What's your experience with oil pastels? Do you hate it or love it? Leave any questions below :-)

Love your aesthetic and approach to art PearFleur 💗 This video was so comforting and beautifully put together with all these vibrant colors, thank youu! ☀️

I remember having to do oil pastels in art class and hating it because I couldn’t build up any color. Now I realize the teacher had probably given us the wrong paper😅 Watching you makes me want to try it again!

I have been using oil pastels as my main medium for many years. I have different brands which range in terms of hardness and pigment. (Sennelier being the softest/ most unctuous). I have developed a range of techniques including variations of the main ones you illustrate. I tend to use cheap acrylics as a ground on most supports as it adds depth to the work. I also apply pastels sometimes by using white spirit and unwrapping them so that I use the sides rather than the tip. Then I bathe the pastel gently and apply in bold strokes to cover larger areas. This is also excellent for using one colour to blend several others. (Sennelier also does an unpigmented pastel which is very useful for blending when you don't want to add colour.) It can and does get very messy. (My nails don't look like yours, sadly. lol) Another technique I use is to use oil pastel over chalk pastel and vice versa. It gives some interesting effects, particularly useful when doing something like a sky and adding clouds, as an example. I also use them over oil paints and when the paint is tacky and almost set. You can use the pastel to push the paint around and add a punch of colour. I use them on 'colorfast' paper which has a good tooth. Or canvas board with added texture using various things like sand and pummice. They are endless fun.

After my grandpa died a few years ago I got a bunch of his art supplies, many of which looked to have been untouched for decades judging by the styles of the packaging, and that included his oil pastels which were totally dried out which was a bummer to me, but I think his soft pastels are still functional so I gotta remember to learn how to work with those one day, and then another day get some decent oil pastels of my own cause it looks so fun to use.

Oh goody! Excited to watch this on my lunch break, and then again tonight when I spend some time in my sketchbook! Your videos always find me when I need them most.

I know I sound like a broken record, I think I comment this every time, but the vibe of your videos and your art blows me away. Every time. ❤️

This is brilliant on so many levels: quality of instruction, level of detail, colours, techniques, inspiration, gradual building toward your final piece using all the techniques your demonstrated...wow! I have a set of oil pastels and have used them just a little for final touches on watercolours occasionally but you have opened up a new world! Thank you so much!!

I would recommend using a drying oil. Olive oil is non drying so the painting will stay that way indefinitely

ok honestly i love that funky little bird u made. hes got Character

Came to the comments to see any roasts on the birb. I don't understand how you expect any roasts when you have us all in awe of your art at the end of the vid XD Please make more of your journey with pastels!

Oh god the TALENTTT!!💖💖💖 I’ve been watching u for years and yet I’m still so amazed by how talented you are with every video you upload 😭💕💕 it’s so inspiring !!

Yay I've been waiting literally for years for you to try oil pastels 😊 my favorite medium

Your art is so beautiful! I remember highschool art classes, the teachers never taught us any techniques! We were just given materials and were told what to draw. There wasn't much experimentation. I'll need to try pastels again!

Aaaah now I see what I’m missing with my 80 cents oil pastels XD These are so smooth and blendy!! Very delicious lookin !

The way you seem to instinctively understand color and technique is really incredible, I love watching art develop right before my eyes!

This pastel was brought to me by my father so so long ago. I remember my favorite colors and even the smell of it which I loved so much. Pastel was lost somewhere and I could neither find it nor recall the brand. And now I see this wonderful video. Thank you :)

best. bird. ever.

You know, I think my mom gifted me a set of these same pastels a few years ago. I've honestly never touched them before, i always disliked the look of them when i saw my classmates at art uni using them. But I didn't even come to think about the techniques and outcomes you could get. I'm gonna try them now! Thanks for the inspiration, I do honestly love playing with other mediums.

I just tried oil pastels for the first time because of this video. I've had a small cheap pack of pastels in my drawer for ages but I've never used them but. Oh my god. They're so much fun it's like there's no pressure to make something perfect it's amazing

It's a good day when Pear Fleur has a new video up.

I love hearing your voice on this channel again, even if only a little bit! It’s so grounding and you have such sharp insights

This channel is great bc you’re mellow. I’ve been w arching your vids all day.

Oh my god you made me instantly search up these oil pastels on amazon >///< the power you have over me,,,

I am just here for the peeling..the crisp corners are satisfying

i love the face of the bird so much oh my god

I used to own a similar set of oil pastels and that's my first proper set of coloring tools, I still remember the joy of exploring different colors and textures of it!!!! thank you for such a lovely video which reminds me of my childhood!

i love oil pastels and i adore watching how u work with them never tried them on rough paper, so i'm very excited to try that out!!

This feels so nostalgic! I used this very same brand of oil pastels for my projects in school and in poster making contests 👐🏼🌍🕊️

Been following you since the early days. You have such a great eye for art!

I love how your videos are an equal mix of informative (showing how the pastels work on different paper), and relaxing! Very inspired to give oil pastels a shot for something both fresh and fun now, the colours are so rich and vibrant.

