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  • McBub-Squidoo May 29, 2012 @ 4:04 am | delete
    Wow, you have done a great job.
  • JoyfulReviewer Apr 23, 2012 @ 10:56 pm | delete
    Enjoyed your many photos depicting your artwork ... nicely intergrated throughout your wealth of helpful information. Blessed!
  • orangerubberduckyes Apr 16, 2012 @ 12:56 am | delete
    Didn't know where to start, now I do! Thanks!
  • Tugee Mar 24, 2012 @ 8:45 pm | delete
    Wow. Love it.
  • davespeed Mar 19, 2012 @ 6:03 pm | delete
    This is a very impressive lens. I would love to be able to paint! I enjoyed my visit here today. All the best.
  • eliza Mar 17, 2012 @ 4:44 am | delete
    lovely drawings
  • plrang Mar 14, 2012 @ 11:39 am | delete
    Great article, I just started to use oil pastels and I really like it
  • carol zack Mar 11, 2012 @ 3:19 am | delete
    I am an oil pastel artist who has been using holbien and sennilier for all my paintings and teaching oil pastel for six years. I just discovered a less expensive oil pastel with all or most of the qualities of Sennilier. These are sheer and very soft. They are called Gallery Soft Oil Pastels by Mungyo. A Korean Company, they can be found at Hobby Lobby and on line at Jerrys Artarama. Only 72 colors, but pamphlet says they are professional quality. Can anyone confirm?
  • EditionH Mar 11, 2012 @ 7:37 am | delete
    Thank you for your visit and your comment. I never heard about Mungyo before. Do you have evidence that the pigment quality is at same level as Holbein or Sennelier?
  • carol zack Mar 11, 2012 @ 3:10 am | delete
    Just an update...the chicago chapter of the oil pastel society doesn't exist, but oil pastel is alive and well in the chicago suburbs at The Fine Line Creative Arts Center in St.Charles, www.fineline.org and as an organization called The Yellow House Artists, wwwyellowhouseartists.com.
  • EditionH Mar 11, 2012 @ 7:36 am | delete
    Thanks a lot for the update. I have added a link to Yellow house artists
  • kenneth-otelu Mar 9, 2012 @ 2:06 am | delete
    hi. luv your works I thinkers their great... but I like to know about pencil like oil pastels please
  • EditionH Mar 11, 2012 @ 8:18 am | delete
    HI Kenneth, thank you for your comment. I fear I am not a man of pencils (yet?). Pencil is a very powerful tool that needs a lot of exercise that I have not.
    You might want to check on artgraphica.net.

    A link to their drawing lessons:http://www.artgraphica.net/free-art-lessons/drawing-pencil-tutorial.html
  • JaguarJulie Mar 5, 2012 @ 11:44 am | delete
    My dear ... speaking of artists and their work ... you are my hero!
  • goo2eyes Mar 1, 2012 @ 6:26 am | delete
    they're beautiful works of art. i wish you luck selling them. i know lensmasters, kathysart and d-artist, who are also into painting. you may want to check their work. thank you for sharing and blessings.
  • SammySpam Feb 28, 2012 @ 6:34 am | delete
    Wonderful lens with so many great pictures.
  • TheArtLibrarian Feb 25, 2012 @ 2:14 pm | delete
    Great lens!
  • myamya Feb 22, 2012 @ 8:44 am | delete
    Unbelivable work! Great done! wish you all the best and keep up the good work!
  • Sunfish Feb 19, 2012 @ 8:42 pm | delete
    Incredible lens. I had no idea there was this much to oil pastels.
  • Elric22 Feb 19, 2012 @ 7:47 pm | delete
    Lovely work. Very informative lens.
  • music226 Feb 19, 2012 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    Awesome lens!
    I'm new to Squidoo, and I just published my first lens! I would really help me out if you checked it out. It is:
    http://www.squidoo.com/feel-the-beat
    Thanks, I would really appreciate some views. :)
  • juliavm Feb 19, 2012 @ 11:52 am | delete
    The art here is awesome. You're really talented.
  • TenPoundTenor Feb 18, 2012 @ 8:33 pm | delete
    Great lens. This lens makes me want to get my pastels out again (I normally use pen and ink these days).
  • alwaysjules Feb 18, 2012 @ 6:15 pm | delete
    I'm in awe of your artistry. Super cool lens. Thanks for sharing your wonderful work!
  • paperfacets Feb 18, 2012 @ 1:00 pm | delete
    You were outdoors, but It's a good thing that you retired from your first job. Enjoyed this study.
