Discover Oil Pastels!
Oil pastels are a relatively new medium in the art world. But they're quickly gaining in popularity for many reasons. Oil pastel colors are intense and rich. Their texture ranges from hard and waxy to soft and buttery. They can be applied to almost any surface or support. Brushes, mediums and solvents are not necessary for painting with oil pastels. In fact I almost strictly use my fingers for blending.
Painting or drawing with oil pastels is often compared to painting with lipstick. They're a real pleasure to work with and have been my favourite fine art medium for over 10 years.
I created this lens to spread the word about oil pastels and their incredible potential as a fine art medium. I'll also introduce you to the some of talented oil pastelists working with the medium today, a provide resources for new and experienced oil pastel painters.
Thank you for visiting, and if you haven't picked up a stick of oil pastel yet, take the plunge! You'll love it!
Painting or drawing with oil pastels is often compared to painting with lipstick. They're a real pleasure to work with and have been my favourite fine art medium for over 10 years.
I created this lens to spread the word about oil pastels and their incredible potential as a fine art medium. I'll also introduce you to the some of talented oil pastelists working with the medium today, a provide resources for new and experienced oil pastel painters.
Thank you for visiting, and if you haven't picked up a stick of oil pastel yet, take the plunge! You'll love it!
New Table of Contents
Oil Pastel How To's and Tutorials
- How to Draw with Oil Pastels
- Robert A. Sloan shares a step by step tutorial on drawing with oil pastels including useful tips and things to be careful of.
- Oil Pastel Tutorial
- May-Lin Iversen Demetriou's tutorial includes the support and tools she uses for her personal oil pastel painting process.
- Under-Drawing or Preliminary Sketching Mediums for Oil Pastel Paintings
- What do you use to draw your composition before laying down the oil pastel? A discussion of three options: graphite pencil, colored pencil, and oil pastels along with a recommendations.
Oil Pastel Artists
- Anima
Canadian oil pastel artist, Anima, paints beautiful women, colorful flowers, and fine wine captured in realistic detail with a twist of romance and fantasy.
Oil Pastel Forums and Discussions
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastels General Forum
- Join the wetcanvas community for classrooms, techniques, discussions, and support, as they explore oil pastels, a medium that is rapidly growing in popularity.
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Studio
- Share your latest oil pastel works or works in progress (WIP). Join an oil pastels project, create one of your own, or explore techniques. Learn from Classes and Demos provided by your Oil Pastel Team and by members of the forum.
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Talk
- Share your thoughts on materials, tools, techniques, and meet other artists. This is a great place to ask technical questions and learn more about oil pastels.
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Library
- An archival collection of threads containing valuable information for both the beginner and the more experienced oil pastel artist. This is a closed forum that is updated periodically.
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Classrooms
- This is a collection of tutorials by different artists
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Challenges
- This is a collection of challenges from different artists
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Tools and Materials
- This forum contains discussions and photos of tools and materials.
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastels WIPs
- This forum is a collection of Works In Progress by different artists
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Techniques
- Discover old, new, and innovative ways to use Oil Pastels
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Micellaneous
- Discussions, projects and a variety of topics concerning Oil Pastels
- Wetcanvas ~ Oil Pastel Society
- Join us in promoting oil pastels as a fine art medium. Discuss issues pertinent to membership, competitions, the website, and other society business.
Oil Pastel Associations and Groups
- Oil Pastel Society
- The Oil Pastel Society was formed on September 1, 2004, as a non-profit organization,to promote the knowledge and understanding of oil pastel as a fine art medium and to expand the awareness of oil pastel to other artists, galleries, the media, and the general public.
- Oil Pastel Society on Wetcanvas
- Discuss issues pertinent to membership, competitions, the website, and other Oil Pastel Society business.
Oil Pastel Blogs
- Anima ~ Blogging on Oil Pastels
Anima shares her techniques and processes for using oil pastels and blogs about the techniques and tips of other oil pastel artists. Learn more about the oil pastel medium and everything from how to get started using them and how to clean them out of your carpet.
Informative Oil Pastel Articles
- What To Do When Oil Pastel Paint Stains Your Carpet
- Stop panicing! This article explains several different ways of getting oil pastel stains out.
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by Anima
I'm Anima, a 26 year old emerging artist born in Ghana, West Africa and living in Edmonton, Alberta, Canada. When I was 15 years old, I discovered oil... (more)
