HELP:Oil Pastel Recipies???
Daisy May
In article <3365D3...@midwest.net>, on...@midwest.net says...
>I suppose I could just buy the $uper-pricey-ba$tard oil-pa$tel$ from the
>megacorp$ in large quantitie$ and melt-consolidate them but no-thanx.
Well, if you just want cheap I have a source for you. Try a farm supply
store. The same paint stick company that makes the artist brand also
makes a variety of colors that are used for marking cattle for about
one fourth the cost of the artist colors and in fatter sticks. D.M.
mombi
Oil pastels! how do you make them!?? I've experimented with
linseed-oil+beeswax+pigment but no joy. (some lousey crayons tho)
Solvent? Damar crystals? (??) I've done much looking and have yet to
find ONE formula. Is it a conspiracy? Ack! Ack! Ack!
(I dream of fist-sized oil-pastel chunks that lay down opaque layers of
pigment with ~0 "drying" time (this is rational. Look at plain ol
Sakuras (BTW the customer relations people of whom wouldn't divulge
clue-one)) and with something like powdered clay (superfine sand?
flour? just coarse pigment?) to add roughness so layers can be added
alot.)
I suppose I could just buy the $uper-pricey-ba$tard oil-pa$tel$ from the
megacorp$ in large quantitie$ and melt-consolidate them but no-thanx.
I'm laid bare. Help!!!!!!!! Anything!!!!!!!!!!!!!
God Bless The Internet
William Markiewicz
On 28 Apr 1997 23:23:33 GMT, don't...@email.com (Daisy May) wrote:
>
>Well, if you just want cheap I have a source for you. Try a farm supply
>store. The same paint stick company that makes the artist brand also
>makes a variety of colors that are used for marking cattle for about
>one fourth the cost of the artist colors and in fatter sticks. D.M.
Daisy -- if these paint sticks are the same ones they use in the
lumber yard, they are OIL PAINT sticks, and not oil pastels. Somebody
gave me a set years ago before the paint sticks for artists ever came
on the market. There were only 4 colors at that time -- at least
that's all I could get.
Nikole (at William's email)
Wanda Robertson
Hi J,
There is a book on making your own art materials - It is called
"Artist's Handbook" It has recipes for stuff. Look at your local
library &/or bookstore. Powell's books is online, you might look
there, if you want to buy it. I think it's about $40, though. But
worth it if you are making crayons!
Wanda
Brenda Romans
I contacted Daler Rowney a while ago to ask about the effect of oil
pastels on paper. They said that oil sticks are made with plant oils
(like linseed) and will adversley affect paper. Oil pastels are made
with animal fats and will not affect paper.
Cheers, Brenda
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Brenda Romans
Email: bro...@greyseal.demon.co.uk
Brenda Romans
I just posted a note about pastels then rememberd I had a book with a
recipe (oil pastels by Kenneth Leslie ISBN 0-8230-3310-4)
1 part stand oil
3 or 4 parts beeswax by volume
it says
Too much oil will produce a stick that won't harden.
How much pigment to add depends on the absorbancy of the pigment. You
first mix the pigment with as little turpentine as is necessary to make
a paste.
If you don't like the result melt it down and try again.
Read also The Artists handbook of materials and techniques - Ralph Meyer
and Manual of painting techniques and materials - Mark D Gottsegen
Adding stand oil seems to be at variance with the info I had from Daler.
mombi
You're an angel
-J