Sennelier Oil Pastels || 50 Set || My Biggest Art Haul of 2022 ~ Part 1 

Everyone I know, including me, has a love/hate relationship with Sennelier OPs. They are absolutely gorgeous, and you can do with them things that no other OP is able to achieve, but they are impossibly difficult to work with, due to them being so soft.

I love your hand lettering!

It looked like you were enjoying your new pastels very much. It was a really lovely video to watch .xx.

I've never used sennelier they are just too expensive for me, so I can only go by my experience that I have had with the Australian brands that I use. I've chosen for now to only use Australian brands, one day I may purchase others for now though I'm sticking with Australian brands. I've not had a problem with oil pastels not drying, and I've never had them bloom. I've oil pastel paintings that are years old and some not after i in after 6months there should be very little residue come off your hand when you pass your finger over the canvas or whatever you've painted on. Thank you for sharing the video. Cheers!

Awesome ..love your choice of music

Senneliers own fixative is supposed to work very well with these. I love them, and have another brand that is very compatible (not all are). I had not though of using the silicone tipped tools, I have several inexpensive ones so must try them I liked your choice of very textured paper too, I have been less than impressed with some oil specific papers and have loads of handmade paper. It was particularly nice to see how the metallics looked, and again they looked very good on that paper. I shall look forward to another video from you on these gorgeous oil pastels. I like this less blended way of working with them, much looser and freer than the usual overblended offerings. They do harden to some degree and are less fragile than you might expect, but protection is necessary! Thanks for the great video.

I did not know how expensive the India paper was. I got 4 6x9 of them for 7.5$ or less each awhile ago and am going to try watercolor with them.

Hi Thea! Can you tell me who is playing cello? It sounds like Max Richter?

Your new oil pastels are so beautiful and I enjoyed your video even if I don’t personally have any experience with this medium. I agree that there should be more beautiful boxes for art so thank you for greeting us with your aesthetic creativity in that matter too!🤩 Looking forward to other beautiful things to come! Have a wonderful week!🌬✨🌞🎼💕

I could afford to buy two little ones.

thank you for giving us a look into the world of pastels. be well.

Very nice paper. At 6:36 that might be 76 Violet Alizarin Lake but definitely, not 96 Payne's Grey. At 6:58 are you sure it is number 8 Bordeaux? At 8:04 I understood the numbering and color swatches are shifted apart. I use my oil pastels in my sketch books and I always spray the painting with Schwarzkopf Taft, which add a gorgeous lift to the colors making them even more vibrant. I have the Sennelier D'Artigny fixative with brutal odor, but I think Taft, with sweet scent, is a lot better, not much less expensive but more efficient. I paint boths sides of the sketchbook pages. I don't use wax papers in between, Taft spraying is so efficient.

How delightful! Enjoyed seeing your new sennelier oil pastels. Such lovely colors....I'm like you though....why so many blues? Goodness....they're still very pretty colors.

Hello lovey! I also got a good deal on a large box of these and used them all summer in an A4 Daler Rowney sketch book which has 150gsm cartridge paper. I only painted on one side so not needing a paper in between. My results were all mostly blended and smooth but in some I have used a palette knife for a little bit of texture. I also bought the very large white stick as you can end up using a lot of white. I have a set of woodies which are great if you like to sketch before painting with them. I really liked using them and found they made me paint in a much looser, less precious way and also much faster. I'm delighted to see you trying these and look forward to seeing more videos of your experiments. Pabi 🎨💝

I enjoyed your video very much. There oil pastels are amazing. Colors are very noble. 🥰

omg is that a piece of candle wicking glass love it. have a few pieces myself.

These are the pastels Pablo Picasso used. Henri Roche Pastels (ROC) were what Edgar Degas used. Just FYI if you didn't know. Lovely 50-piece set. 😊