sketchbook with them...any idea?
I wouldn't use in a sketchbook. And they do stay moist, you can see even in art stores they are displayed open stock with no packaging so I guess the oily formulation works 😀
honestly I don't know what they are exactly. They are very creamy and soft. Since make this video I have moved away from such products to only using artist grade. Since I sell original artwork I cannot risk unknown ingredients in craft grade products. Hope that helps!
Oh dear, the 24 pkg comes in Landscape, Portrait, Still Life, and Savoir-Faire whatever that might be. Then, of course, there are the larger sizes leading up to the $300 set in a wooden box. I Can get a single one for about four to five bucks but the freight is six dollars which is getting too close to the 24 set. Ok, give or take about fifty bucks. Please tell me: NO!
I love this series because it constantly reminds me to go into my supplies and play with neglected goodies. This then makes me to evaluate the purchase, and keep or pass it on. Thanks, I think we all need this on a regular basis or we just became artist horders 🤣
I'm so glad you're enjoying, I'm also!
So fun to see that oil pastel reaction with the wet watercolor!!!
I know!
Thanks for this! I am exploring oil pastels. Peter's Art in Berlin is a wonderful, family run shop. If you are ever in Berlin, they are worth a visit. So glad you found them! I am currently enjoying the Jaxon oil pastels (made by Mungyo in South Korea, equivalent to the Mungyo Gallery MOV artist grade sets) which come in very affordable sets (less than €20 for 48 colours) and are available open stock. I am still learning to use oil pastels, and wanted something not too expensive but good quality still. I was glad to see you combine oil pastels with watercolours, which I had not considered doing. Thanks for the inspiration!
Glad you enjoyed! Peters art is fabulous indeed, their Holbein prices are unbeatable!
Oil pastels are one of my favorite mediums, and has been since I was young. Like Crayola crayons, I would get a new box of oil pastels for Christmas.
I haven't tried layering with watercolour, but I do use then like oil paint sticks with a touch of alkyd medium to help them dry completely. I also apply them like traditional soft pastels, without the need of the special boards or papers. Oil pastels are a convenient and responsive field sketching tool as well.
Interesting! Could you explain how you mix then with acrylic medium?
@@iritlandgraf Alkyd medium. Alkyd is a resin based medium that is solvent and oil soluble and typically used to modify oil paint to make them faster drying. Alkyds are dry to touch in a few hours, dry within a few days, and typically cured thoroughly within 7 to 10 days. Alkyd mediums come in a gel for (Lukas Painting Butter and Webber Res-n-Gel are my favorites), or as a clear to amber liquid. You can also get pre-mixed alkyd paints, but I find that problematic if you don't paint routinely. It doesn't take much exposure to start the hardening of the resin.
For oil pastels, wax crayons, and oil sticks, I will either brush a thin coat of the medium on the support and draw into it, or lay the work flat and add a thin layer on top with a soft brush, and let capillary action draw the medium into the pastel.
With the gel medium, it is more like painting, the gel medium gets mixed into the pastel with a painting knife or bristle brush either on the support or the palette.
Interesting! Thank you for sharing! I love oil pastels but don't use them as much as I would like because I struggle to cure/fix them. Thanks again!
@@iritlandgraf
I have some oil pastel drawings that are years old and never fixed. It is a durable medium, but like wax crayons gets a bad rap as being a child's art material.
I just ADORE your flowers!! Peonies are my favorite flowers ever and most of your flowers have the big loose feel of peonies. Also love hearing about what gives you the feels!! 😊❤️
Thank you, glad you enjoyed 😀
Irit, you are such an inspiration to me! I love how you try everything & are fearless. I am an oil painter who has fallen in love with watercolor and we both seem to love the pinks...thanks for how generous you are in your teaching & sharing. You crack me up a lot by fun things you say, plus you are such a joy to listen to & how sweet your laugh is!!💗
I agree with everything you have said 100% - except for being an oil painter (I am not). I cannot believe Irit doesn’t have ten-fold the number of subscribers. She will though - it’s only a matter of time.
Thank you so much for the kind words Cathleen, means a lot! I'm so happy you enjoy my videos!
Thank you Barbara! I really hope my channel will grow, of course also for my own benefit, but I really want to spread the joy of watercolors and freedom!! You're very sweet, thank you!
