This was such a treat to listen to. So calm and instructive. Not a word absent or excessive. Thank you, Ms. Saunders. I'll go try my hand at oil pastels now.
This is one of the best oil pastel tutorials I have seen. Thank you for making it. I use oil pastel with mineral spirits and love the technique of painting but the convenience of taking the pastels with me. I also use a watercolor undercoat, then use pastels over it so when I scrape you can see the colors underneath. Different technique, but it works will.
I have my pastels, I have my paper and now I just need the courage to start. Many thanks for the amazing video. So many different tips and triques and it wasn't all about blending. What I liked the most was the approach - a painting, not a drawing, as a final result. Please, please, upload more videos like this one! And MANY, MANY thanks!
Its 2022 and I cant thank you enough. I have finally found the "how to" and I want to thank you. I really want to be able to use oil pastels. I was just about to give up. Hope you are doing great. Thanks again.
this was exactly what i have been looking for....just instruction with no over the top antics or music....no 10 min back story...ty, your art is amazing
Thank you so much Holly, you are so generous sharing your skills and ideas with us. I managed to get one of the eraser templates from Ebay. I tried everywhere and eventually got it there. You are a wonderful artist. I have been doing oil pastels for years but not lately so it was great to get an update. Thanks so much! God bless, June
Brilliant techniques! Very useful. I saw another RU-vid Video show a way to seal oil pastel work. He used poly acrylic Minwax Clear liquid sealer.Thank you for sharing this
Thank you for a demo that including using pastels on a canvas...as well as method for transferring basic outline! I appreciate that pacing of the presentation and the added fact that there is no wasted small talk, you don't go off on unrelated tangents. Also good to know about fixatives and the common sense/uses of having both artist grade pastels and student grade! Thank you!
Thank you Holly, for your informative video and for sharing your passion for oil pastels! it was lovely to see a fellow Stroud resident sharing their skills for others to learn from and encouraging them to be creative with such a fantastic media such as oil pastels. please continue spreading your knowledge. Elisa
Holly, thank you so much for this wonderful information. This is the perfect medium for my trip, and the techniques that you have generously shared will be invaluable. I'm off to buy some Sennellier pastels! All the best from us here in Australia.
I found an old box of oil pastels and I made a few nice sketches in my sketchbook, I'm very excited and I feel like I've discovered a totally new thing. Thanks for the tips! I used a minute amount of liquin (I had it cause I do oil painting) and it worked well, although I would prime my paper with gesso next time cause it took away the white of the paper. The fixative issue was a concern for me, can you draw over it once it's fixed? Like if I wanted to add white details without mixing what's already on the paper?
In one video, my dear Holly, you have explained everything I have spent weeks trying to find out about this wonderful new medium for me. Thank you very much! I am thrilled to have started creating in oil pastels on panels even though I kept hearing and reading that it remains tacky and needs to be put behind glass, etc., which defeated purpose for myself anyway. Thanks for confirming that they dry with time and for all of your fabulous tips. Your work is lovely. Take care.
Try spraying your picture with Sennelier oil pastel final fixative. I have a few oil pastels on canvas which I sprayed and they are dry to the touch like an oil or acrylic. Takes about a year. But does get dry.
Thank you so much. I have tons of them, due to my children using them for their art gcse's. I never knew till now, how to use them. They are student ones, but adequate for a beginner.
Fine, informative video--thanks! I must add that among my various mediums, my oil pastels rather sat around quite a while. Now I use them the most often!
Thank you. Im a novice artist with a box of oil pastels. At first l didnt like them and prefer soft pastels, but you have given me more insight. Im going to try again.
Thank you for a very helpful video. I have been inspired to try oil pastels recently after discovering this is the medium favoured by the wonderful artist Sam Toft. Like many people, I have previously regarded them as similar to wax crayons. I can see a lot of benefit when painting en-plein air. I especially liked the tip for transferring the drawing to canvas.
Love your instruction style and the encouragement you give to be creative and letting your creativity lead your work. Learned a lot, too!! Two questions: 1) what is the name of the tool you use to make your random lines at the end of each eye and 2) what kind of paper or surface are you using?
Indeed you managed to persuade me to continue using oil pastels. I was sceptical and needed to hear from someone level headed. Everyone in the pastel group I am subscribed to is outraged that I’m still trying to use oil.
