Oil Pastel Tutorial For This Beginner

This oil pastel tutorial is for me as much as you because I'm relearning oil pastels like a beginner after 40 years. My very first art memory is my mom teaching me to draw marigolds with these magical sticks! I'll show you how I transfer a sketch of three sardines onto a painted journal page, block in color, and wait to blend for richer results. You'll see how I use blending stumps, make scales with chunky marks, and scratch fins in with sgraffito. This one is for you ESPECIALLY if you think you can’t draw. All supplies are linked below. __________ 📬 Join My Private Community (it’s FREE) ⭐ https://painted-paper-studio.kit.com/... ⭐ If you’d like access to all of my Free Resources, including my Gel Plate Video Guide, the global list of medical exam paper sources, more mixed media tutorials, creative inspiration, and behind-the-scenes info from me, I’d love to have you join my private community. __________ ☕️ Buy Me A Cup Of Coffee? ☕️ If you've enjoyed this video and would like to support this channel, you can buy me a coffee, and I'll think you're an angel! https://www.buymeacoffee.com/paintedp... 🥰 __________ 🎨 Supplies Used Today Procreate https://procreate.com/ Uniball White Pen https://amzn.to/3VgI5dJ Stabilo Woody https://amzn.to/3T9J8M1 Spiral Art Journal https://amzn.to/4i5GTjV Holbein Oil Pastels (Set of 100). These are tricky to get and expensive, but worth a look https://artsupplies.jp/products/holbe... Meeden Oil Pastels set of 144 (and an incredibly good price) amzn.to/4yYUTnt Blending Stumps https://amzn.to/46GVgav The links listed above are/may be Amazon affiliate links or other affiliate links to supplies that I actually use. I may receive a small commission on purchases made through these links, but please be assured that purchasing supplies through them will not incur any additional cost for you; it simply helps support my channel. 💜 I genuinely appreciate your support! 💜 __________ Chapters: 0:00 Oil pastel tutorial for a beginner (again!) 0:37 Why oil pastels are so special to me 1:57 Working over a painted art journal page 2:43 How I transfer a sketch without drawing 4:39 Do oil pastels dry true to the stick color? 5:07 Blocking in color with tiny circles 8:11 Why I'm skipping black and white 9:49 Why broken oil pastels are a good thing 11:38 How to blend oil pastels: finger vs blending stump 14:03 Why you should wait to blend 17:32 Oil pastels vs oil paint 20:30 Why use a colored background with oil pastels? 23:30 What to do when oil pastels pill 24:24 How to create scale texture with chunky marks 27:01 Can't draw? You can still create 28:50 Building the third sardine 30:34 Your lightest and darkest values don't have to be white and black 32:28 Sgraffito for fin texture 34:45 Final highlights and reflections