Here is the end result of the 24x30 I just finished. I showed parts of the progress on my patreon. An hour here and hour there as I went through it... Anyways, here is the end result and I love how it turned out.
I have the entire set of sennelier oil pastels having fallen for them yrs ago but I’ve been unhappy with available fixatives. So I don’t paint with them. I’ll try Winsor Newton next
Yeah, they are difficult to protect. Takes a lot of fixative. I think with senns , the longer you can leave them out in the open to cure, the easier it will be to protect with fixative. Probably best to use the sennelier fixative with them. Or just frame behind glass, which is what I do sometimes
Your work is beautiful! I'm a new subscriber and so glad I found your channel as I'm an oil painter just getting into oil pastels. I have some catching up to do on your videos but did see the one where you said you use 5 different brands - are those 5 brands still your choice? Thank you!
Thank you 🙏🏼. Yes , although I use Van Goghs more often than the mungyos. Unable to find open stock mungyos. I have added the haiya oil pastels by Paul Ruben. They are soft, equivalent to sennelier. There is a video here where I compare them side by side. Haiya can purchased through Amazon
Your painting is so beautiful! Do you know the name of the church? I know someone who lives in No. West Portland, and I am going to send this video to them. Thank you for sharing your knowledge with us. I hav been enjoying your videos!
great work!! Im struggling....I love my piece I did on wood, alot of layered, but I sprayed sennelier fix on it, two lightish coats, and things just changed, darken too much and strokes appear less meshed and blended, and sort of seperate themselves. Any recommendations?
Was it 100% oil pastel? Was there gesso on the wood? I’ve had fixative darken my colors too, but it does that when I use a dry pastel as the under painting. How long did you wait for the painting to sit before using the fixative?
@@raizes thanks for the response, I did put Liquitex Gesso, then only Sennelier oil pastel. Im sure I made the mistake by spraying to early, I let it sit for 4 hours, but I only did 2 light coatings, I did check it yesterday and it had dried decently well actually so Im in a bit of a better mood about it now. Im going to let it sit in the basement for 2 to 3 weeks...is that ok? thanks agin
@@oldben1800 I would for sure let it sit as long as you can. I’ll wait a couple months on some of mine, depending on how thick of application I use with sennelier. I have a feeling that something underneath the oil pastels is affected by the fixative. It could be the surface, maybe not enough gesso? Perhaps the wood panel or whatever you used is affected by the fixative. Like it is getting wet and then therefore darkens the colors slightly until it dries.