  • TheArtLibrarian Feb 18, 2012 @ 12:31 pm | delete
    Thanks. I did not know about the Stockmar crayons. I may try these with my encaustic paintings.
  • QuiltFinger Feb 18, 2012 @ 8:32 am | delete
    I agree with jimmyworldstar. I used oil pastels before, but never got the beautiful results you achieved. I found some REALLY old ones in my aunt's desk with slide rules and all types of ancient stuff. They were fun, but I never got the knack. I may try them again, now that I have all this new info. Also, is it necessary to apply a spray-on fixative to prevent smudging and color transfer to neighboring paper? Superb lens!
  • EditionH Feb 18, 2012 @ 10:27 am | delete
    Hi and thank you for your interest! I cannot commend to use any fixative spray on oil pastels. I tested such a spray once and was not impressed. The colors started to bleed partly and the surface remained tacky all the time. Before you apply such a spray (there are some for sale) on one of your nice pieces I commend to test it on a quick sketch or some test strokes to see what the spray really does.

    The surface of oil pastel paintings is rather insensitive. Framing under glass is the best conservation method I know. To keep the surface from the glass a thick passepartout is great for framing. Also a slightly off white passepartout around an oilpastel with seemingly dull colors will change the dull appearance. Many of my oil pastels look inconspicious unframed. They need the framing to come to full life.
  • jksterling Feb 17, 2012 @ 8:51 pm | delete
    This lens is phenomenal. I painted for the first time this week and loved it. Thank you.
  • KarenTBTEN Feb 17, 2012 @ 12:01 pm | delete
    The samples/ descriptions of the different brands are a nice touch.
  • intermarks Feb 17, 2012 @ 5:52 am | delete
    Really a nicely build lens. I wish I could paint like you one day since I am now still practicing and learning with water color painting.
  • iijuan12 Feb 16, 2012 @ 5:15 pm | delete
    Beautiful lens and work! Thank you for sharing it. Blessed and liked.
  • jimmyworldstar Feb 16, 2012 @ 9:17 am | delete
    I've used oil pastels before in art class and I can never get any good values down because they tend to smudge with other colors too often and my hands are all coated when I'm done.
  • EditionH Feb 18, 2012 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Thank you for your comment. My hands are also coated after working with oil pastels:). I have a towle with me to clean them every once in a while.

    Mixing oilpastels with each other is "the" difficulty with oil pastels. Some artists use some sort of spatula.I found those modern flexible rubber tool very useful in combination with soft oil pastels like the Sennelier colors. I mix harder qualities by putting one or two colours in layers over each other. That requires a lot of experience and good memory because any change of the sequence will bring different results. As mixing is difficult I find big cheap sets great for a start. Also each brand has different color hues. I won a very old cheap chinese set that I love because they have earth colors for representation of bricks and stones that I haven't found in any other set yet.

    Deep darks and light shades need also special attention. For the darks I put down a layer in deep violet, sometimes with a bit black too, first. Sometimes I start with the darkest brown I have as base color. On top of that I put the color I want to have in dark value. For bright colors I put the main color down first in a thin layer and then start to work over with white.

    Usually there is a point when working with oil pastels can be very frustrating. The picture might even look a bit like a mess . But meantime I know if I go on and continue to add colours and work it over again and again in the end a surprising image will emerge. On the way I learn a lot about color combinations and mixes
  • Bash51214 Feb 16, 2012 @ 8:20 am | delete
    Thanks For sharing .. enjoyed it alot.. God Bless You.
  • cajkovska Feb 16, 2012 @ 4:55 am | delete
    Just beautiful
  • hessa_johnson Feb 16, 2012 @ 1:25 am | delete
    Fantastic work and lens.
  • HSSchulte Feb 15, 2012 @ 9:45 pm | delete
    I'm speechless. Beautiful work.
  • hermaniv Feb 15, 2012 @ 4:32 pm | delete
    My grandfather gave me oil pastels years ago. This lens is very insightful. Perhaps I will be able to use them a bit better now!
  • satto76 Feb 15, 2012 @ 8:24 am | delete
    Superb lens. Plenty of quality content.

    I am from a family where my uncle, elder brother and niece are all professional artists(painting and sculpting).
  • olecrAN0N Feb 14, 2012 @ 9:29 pm | delete
    Wonderful work!
  • KitandCaboodle Feb 14, 2012 @ 3:21 pm | delete
    I've never used oil pastels. Great lens full of information, I'll have to try it! Blessed.
