Oh boy, was this fun! I found a new blog this week called
the oil pastel review and was inspired to try oil pastels. I remembered that I have some oil pastels that I've never used. I think they were my dads and they were probably purchased in the 1960's. They are probably inexpensive ones but it was fun playing with them. I thought that working with these would basically be like working with soft pastels but they felt very different. I have a lot to learn about them but I think the more expensive the supplies, the more oil and less wax there is in the sticks. These were pretty waxy feeling but that was okay. The surface I used for this was a small piece of archival mat board to which I had added a layer of fine pumice gel. It was the perfect surface for this medium.
I'm curious whether or not this will ever dry completely. It's not wet like an oil painting is when first painted, but if I run my finger across it, some color lifts. It seems like they wouldn't completely dry since if they did, the oil pastel sticks would also be dry and would be unusable, right? Since the ones I have are about 50 years old and are still soft, I'm assuming that I will have to frame this medium behind glass as I would a soft pastels painting.
I will definitely be trying this medium again soon.
Sunstruck
Image size 3" x 4.5"
Oil Pastels
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Monday, February 7, 2011
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