Mar 8, Walter Foster 152 reviewed, Painting with Oil Pastels
Walter Foster volume 152 Painting with Oil Pastels by H. P. McLaughlin reviewed. Good basic instruction and great examples. Classic image-heavy Walter Foster.
View ArticleMar 10, Tortillons and Stumps, Low-Cost Disposable Blenders
Tortillons and stumps are cheap, disposable blending tools available anywhere. Useful for pastels, graphite and colored pencils, they are also great for oil pastels.
View ArticleMar 11, Drawing from Memory
Drawing from memory is a challenge for any artist, one that unlocks the key to imagination and creating original artwork.
View ArticleMar 21, Walnut Hollow Oil Pencils
Walnut Hollow oil pencils, favorite of woodcrafters, blend invisibly with oil pastels to sharpen edges and create details.
View ArticleMar 21, Rumination
Rumination means painting without painting -- daydreaming about creating art can make you a better artist!
View ArticleMar 21, Spring Cleaning Nearly Done
It's a good thing too. My disabilities made something that would've taken only a few days of bustling activity for an abled person over a month of living in chaos. I have floor space again! The stuff...
View ArticleMar 25, Sgraffito
Sgraffito is an old Italian term for a traditional technique of exposing one layer of color by scraping through layers above it, a technique that works well for fine details in oil pastels.
View ArticleMar 25, Colour Shapers
Royal Sovereign Colour Shapers come in five shapes, three hardnesses and a variety of sizes. They are very useful for blending and edging with oil pastels.
View ArticleApr 12, Kenneth Leslie book
The Kenneth Leslie book, Oil Pastel Materials and Techniques, is a famous classic published in the 90s, now out of print, it's still recommended by every serious oil pastel painter I know.
View ArticleApr 14, Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner
Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner is a good introduction for any artist new to the medium.
View ArticleApr 15, Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting reviewed -- this 1929 classic focuses on pastel and oil painting but can help oil pastelists with every aspect of painting landscapes.
View ArticleApr 15, Books on Oil Pastels
Books on oil pastels reviewed. Some books on pastels or oil painting also have sections on oil pastels or techniques that adapt well.
View ArticleApr 16, Change of Plans
While I had planned to set up independent lightfastness testing on all the brands of oil pastels I own, this year isn't the time to do it. Recently my family's been considering a move to a different...
View ArticleApr 16, Oil Pastels Workstation
The Oil Pastels Workstation is a good beginner book with an added plus -- all the supplies you need to get started!
View ArticleApr 16, Walter Foster 159 -- Heads in Oil Pastels
Walter Foster 159, Heads in Oil Pastels is another great volume in the Walter Foster series. Some pages written and drawn by Walter Foster as well as author Stella Mackie.
View ArticleApr 16, Thinner Wash
Using a thinner wash on canvas, canvas board or canvas paper can give an effect like a turpentine-wash style of oil pastels painting with layers of transparent color.
View ArticleMay 6, Big Personal News
My family is moving to Yell County, Arkansas. We live in Kansas now. Arid, seasonal, volatile Kansas where the weather tends to wipe me out fast because with two sources of chronic fatigue, when I have...
View ArticleJun 4, Online in Arkansas!
Back online after some trials and tribulations in our family's move from Kansas to Arkansas. I've been offline since about May 24th with very brief periods online, due to the move and then the...
View ArticleJun 29, Composition
Improve the composition of your drawings with the Rule of Three and other tips.
View ArticleJun 30, Reflections and Shadows
Painting reflections and shadows gets richer the closer you observe real ones. Try painting from life in oil pastels, it won't take long!
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