Category: Oil Pastel Techniques

So, you’re working on a piece of oil pastels art, and you need to add some layers on top of layers. Or maybe you want to work over a piece with another color, or make something a bit darker or lighter....

I have a new piece of oil pastels artwork, based on a monthly challenge in the Oil Pastels forum at WetCanvas.com. Veronica is the name of the model in this piece. The paper surface is from a pad of Canson mi-Tientes...

I have new oil pastels artwork to share and for this piece again I took several pictures along the way, to demonstrate some of the techniques that I like to use. Step One As I usually do with oil pastels, I...

It seems that many artists unfamiliar with oil pastels want to know how to use them, or at least how to get started. While oil pastel work isn’t quite painting, it isn’t quite drawing either, not in the traditional pencil or...

Pin It I recently posted this oil pastels piece to my personal art blog: “Wet Lips” an 8×10 Oil Pastels Painting. What I would like to do here is talk a little more in depth about the techniques used to achieve...