Following the Graphite Pears tutorial I put on LinkedIn, I’m putting some resources here to support my oil pastel tutorial on YouTube which is live today. There are three videos, and you will need a set of Oil Pastels to follow along.
I use Cray Pas Pastels, which are really soft, there are 2 sets – one with 12 colours, the other with 24. To create this image I used some of the colours from the bigger set – you can mix these or buy a few more colours such as the turquoise and ultramarine blue, and an extra stick of white is always useful!
Otherwise, use what you have, the idea of oil pastel is not to be too representational, and look hard for subtle colours like pink and purples. You’ll need some pastel paper to work on, blue, green or even a hotter red or pink would be great. If you buy a pad of A3, you could use a sheet or two to create your set up. Just add pineapple!
If you don’t have these to hand, use this image to draw from – having it on an iPad propped up is great, so that the image doesn’t keep locking, choose ‘never’ from the auto lock controls under ‘display and brightness’ or just print it out…..
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