Peters Art is a great resource for Holbein products, I recently picked up some gouache. They also have the new Daniel Smith Master Sets in stock and you can find the Roman Szmal watercolors there.
It is fun to see the stamp in action, I might pick it up in the future.
Sennelier oil pastels are really soft, like a lipstick. The Caran d ache ones are good quality as well, I like oil pastels for mindless mark making. Cheaper brands don‘t have such a good color pay off.
I tried the Paul Rubens oil pastels and they have pretty colors, they are really soft, but the pigment load isn’t as good as Sennelier/Caran d ache.
Thanks for sharing ❤️❤️
I am really loving this series!! I am new to watercolor and love getting ideas of things I can add to my paintings! I would be very interested in a follow up series where maybe you showcase a particular product that you decided to keep in a painting or tutorial. Thank you so much for all of the helpful tips! Your channel is by far my favorite!
Thank you Meg for the kind words! So glad you're enjoying!
I’m so excited u will do another order of your stamp set! I missed last one by 1 day🙁. I’ll keep my eyes peeled for next order. LOVE the little tube. Yours will be even cuter “sketchy”.
Thanks Kim! Yes, I will be restocking soon and plan to add more designs, fun stuff coming! Don't forget to sign up for my newsletter!
I was squeeling over the darling little paint tube stamp. Adorbs!!!
I know!!
I loved the way oil pastel pushed away wet paint and looks beautiful. So glad you experimented with this. I have some nice pastels that don’t get much use. Thanks so much Irit!💕
My pleasure Susan ❤️❤️
Hi Irit- I’ve got a Tracy Lebenzon Wangi orange synthetic brush in medium with 1 inch long bristle in my shopping cart. This brush comes in 3 bristle sizes. May I ask which size bristle you recommend? No hurry with responding. Whenever it’s a good time for you.
So exciting! Thanks so much for the discount!
Hey Susan, just for future reference, the best way to make sure your questions are answered are either to post a new comment or of course email me. I don't see when there are new responses to older comments unless I scroll down my comments feed, so most times I will sadly miss those.
My Wangi brush has 4cm bristles, so around one and a half inches? The length combined with the slightly stiff bristles works really well for me. If you are in doubt just contact Tracy, he knows which brushes he sent me and is extremely helpful. Also, don't forget to use my code irit for 20% off!
That stamp is positively adorable!! The Jane Davenport sticks are also water soluble and behave a lot like gelatos, in my opinion.
I agree, don't love either one anymore...
I am sooo glad I found your channel! This video is exactly what I love about art, loose abstract mix media of oil pastels and watercolour. Looking forward to seeing more videos like this:)
Welcome!
Love this series of yours, super enjoyable and informative
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Helpful as I am “clearing” my supplies now. Timely!
Awesome!
Love this one..
Gotta say I love, love, love the stamp set you created! I even tried to order another set for a friend. They’re sold out. Not surprised. The stamps are delightful! Thank you! 💕
Thank you so much! I will do a restock at some point, and hopefully add a new set as well 😀
Thanks Irit!
I love this watercolor tube stamp. So cute!!!!
I know, right??
I will try wax pastels with my next watercolor painting... I like soft pastels also for extra color...They mix well with water...
Sounds great!
Another great video Irit....I have the Sennelier oil pastels and feel guilty that I’ve not used them yet....this week maybe? When you added them to the watercolour it was magical to see the way it pushed the watercolour away! You are so right about the gold pastel stick...beautiful!! Take care
Thank you Jeanette! You too ❤️❤️
Great video irit! The Jane Davenport colorsticks should be water-soluble. The reason they have that outer casing is because she was trying to mimic lipstick. The dramasticks are her version of wax pastels and they mimic eye liner or lip liner...not sure which but they are water resistant. The product line was called 'making faces' i believe. Personally i have the whole line but i never use it and im not sure why that is but thanks to you i might just reflect on it and figure out why! You never fail to inspire me, Irit! Im sending so much love your way! Lol go
Thank you so much ❤️❤️❤️
I have recently gotten into oil pastels. I bought the same set of Sennelier that you have and also bought a small set of Shiva Oil Sticks, artist quality, that are simply traditional oil paint in a stick and are not like oil pastels and will dry more quickly than oil pastels. They are simply oils dried out enough to be molded into stick form but with some medium they are nice and buttery and vivid...very high quality. And now, more companies are making non-solvent thinners and mediums for oils as well as water mixable oils, that seem to be just as good as traditional oils.. The the swatches I’ve done with the oil pastels, I just sprayed a fixative to them and that seems to stop the sticky and soft surface, but for serious art that I would keep or sell, I would spray fix a couple or 3 layers and then also spray on a light lacquer. I also have Gelatos and Marabu gel sticks and some others that I bought when I was doing more just paper crafting. But I have to say, I recently did a beautiful layered background with just Gelatos and if I didn’t know, I’d think it was done with something “artist quality.” If Faber-Castell make a gel-based pastel that was also lightfast, they would have a huge hit on their hands. I also just bought a beautiful set of Paul Rubens and Mungyo oil pastel sets on Amazon. Paul Rubens is a Chinese company who make the well-regarded Paul Rubens watercolors, also said to be very good “artist quality” as is the same for Mungyo. Thanks Irit!
