Tag Archives: Oil Pastels

Oil Pastels: Purple Irises (demonstration)

Posted on September 15, 2021 by artdragon86

While re-organising my art supply cabinet the other day, I found a box of Sakura Cray-Pas Specialist oil pastels that my parents had brought back from me on a trip to America many years ago and was still in its … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Tomato (demonstration)

Posted on April 30, 2017 by artdragon86

Time for another art demonstration! Today it’s a drawing of a tomato based on a photo in WetCanvas’s Reference Image Library uploaded by olika. I did this drawing while reviewing the Sennelier oil pastels and since I took progress photos, … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Sennelier Oil Pastels (review)

Posted on April 29, 2017 by artdragon86

Though I don’t often draw with them, oil pastels are one of my favourite mediums because of how easy they are to layer and blend. Most of the oil pastels I’ve used are in the medium to firm range, but … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Kingfisher (demonstration)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by artdragon86

While perusing WetCanvas’s Reference Image Library for inspiration one day, I came across a nice kingfisher photo uploaded by oliverandjazz and thought it would make a good oil pastel drawing. I used Cretacolor AquaStics, but regular oil pastels with a … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Cretacolor AquaStics (review)

Posted on April 16, 2017 by artdragon86

One of my orders from Jerry’s Artarama many years ago included a tin of Cretacolor AquaStics. Advertised as watersoluble oil pastels, they looked like a fun new sketching medium to try. Here is the colour chart for my set of … Continue reading →

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Boards: Ampersand Pastelbord (review)

Posted on January 18, 2017 by artdragon86

While walking around the city a few weeks ago, I noticed that the art supply shop had a billboard out the front proclaiming there was a sale on, so I wandered in to see if I could find a bargain. … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Crayola Portfolio Watersoluble Oil Pastels (review)

Posted on December 18, 2016 by artdragon86

I often see sketching threads on the art forum I visit frequently where posters talk about using Crayola Portfolio oil pastels in their sketchbooks. I had some spare money a few months ago so I decided to grab some off … Continue reading →

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Watersoluble Crayons and Oil Pastel Brands (comparison)

Posted on August 3, 2016 by artdragon86

Time for another art supply comparison post, this time on water-soluble pastels and crayons! As with my coloured pencil comparison, I’m only testing products that are marketed as ‘Artist Grade’. The crayons/pastels I’ll be testing in this post are: Caran … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Faber-Castell Creative Studio Oil Pastels (review)

Posted on May 31, 2016 by artdragon86

At some point during my childhood, someone (probably my grandmother) had bought me a box of Faber-Castell Creative Studio oil pastels. I’m sure I must have played around with them briefly but for the most part, they sat in the … Continue reading →

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Oil Pastels: Sakura CrayPas Expressionist (review)

Posted on May 30, 2016 by artdragon86

Recently I was looking for some cheap but reasonably good quality oil pastels for use in storyboard illustrations for my PhD project. Though I ended up not using oil pastels in that project (I decided to do it all in … Continue reading →

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