  • PopCultureFan Feb 14, 2012 @ 10:43 am | delete
    Great information! My husband is an artist and I think he'll find this info very useful! Thanks for sharing! :)
  • Pinkchic18 Feb 14, 2012 @ 9:16 am | delete
    This was a beautiful lens, I appreciate fine art like this. It's much harder than it looks :)
  • aesta1 Feb 14, 2012 @ 7:39 am | delete
    Good to know your tip about Sri Lankan oil pastels.
  • smsr0100451 Feb 14, 2012 @ 6:04 am | delete
    Beautiful lens. But I don't use oil pastel.
  • manlalakbay Feb 14, 2012 @ 1:15 am | delete
    Using oil pastel is difficult because I used to have them before and I had a hard time in using it. Anyway, by reading this lens I guess everything can be learned if you have a will and determine to do so. Besides, everything can be done through trial and error. Thanks for this lens. :)
  • Coopstar Feb 14, 2012 @ 12:35 am | delete
    Very informative lens, great job! I have a friend who is an artist and I will definitely be passing on this lens!
  • desertdarlene Feb 13, 2012 @ 9:09 pm | delete
    Great lens. I used to use oil pastels way back when I was an art student. I think I still have some laying around still.
  • girlwiththeumbrella21 Feb 13, 2012 @ 6:37 pm | delete
    What a great lens! I'm an artist and I've used all kinds of paints, pencils, markers, and even chalk pastels, but I've never gotten around to using oil pastels. After reading your lens, I'm interested in trying them out! Great job!
  • hirephp Feb 13, 2012 @ 4:44 pm | delete
    nice tips thanks for sharing
  • EditionH Feb 13, 2012 @ 11:27 am | delete
    Thank you very much to all recent visitors and commenters. I never saw a such a flood of blessings ever before.
    I created this lens with rather modest expectations as to popularity and attention from the audience. The more I am happy that oil pastels and oil crayons find such a strong interest.
  • curious0927 Feb 13, 2012 @ 9:30 am | delete
    Outstanding lens. Bookmarked for when I have time to really learn and play. Congratulation's on making the front page! Blessed!
  • lestroischenes Feb 13, 2012 @ 3:51 am | delete
    What a fabulously informative and inspiring lens. I've added it to my Technical Library Art lens, (not yet published). It's so nice to see really good art work for a change. Blessed.
  • miaponzo Feb 13, 2012 @ 3:22 am | delete
    Thanks for introducing this pastel technique! Blessed!
  • kristinko Feb 13, 2012 @ 3:07 am | delete
    Your work is great! Thank you for sharing it with us!
  • AmandaSilver Feb 13, 2012 @ 2:27 am | delete
    painting is one perfect activity to relax and oil pastels have the power to bring so much life in paintings
  • Edutopia Feb 12, 2012 @ 11:41 pm | delete
    In his retirement my grandfather has taught himself how to paint and recently has started to work with oil pastels and has come up with some really interesting work. Great lens!
  • ZodiacImmortal Feb 12, 2012 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    I loved the lens & added it to my Favorite lenses lens.
    I can't draw well, but I do love coloring with Oil pastels. (or using them to make part of a picture pop (I like to color in mandelas) I just wish the oil pastels came with points on them!
  • artyfax Feb 12, 2012 @ 6:22 pm | delete
    Revisiting this lens to remind myself I need to try out this technique. Amazing art, thanks for sharing. Blessed.
  • chompasaurus Feb 12, 2012 @ 4:07 pm | delete
    Oil pastels certainly are interesting, but for the youngest artists I think it's best to explore more eco-friendly things that are cheap and recycled. I think those encourage the most creative muscle flexing because you have to first figure out what you're even going to use to create art and THEN how to do it. I wish that as a culture, we could all stop discounting art education and allow for more creativity in schools.
  • getmoreinfo Feb 12, 2012 @ 3:38 pm | delete
    These are very nice oil pastel paintings, I have used acrylic before and really enjoy creating landscapes.
  • AliciaMae Feb 12, 2012 @ 3:13 pm | delete
    So much information - I'll have to bookmark and come back to read further. I used oil pastels years ago and have been looking to try them again!
  • JackJacobs Feb 12, 2012 @ 12:49 pm | delete
    This is a great lens! I have always loved oil pastels, and this was very informative. Thanks!
