Comprehensive Guide to Painting with Oil Pastel and Sketch pen

In this comprehensive guide to painting with oil pastel, I will explain how you can make use of oil pastels. If you are at the beginner “beginners” to using oil pastels, or perhaps have been working with it for a will, you will gain a lot from it. This is the most oil pastel comprehensive guide you will see on the internet today. Without wasting much of your time, let’s begin with the basics…

What you have to know

For artists who are new to the use of oil pastels should intensely consider starting with any of the oil pastels, which has the best quality if they can afford it. The oil pastels quality is very important for different reasons. I would recommend Camlin oil pastels, which are richer, softer, and more vibrant in colour. Apart from this, they can blend together easily. Nevertheless, if you can’t get any high quality oil pastels, then you should consider buying some of the individual oil pastels. The two colors can be mixed while you work. This can help you in making comparisons between student quality and artist quality.

 

Student quality vs Artist quality

One thing I have discovered when it comes to the use of oil pastels for beginners is that they get frustrated at the beginning start and in most times this is because of the cheaper quality medium in use. This is a big challenge because inexpensive oil pastels don’t mix well together and have that feeling and looks of a kid like crayons. This get artist discouraged that are new to the use of oil pastels and divert to using something out, without actually realizing that it is from the medium.

Why is oil pastels perfect option for beginners?

Moving on to why beginners should use oil pastels; I am talking from the point of view as an experienced oil “paste lists”. You don’t have to set up different solutions, mediums, or brushes. All that is required is a sheet of paper and “boom” you are ready to start. Yes I know you can use brushes, solutions and other tools used by artists for working with oil pastels. But they aren’t required. In regard to the surfaces or paper, oil pastels works on various kind of papers.

How to keep the oil pastels clean

While trying to create something beautiful, you have to keep yourself clean. This is very important when blending and layering with other colors. What occur is that the oil pastel sticks will carry colors to the stick used by you and this can be a real challenging problem for you. Imagine a yellow colored oil pastel, however, with a smear of blue. This can be difficult in wiping of the blue later, especially in regions where blue is not required.

Oil pastels are a unique medium

They are truly unique medium. Don’t expect to be perfect with them immediately. You need patient and time to be good at it. I think most beginners will pretty quickly pick up different techniques for oil pastels on their own, however it just takes some practice at first and getting used to how the medium works.

Author’s Bio

Ken Bruce in this comprehensive guide in using oil pastels enlighten his ardent reader including beginners on the basis when using oil pastels. He elaborated on why most beginners get frustrated in using the sketch pen and oil pastels.