Thanks for sharing Nancy! I suspect oil paint sticks may work better for me than oil pastels, so may try them in the future. My issue with the ones I've seen is that the colors range is so much more limited than oil pastels, and I'm all about color! I'm familiar with Paul Rubens, have reviews some of their products on my channel but haven't tried the oil pastels.
Very nice🤩👍I enjoyed your video.👏👏
Thanks!
I have Jane Davenport for art journals. I’m moving to give them to a family member because I bought white nights for myself. I have the sennelie and carn dash are on my wishlist. 🥰
Sounds great!
Really adore your color choices! 😍 Always so inspiring and this video is so helpful as I’m curious about oil pastels 🙏🏽💖
But I did want to mention one thing about the Jane Davenport set in case you don’t know… be careful letting kiddos use them - EVERY product by Jane Davenport that I’ve looked into has a cancer warning 😐. Though I love Jane’s creativity & style, I got fed up with the CA Prop. 65 warning on everything, even things you wouldn’t think it would apply to 😕
She does say on her website that the warning is mostly there for the packaging of her products & not the products themselves, but to me this is kind of a grey area since the products touch the packaging for a long amount of time & I’m not sure how much of the chemicals leach into the product with heat (common with plastic) or in other ways . This is especially worrisome when you consider that companies aren’t required to disclose just how much of the chemicals are in something 🤦🏻♀️🙄. I’d just rather not have to worry about it, personally. I purchased several of her books but left the rest.
I used oil pastels just this morning...I created a piture with them, but if I were going to use pastels with watercolor I would usehank you...Hello Irit!
Glad you enjoyed!
Glad to see your order came in time.
Wondered if you were going to notice the stamp ^.^ It's for swatches. Stamp & swatch the color.
As for the Sennelier pastels silicone modelling brushes may work.
Have yet to use mine.
Anyways, great video.
Thanks!
You can use the Neocolor crayons with the oil pastels ! They work well for adding details
Absolutely!
I totally agree with you on the higher quality products being the most fun. I don't mind playing around with less expesnive materials, there are actually quite a few that I like, but overall, there is a reason why artist grade is called artist grade.
I am currently using the Mungyo Gallery extra soft oil pastels, which I really like and can recommend, and also a bunch of cheaper oil pastels like Jaxon, Faber Castell, an the Mungyo standard oil pastels. I want to get a set of Sennelier, and I have been wanting to get it for a while, but I keep forgetting about it, and when I do remember, the set that I want is always sold out. Someday I'm sure to remember it while it's in stock - hopefully. And I saw that they have a transparent blending stick, and I really want that one, I think that would be extremely useful. Also, I have seen on Amazon that Paul Rubens has a set of candy colored oil pastels, called Macaron Colors, and I think those look super nice. I actually thought about you when I saw those colors.
I think oil pastels are great, I enjoy them a lot. I like using them on their own as well as combined with other mediums, mostly watercolors and colored pencils.
Thanks for sharing! That Paul Rubens set does sound lovely :)
now i need that stamp :P NEED
Agreed!
Very interesting! About the stamp: is the ink water resistant? before I try to get one shipped in Canada!!
I was just thinking I have to check but it would really dumb if it's not... Will update!
Yay, oil pastels! I love them so much. I haven't figured out how I want to mix them with watercolors yet, but I know I'm going to mix them at some point.