  • MelonyVaughan Feb 12, 2012 @ 11:52 am | delete
    Gorgeous lens! I'm not sure I'd be able to draw this well, but I still loved the artwork included in this lens.
  • johnA11 Feb 12, 2012 @ 11:48 am | delete
    awesome oil pastel pics. It's been so long since I've used oil pastels, but after seeing this lens, I suddenly feel inspired to pick up oil pastel drawing again. great lens
  • LiteraryMind Feb 12, 2012 @ 10:17 am | delete
    Such detailed information-- thank you. You put a great deal of effort into this lens and it shows.
  • daria369 Feb 2, 2012 @ 5:51 pm | delete
    Great images and instructions - I'm just an admirer of visual arts but I know this lens will benefit many artists!
  • Daniela Feb 2, 2012 @ 2:05 am | delete
    I am so glad I came across this webpage and all the excellent oil pastel information and pastel paintings, here.
    People who do not use oil pastels do not realise how amazing they are. I love your 'messy' work and the color suprise, I have been working in oil pastels as my favourite medium for some time now, but no one I know will touch them except for the turps method (which to me kills off the whole purpose of using oil pastels). Thank you
  • EditionH Feb 2, 2012 @ 4:03 am | delete
    Hi Daniela, thanks a lot for your comment.
    I have experiented only very little with turpentine oil color thinners in combinatiojn with oil pastels. But the results did not satisfy me. A lot of the color freshness was lost so I stopped that quickly.
  • Mia-Mia Jan 21, 2012 @ 8:06 pm | delete
    Great lens. Thank you for the info. I do mostly watercolors, and have wondered whether I could do oil pastels. You may have given me the incentive to try them.
  • TomMaybrier Jan 17, 2012 @ 5:41 pm | delete
    Great lens! I never had much success with pastels but your lens has inspired me to give them another shot!
  • EditionH Jan 18, 2012 @ 1:47 am | delete
    Hello Tom, great to know that you are in the arts too :). I am glad that this lens could inspire you.
  • artyfax Jan 12, 2012 @ 6:25 pm | delete
    A very useful and informative lens, I use soft pastels but have not so far made any move to try these, perhaps because the ones i have tried have been cheap and too much like the wax crayons referred to in the introduction above. I need to try some decent pastels and will be reading again very carefully to assess a set to try. Thanks for the wonderfully inspiring examples in the lens. Blessed.
  • EditionH Jan 13, 2012 @ 2:12 am | delete
    Thank you very much for your interest. Oil pastels are very different from dry or soft pastels. I would say almost as different as oil color is from water color, it is a different world. I hope you will like it and discover new possibilities.
  • Dorcas Herr Nov 26, 2011 @ 3:31 am | delete
    Thank you so very much for the beautiful examples and useful tips. A total novice,I just tried my first pastel painting with super cheap oil pastels and was pleasantly surprised at the results. I'm playing again and it is so refreshing. I will continue to use them, but can't wait to get my first buttery set of Sennelier pastels.
  • EditionH Jan 13, 2012 @ 2:14 am | delete
    Thank you for your visit. These senneliers are really something special, but also a challenge in use...:).
  • dfishbac Nov 19, 2011 @ 4:50 pm | delete
    Very informative lens. I enjoyed reading it and watching the portrait video. Nice work too!
  • luckyjinx Nov 11, 2011 @ 2:22 am | delete
    love it!
  • Valerian Nov 3, 2011 @ 6:23 pm | delete
    thank you for the art appreciation class...the presentation was exceptional. I am a novice painter and decided to try oil pastels. I love to paint landscapes. thanks again
  • MintySea Oct 26, 2011 @ 11:07 pm | delete
    the art is amazing I never thought of ssing oil pastels
  • cffutah Oct 20, 2011 @ 8:53 am | delete
    enjoyed this style of art, 'thumbs up' from this reader to you.
  • Rose Herczeg Oct 13, 2011 @ 11:18 am | delete
    I'll definitely think about putting them up for sale... I have always been so self-concious about my artwork and don't feel like I'm good enough, but will be thinking hard on it soon! Thanks for making my day today!
  • Rose Herczeg Oct 13, 2011 @ 9:33 am | delete
    I've been sketching in the car using a Koi Sakura watercolor set (here in Florida, to bring my oil pastels anywhere would sure kill them! It's 95 plus in the car at times and I just can't chance it.. so I need another medium that is opaque). For some reason the watercolors just don't do it on sketch paper and eager to see how the gouache works. lots of time I use the Chinese white anyway to get those pastel colors and for coverage, so we'll see :). Great to hear from you. I have a blog.. www.roseherczeg.blogspot.com but I'm all over the place with mediums lately. I wish I could just settle on ONE! LOL
  • EditionH Oct 13, 2011 @ 10:04 am | delete
    Thanks for the link, those oil pastel aceos look great, perfect work for postcards and posters on Zazzle!
