Oil Pastels I am Using
I have just recently begun to reuse pastels and oil pastels at that. I like the way they blend and the vibrancy of their colours. The immediacy of the blending is both exciting and a challenge. Now, while out looking for illustration board with a rough surface, I found a store with some Sennelier oil pastels. I had been working with another artist's set but not a professional one like Sennelier. There is a difference.
With the artist's set I can lay down colour -even under colour- and blend easily. They seem more waxy when I handle them.
Here are the 24 Sennelier oil pastels I bought, I put them into my own wooden box for easier transport.
In both cases I use a palette knife to scrape away pastel. I am staying away from fixatives at this point as I have noted a change in hue when I have used it. (Maybe its the type of fixative -I'm not sure.)
I will be working with these pastels over the next while until they feel right to me.
On another note, I have been having a time trying to find oil pastel sites that talk about technique.
If you use oil pastels -and if you use the more professional ones- let me know how you like or dislike them and how you use them.
With the artist's set I can lay down colour -even under colour- and blend easily. They seem more waxy when I handle them.
Here are the 24 Sennelier oil pastels I bought, I put them into my own wooden box for easier transport.
"In
1949, Parisian painter Henri GOETZ approached Henri SENNELIER the famous artist
materials manufacturer, about creating a wax colour stick for his friend
Pablo
PICASSO. Picasso, a long-time Sennelier customer and a frequent visitor to
their store across the street from the Louvre museum, was looking for a medium
that could be used freely on a variety of surfaces without fading or cracking.
Their
collaboration produced the incomparable SENNELIER oil pastels. Originally
available in a palette of classic hues, the colour selection was expanded with
the addition of metallic and iridescent hues.
Beyond
these classic hues a selection of unique shades is available, and in particular
a gradation of greys, required for a balanced palette. This evolution is the
fruit of a long-standing collaboration with European and North American
painters, who have worked with our company in developing an exceptional palette
of shades." from http://www.sennelier-colors.com/en/Oil-pastels_4.html
In both cases I use a palette knife to scrape away pastel. I am staying away from fixatives at this point as I have noted a change in hue when I have used it. (Maybe its the type of fixative -I'm not sure.)
I will be working with these pastels over the next while until they feel right to me.
On another note, I have been having a time trying to find oil pastel sites that talk about technique.
If you use oil pastels -and if you use the more professional ones- let me know how you like or dislike them and how you use them.
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