I've only got the Mungyo Gallery oil pastels for now, they're much more affordable than Sennelier or Caran D'Ache - definitely more appropriate for the size of my wallet 😅 I'm going to get a white Sennelier one though, I've seen that one especially recommended a lot. I know they're significantly softer than the Mungyo ones, so I do wonder how they'll hold up come summer when my crazy apartment with no AC gets almost 30°C on a bad day. Might have to store them in the fridge or basement 😅
Also! There are pastel holders! I had the exact same issue as you and someone in the comments on a Frugal Crafter video (I think the big comparison on soft pastels) told me they exist and it kinda blew my mind. They're basically clutch pencils but for larger diameters. Jackson's has a bunch of different ones, but I haven't gotten any yet. So far I find I do pretty ok... For now... I'm sure that'll change quite drastically once I start peeling pack the paper wrappers though 😂
Thanks for sharing! I may look for those pastel holders, although I suspect there's no realistic way of avoiding getting dirty hands, so maybe I'll just go with the flow...
Beautiful 💗 I want to buy some sennelier oil pastels but if I use them in sketchbook do I have to use fixative?... I am undecided between sennelier oil pastels or neocolor 1
I wouldn't use any oil pastels in a sketchbook. For hard and soft pastels a fixative is necessary for sketchbooks but with oil pastels I'd stay away. They are thick and oily and I doubt they would work
@@iritlandgraf Thanks Irit
Maybe student grade oil pastels? There are many that are a lot more waxy and harder than artists oil pastels, and I have used those in a sketchbook and then just put some baking paper between the pages afterwards. Maybe that would be something for your sketchbook? They are quite different from artist's oil pastels though, but maybe this would be kind of a good compromise if it's important to you that you can use them in a sketchbook.
Good afternoon, congratulations first of all for your inspiring channel.
Could you recommend 5 or 6 colors of the Senelier pastel oil that are essential for you?
Greetings from Spain
Hi! I answered on IG as well, I don't use oil pastels often so don't have essentials. I also don't believe there's such a thing as must have colors. Pick colors you love! Most basic I would say are white, transparent and gold if you like. I don't like dark colors so black is not essential for me, but may be for others.
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Lol don't worry, I will ❤️❤️❤️
Enjoyed your demos and I went to check out the store you mentioned, was going to order a few water colors but shipping to Portugal is 20€. A little to much in my opinion 😟
Yeah that is expensive. There's a good shop in Spain, I just don't like their website but it may work well for you! It's called Artemiranda.
Hey! Use an empty make up tube to hold your oil pastels - many different sizes too!
Thanks!
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You're welcome! Thanks for the donation! Very much appreciated!
Where did you buy your paint water holder with those 3 sections ? Seems way more useful than my two ceramic plant pots as water containers 😂
Jackson's, Link below the video 😀
I’m curious if the oil pastels stay moist and how you would prevent them from transferring to another surface if you worked in a sketchbook with them...any idea?
I wouldn't use in a sketchbook. And they do stay moist, you can see even in art stores they are displayed open stock with no packaging so I guess the oily formulation works 😀
What is the name of that blue you used Center of flower?
I'll check and let you know!
IT's 227 Royal blue by Sennelier :)
@@iritlandgraf thanks so much. 👍
Jane Davenport are pastels?
honestly I don't know what they are exactly. They are very creamy and soft. Since make this video I have moved away from such products to only using artist grade. Since I sell original artwork I cannot risk unknown ingredients in craft grade products. Hope that helps!
I don't use oil pastels at all. But I think.. I have some cheap ones laying around.
Time to play 😀
את יודעת שבמקור החותמת הזאת מיועדת למלא מס׳ צבע ולעשות סוואטצים של גוונים נכון? 😂🌸
נכון 😀
Oh dear, the 24 pkg comes in Landscape, Portrait, Still Life, and Savoir-Faire whatever that might be. Then, of course, there are the larger sizes leading up to the $300 set in a wooden box. I Can get a single one for about four to five bucks but the freight is six dollars which is getting too close to the 24 set. Ok, give or take about fifty bucks. Please tell me: NO!
NOOOOOOO!!! Grab a few. If you love then you will feel great picking up a larger set. If you don't, then you only got a few to pass on.