  • Rose Herczeg Oct 13, 2011 @ 9:21 am | delete
    It's funny you mention that you are going back to oil pastel.. I just read your blog post on gouache and ordered myself the Caran d'Ache studio pan set from Ebay to try something new! Can't wait! Have a wonderful day and thanks for all you do for the art community. :)
  • EditionH Oct 13, 2011 @ 9:29 am | delete
    I am sure you will like the gouache set!. I would love to hear from you how you get on with the gouache colors.
    I am really torn between gouache and oil pastels as mediums for outdoor sketches and paintings.
  • Rose Herczeg Oct 13, 2011 @ 8:35 am | delete
    I've been a visitor here before and always keep coming back to see your lovely oil pastels. i appreciate your putting this lens up to get the word out about this awesome and misunderstood medium. Hoping that oil pastel gets more recognized as a fine art medium. Take care!
  • EditionH Oct 13, 2011 @ 8:46 am | delete
    Thank you Rose for your ongoing interest. After using for more than a year mostly gouache paints on my walks into the woods I consider to go on for the next 12 months in oil pastels.
  • EditionH Oct 13, 2011 @ 5:50 am | delete
    I want to hand out a big thank you to my visitors and especially to those who took the time to leave one of these friendly comments! I am glad that there are quite a lot of other enthusiast for oil pastels!
  • ana_nimoss Oct 12, 2011 @ 3:45 pm | delete
    You have beautiful works. I loved your lens.
  • TheWhistler Sep 13, 2011 @ 10:28 pm | delete
    A most impressive lens on the use of pastels. Blessed.
  • artyfax Aug 29, 2011 @ 3:20 pm | delete
    I had to come back to read this again, so much good information in here, I have used soft pastels extensively but not oil pastels. Probably as you suggest because of the fact I used poor quality pastels. I am determined to try this media again.THanks for the inspiration
  • Tine Wiggens Design Aug 22, 2011 @ 9:56 pm | delete
    Absolutely fantastic article and such awesome and detailed information!! I have used Holbein oil pastels for 4 years now and am still so in love with it! You are incredibly talented, wow!
  • mary Aug 15, 2011 @ 3:55 am | delete
    Wow-Wonderful instruction and information! You gave me some great ideas--Thanks so much!
  • ---Chazz Aug 14, 2011 @ 1:04 pm | delete
    You are very talented in both oil pastels and squidoo lenses! Blessed on the Squid Angels Epic Back To School Bus Trip Quest. Your lens will be featured on “Wing-ing it on Squidoo,” our lensography of some of the best on squidoo, as soon as the quest has been completed.
  • studiomargot Aug 14, 2011 @ 10:25 am | delete
    I love oil pastels. Even if my first love is acrylic, I think oil pastels are a great medium to explore. Wonderful work and wonderful lens. Congratulations!
  • LizMac60 Aug 11, 2011 @ 3:50 am | delete
    Great lens, makes me feel like having a go with oil pastels. Blessed by a squid angel.
  • Frankster Aug 10, 2011 @ 10:27 pm | delete
    Wonderful lens. Thanks for sharing your expertise. Angel blessings. Bear hugs, Frankster
  • GreenfireWiseWoman Aug 8, 2011 @ 6:26 am | delete
    Great info. Beautiful artwork. Thank you.
  • Judy_Filarecki Jul 30, 2011 @ 6:12 pm | delete
    Thanks you for such a comprehensive and informative lens. I am frequently disappointed by lenses whose main objective is selling "stuff" rather than sharing information and doing a tasteful amount of selling. It was a pleasure reading and learning from your expereiences.
  • Irenemaria Jun 11, 2011 @ 10:01 am | delete
    There is nothing I love more than a lens with personal words, photos and in your case - paintings. Thank you from my heart. Blessed by a Squid Angel that is still learning to paint.
  • Irenemaria Jun 11, 2011 @ 10:01 am | delete
    There is nothing I love more than a lens with personal words, photos and in your case - paintings. Thank you from my heart. Blessed by a Squid Angel that is still learning to paint.
  • CHalloran Apr 10, 2011 @ 6:04 pm | delete
    Beautiful paintings. Very inspiring too.
