ANY TIPS ON HOW TO USE OIL PASTELS???
Margery Cohen
> I bought some oil pastels and have had absolutely NO good results.
> If anyone out there can give me some tips, I'm all ears! THanx.
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> "One does not need a Fine Arts * Merissa McLaughlin :)
> Degree to be an artist, instead * Orleans, Ontario
> it's when others perceive * CANADA
> his/her creations 'art'!" -Vince G.
Try mixing the oil pastels with linseed oil. You can rub an oily cloth over
the applied pastel on paper or canvas.
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margery cohen mar...@netcom.com el cerrito, california
Andron Redux
: Margery Cohen (mar...@netcom.com) wrote:
: : Merissa McLaughlin (bi...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
: : > I bought some oil pastels and have had absolutely NO good results.
: : > If anyone out there can give me some tips, I'm all ears! THanx.
: : > --
: : Try mixing the oil pastels with linseed oil. You can rub an oily cloth over
: : the applied pastel on paper or canvas.
: : --
: Or just get in there with some turps and a brush - start moving that
: color around! (also works great with graphite).
No, no, you guys! You might as well use paint out of a tube!
Merissa, you must first start with a surface that has *lots* of tooth. I use a
synthetic product called "pastel cloth" (from Senellier, I think), or else I
prepare, say, museum board or a canvas panel with gesso mixed with pumice
or fine sand. Then I work in layers, light, sketchy at first, slowly building
richness, using painterly, impressionistic marks, or just free scribbling
gestural effects. Try tinting the surface first (with acrylics, for example).
Use really dark tints and make those pastels jump.
I also recommend a good pastel book, such as "The Pastel Book" by
Bill Creevy. I got it from my local library.
Finally, remember that with pastel, the word is TEXTURE: don't just
try to emulate some other medium.
But above all, have fun!
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John Frigo
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: : Margery Cohen (mar...@netcom.com) wrote:
: : : Merissa McLaughlin (bi...@FreeNet.Carleton.CA) wrote:
:
: : : > I bought some oil pastels and have had absolutely NO good results.
: : : > If anyone out there can give me some tips, I'm all ears! THanx.
: : : > --
:
: : : Try mixing the oil pastels with linseed oil. You can rub an oily
cloth over
: : : the applied pastel on paper or canvas.
: : : --
:
: : Or just get in there with some turps and a brush - start moving that
: : color around! (also works great with graphite).
:
: No, no, you guys! You might as well use paint out of a tube!
I agree.
One on the qualities of working with oil pastels is that you can't blend
them.
An alternate way of using oil pastels that my wife uses on a small scale
is to draw with them on paper resting on a hot plate. She says it's like
drawing with butter. You can build it up really thick.
Just a suggestion
John Frigo