totally OT, art question help?
rkbose
My kid has an art exam Monday. For this, they were asked what materials
they needed, and she asked for a stretched canvas. As she works out the
idea, however, she's finding she'd prefer to work in oil pastels, rather
than acrylic paint. (They're not really working in oils yet, owing to the
drying time required...and this exam has to be completed in one day.)
So: the question, to any of the artists in this ng...
Can you use oil pastels on canvas and get a decent result?
Many many thanks!
Rupa
Jackie C.
My Artist Handbook says this. pastels, is one of the oldest purest
way of painting.. and if the paper is the best and the pastels are the
best they can last for ever..
aka cave paintings..
Sooo why not let her experiment..
It may work and may not work..
All oil pastels are is.. the pigment and something to bind the pigment
together.. In watercolor water is used to get the pigment to paper..
if oil is used as in oil paint it is put to a cloth canvass or a
board..
So maybe it may work..
Jackie
Jackie C.
>On 21 Apr 2000 14:59:41 GMT, "rkbose" <rkb...@pacific.net.sg> wrote:
>
>>Apologies for being totally off-topic, but this is a mommy-crisis...
>>
>>My kid has an art exam Monday. For this, they were asked what materials
>>they needed, and she asked for a stretched canvas. As she works out the
>>idea, however, she's finding she'd prefer to work in oil pastels, rather
>>than acrylic paint. (They're not really working in oils yet, owing to the
>>drying time required...and this exam has to be completed in one day.)
>>
>>So: the question, to any of the artists in this ng...
>>
>>Can you use oil pastels on canvas and get a decent result?
>>
>>Many many thanks!
>>
>>Rupa
>
>
>Can't imagine why anyone would want to work with pastel oils over acrylics
>on this project... ;-) - suggest you also find a DRY place for the work
>to dry...kinda humid where you are? Geez...sorry, just re-read your note ;-)
>lol In that case:
Oh if she is using oil pastel over acrylic it will not work.. I do not
think..
Jackie
>Try this, Rupa - guaranteed to find what you're looking for! Google.com is
>THE only search engine to use... :-) This is a long url...you may have to cut
>and paste it into your browser.
>
>http://www.google.com/search?q=%22oil+pastels%22&num=100&lc=www&btnG=Google+Search
>
>Good luck to your daughter! If she can scan the work when finished I'd love to
>see it!
>
>Patty B... long lost sister of Michelangelo ;-)
Helen Gilmartin
Helen
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rkbose
happy with the results. I won't see it for weeks, though.
And thanks also to all who responded to this question for me!
Rupa
Helen Gilmartin <ap...@eircom.net> wrote in article