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21 Clever OIL PASTEL Techniques and Tips (for Beginners!)
By In the Studio with Michele Webber
- Type
- Video
- Level
- Beginner
- Length
- 23 min
- Price
- Free
- Published
- 2023
About this lesson
21 oil pastel tips and techniques for beginners: suitable surfaces, underdrawing, light and heavy application, color mixing, pointillism and more.
Chapters
- 0:00Introduction
- 1:02Recommended surfaces for oil pastels
- 2:58Under-drawing tip for oil pastels
- 3:39Light application for oil pastels
- 4:10Heavy application for oil pastels
- 4:46Color mixing for oil pastels
- 6:19Light application without white
- 6:54Pointillism technique for oil pastels
- 7:31Scraffito technique for oil pastels
- 8:50Impasto with palette knife for oil pastels
- 10:12Colored pencils for neater oil pastels
- 11:11Card stencils for sharper oil pastels
- 11:44Low tack tape for fine lines in oil pastels
- 13:03Paper towel for oil pastels
- 13:48Blending stump for oil pastels
- 14:17Silicone tools for oil pastels
- 14:48Baby oil with cotton wadding for oil pastels
- 15:53Solvents with brush for oil pastels
- 17:15Watercolor resist with oil pastels
- 18:14Oil pastels on top of dry paint
- 19:00A monoprinting technique for oil pastels
- 20:50Storage and cleaning for oil pastels
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