How to get rid of useless oil pastels
February 2, 2008 § 7 Comments
I still had this old set of very hard oil pastels and I did not know what exactly to do with them. For painting with OPs I clearly prefer artist quality oil pastel sticks that are much softer. So what to do with these hard and waxy pastels?
It was this morning that I realized, that slightly melting them in a flame and smearing them all over a piece of paper is an option, too :).
And it creates very nice impasto effects as you can see here:
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Wow! this is so beautiful!!! 🙂
You’re right, the bright colors and built up texture is very eye catching.
Sherry
Terrific!!! I love this colorful paint … I image it in my living room … wonderful!
Looking at this picture with all of its bright and cheerful color make me deliriously happy!
Oh this is absolutely fanstastic. Great idea, great painting. Congratulations 😉
Ooh I love to learn new ways to use media. This looks so juicy!
Parchment craft work involves a technique of colouring on the reverse side by rubbing over with oil pastels then smoothing and blending with something like white spirit or essential oil on a rolled up piece of kitchen paper. It gives a very subtle look – so that’s another way to use them up.