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paellamagi β Basic Oil Pastel Tutorial
Published: 2006-10-31 05:16:07 +0000 UTC; Views: 29785; Favourites: 102; Downloads: 189
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Ok guys, this is my entry into =GH-MoNGo 's tutorial contest. I am by no means an expert on Oil pastels, and I only attempt to explains a few basic techniques. The best thing to do with oil pastels is to experiment - its an amazingly versatile medium. Can get messy though.As far as I know by my searches, this is the only oil pastel tutorial on deviantART.
Win for me! Too bad its a rather mediocre tutorial. 
Check out this site for further information. I haven't had a thorough look at it, but it seems to explain some more advanced techniques.
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If you know any other sites with info on oil pastels , tell me so I can add to the list.
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Nice. I use the ones from caran d'ache. I use them for sketching. I will keep your tips in mind.
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Thank you for the tutorial 
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Thank you for an useful tutorial! I recently found my old oil pastels and wanted to try them again
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There were a few points on here that were interesting, but not enough to make me run out and buy oil pastels. I bet you know things that are really interesting, but don't realize what us poor art noobs don't know.
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I have to say this will help me
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Thankyou for this simple yet effective tutorial! ^_^
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Thanks for this ^_^ haven't used these in years and wasn't amazing with them anyway, so this is useful.
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Thank you for the explanation. Right now I am having problems with a "unicorn" and a dancing "faun", they are looking horrible because this technique is new for me, but your tutotial is giving me encourgement to keep going. Thanks!
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Yes, I love the way oil pastels blend too. They're my favorite medium by far.
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here are some pastel/oil pastel sites
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This tutorial is perfect! I just bought some oil pastels today-coincidently-and now at least I know how to use them properly. Lol.
Thanks for the info. ^^
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I'm glad I helped.
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this is a cool thing you did there! 
dummy me thought one beautiful day as she was shopping 'hey! there are lying some nice oil pastels! and you neither tried oil nor pastels yet, so why not the comb?!' well.. that was not all too clever i guess.. it was two years ago!
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Yeah, they are a bit tricky at first. You just have to make sure to lay it on thickly.
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Is there any way to avoid the clumps of pastel that accumulate after a short while of colouring?
Or am I just pressing too hard?
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Hm I get that sometimes, I just kind of brush it away, to be honest. 
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@_____@
You know what I first thought that yellow spot was?
And still do?
xD
Not watercolors, pal.
xDDD
I've always had trouble with oil pastels, and the explanations in this actually help! 8D I actually feel rather inspired to try out something with them! <3
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Did I say it was watercolour?
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