  • DaveStone13 Apr 5, 2011 @ 10:55 am | delete
    I loved this lens and learned a lot from it. I already do know some pastel artists from my reviews and visits to galleries. Your work is stunning. I will lensroll to some of my art lenses.
  • sukkran Apr 4, 2011 @ 1:07 am | delete
    beautiful art work. really admire you. ~blessed~
  • d-artist Feb 12, 2011 @ 7:57 am | delete
    Interesting, I thought I had left a comment before as I have this marked thumbs up...in your Alla Prima module the second drawing, is that the Durer house in Nuremberg? It gives me an idea to redo one of my paintings(Durer house) with the oil pastels, by going over the acrylic painting...another great lens! ...lens Blessed by d-artist Squid Angel
  • EditionH Feb 12, 2011 @ 11:29 am | delete
    Thank you very much the blessings! The image you refer to is a small plein air study done in my home town Maulbronn and it shows a medieval storage building at the famous ensemble around Abbey Maulbronn (World heritage ,link:http://www.squidoo.com/Maulbronn)
  • joanv334 Jan 20, 2011 @ 5:12 pm | delete
    Thanks for the tips!
  • Philippians468 Jan 11, 2011 @ 10:58 am | delete
    wonderful tips! thank you for the great lens! cheers
  • artyfax Oct 28, 2010 @ 4:12 pm | delete
    Great lens, very informative; and some great art. I have used soft pastels for some time but have always shied away from oil pastels probably because as you say there is a connection with cheap wax crayons. Seeing the brilliantly coloured results here, I will be investing in a few colours to try them out and see if I can use them as an alternative to the messy soft pastels. Thanks for the info.
  • jp1978 Sep 22, 2010 @ 10:31 am | delete
    I enjoy drawing and so does my family. This and your other lenses are going to keep us busy for quite some time.
  • Rose Herczeg Aug 11, 2010 @ 9:53 am | delete
    Wonderful and comprehensive articles on all aspects of oil pastel supplies, techniques and painting! Thank you for all your hard work!
  • Stephanie D Jul 21, 2010 @ 9:57 pm | delete
    Intriguing and beautiful paintings and monotypes, and excellent tutorials on both oil pastels and monotype techniques.
  • pastella Jun 19, 2010 @ 3:40 pm | delete
    This is so helpful. I love your artwork and I've favourited this lens.
  • southshoretees Jun 4, 2010 @ 9:56 am | delete
    This is an excellent tutorial! I've had oil pastels for a long time, but I never did too much with them. They're obviously a very versatile medium, judging by the artwork. This is outstanding, well done!
  • WildFacesGallery May 3, 2010 @ 7:26 pm | delete
    Wow very thorough! And thanks for adding my oil pastel lenses to this. I've lensrolled to my oil pastel technique lens (first time I've ever lensrolled believe it or not) I'll be adding it as a featured lens as well. :) Great stuff Martin! I really like your landscapes/
  • WordCustard Feb 15, 2010 @ 1:53 pm | delete
    I have some oil pastels but have never known how to use them. Thank you for this inspiring guide!
  • KnK Dec 17, 2009 @ 2:23 am | delete
    Great lens!
    I love oil pastels, too!
  • stargazer00 Nov 22, 2009 @ 1:08 am | delete
    I have experimented with watercolor but not oil pastels. They look interesting and fun. Nice artwork.
  • li chuan Aug 14, 2009 @ 7:43 pm | delete
    I do enjoy what you wrote very much. I love oil pastels and its color that creates the richness. When I draw with oil pastels that reminds me when I was little. And that made me happy and enjoy drawing. Thank you for what you have done!
  • EditionH Jul 17, 2009 @ 12:06 pm | in reply to Sandie Sing | delete
    Hello Sandie, thank you for your friendly comment, I am happy that you found this informations useful. Your comment triggered immediate thoughts about something you probably enjoy with oil pastels too ...the possibility of optical mixing by working with layers. I had done some color studies in the past that I have to digg out ..
  • Sandie Sing Jul 17, 2009 @ 10:29 am | delete
    Yes, I do love the lens. I love to draw with regular pastels but my favorites are oil pastels. I enjoy your tips and equipments that work. I have used cheap hair spray instead of the fixative. It works if I give a light coating.

    I like to consider myself as a beginner because I illustrate, paint and print as well. Please continue writing and giving tips. I love it. Thank you for all you do to promote oil pastels.

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