I really love this type of videos from you. Calming and inspirational.

I love that your casual bird scratching came out ugly because it gives me confidence when I have a bad art day. Sometimes I can draw really well, other days everything looks like a scribble and like I lost my skills 😭

Glad to hear you get stuck too. I slow stitch when I can’t paint then I watch people like you for inspiration then I usually get an itch for painting again. You are a lovely painter . I like how you paint I could watch you all day .

I recently got some oil pastels and started drawing with them. I love their texture and how you can visibly notice the strands of colour they leave on the paper. You can see the journey of your painting.. also it's so fun mixing the colours and blending them into the paper. I love it!

I love the colour palette you chose for the small studies. The peachy pastels are such a refreshing combination of colours to look at

I have this very same set and no complains so far. Yes, the rough paper works best with these pastels.

Love this! I've been thinking about adding pastels into my work a lot recently so I was really excited to see this video. I remember using this brand in school 🤔 I might have to go order some pastels now...

your warm-ups are my end goals lol

This reminds me... I have a set of Sakura artist's oil pastels, i hardly use them... I will from now on. Thanks ❤️ for the inspiration.

i usually use my old oil pastels, i need to get new ones tho but despite being old and dirty, the color is still clean, pigmented, and opaque!! i love it tho! also i really love you art sm!! ❤️ it really is beautiful and comforting to watch your videos!! 😍

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I love how all the colors look blended together, so satisfying!! Also the colors you chose to draw with are all so nice, esp that mint green 👀 Were you using references to draw the faces? I feel I get into an art block bc I look at my files of references and I STILL can’t think of anything to draw >

There's something so therapeutic about your videos.i love it!

Thank you for taking my wish on oil pastels from last video into account! I appreciate it so much

it’s so satisfying seeing you use oil pastels!

I bought that little set because of this video. It looked so fun, trying it out tomorrow, i'm so excited.

I’m always a little reserved when it comes to trying out new mediums, but this encouraged me and inspired me so so much!! Also the motives and the color palettes are so unique, pretty and just go so well together!! 🌷🐸✨

Thank you for taking away my anxiety, I love your videos and I haven't seen them for a while, today I saw this one and I still feel the same calm as I did a few years ago when I watched your videos. I'm sorry if you don't understand my comment, I don't speak English and I translated what I wanted to write from a web page.

I remember using oil pastel before when I was younger, it was my preferred medium before watercolour because of how nice it was whenever I used them. I liked them more than crayons and it was the medium that made me discover my talent for art. The feeling you have when using it was soothing, the blending of it was satisfying and calm like in the video. It’s been a while since I last used it and I’m ready to use it again after watching this video, thanks.

Ah... oil pastels, my mortal enemy. Until i get better paper that has more tooth in it, me and my oil pastels are gonna despise each other in the meantime.

This video makes me feel so inspired to use oil pastels! I've only used them for school and I didn't really like them because of their feel, but now I'm willing to give it a try! :D

I love the way you experiment. I need to do more of that and stop focusing on product!!

One time I did a small copy of Dali’s Persistence of Memory painting, you know, the one w the melting clock, w the same oil pastels, and couldn’t believe how easy it was and how much it looked like the painting lol

Only if you knew how much you inspire me and make me smile everyday.

i was already kind of itching to try out oil pastels and this video just made me crave in trying it out!!! they look so fun and the textures you get are gorgeous

I have the same set of oil pastels, and each time I felt uncomfortable using them. I just didn´t know how to use them! Thank you so much for inspiration and instructing! 🥰

love your little captions and your art. also loved the music choice

You make me fall in love with oil pastel again

I did not love them when I was younger, but now they are one of my favourite mediums!

Thats to you now i realize how easy it is to clean them!

Ooh, this feels so nostalgic for me. When I took art classes as a teen, we almost worked exclusively with oil pastels (I think my teacher liked them because they were relatively cheap and easy to clean up). I didn't like them at first because it felt like it was only a small step up from drawing with crayons as a kid, and I wanted to use the more 'glamorous' mediums like gouache or oil paint. However, as I worked with them, I came to appreciate this medium in itself. I like the texture it produces, the feel of the oil pastel in my grasp, the ease we which you can use it, the different effects it produces... Watching your video has inspired me to go find my old oil pastels (hopefully they haven't dried up!) and try using them again.

Just tried oil pastels for the first time yesterday and struggled with blending quite a bit. Really glad to see this video in my feed, it's super helpful!

incredible, fascinating, i'm in love of your work, it's very inspiring.

Lovely video. I have this same set, I bought it recently after digging out my old 12 set from the same brand and playing around with them and actually enjoyed blending the colours together. I had never seen anyone use them when I bought the first set so never understood what to do with them, got frustrated and put them aside but this time around I had so much fun with them. It helps that they are so cheap so you don’t have to feel too precious about it.

stunning work as always!! 💘 i recently started using oil pastels to practice mini sketches and color theory before starting an oil piece. ive been feeling really unmotivated to create lately so this video helped a lot :)

Wow wow wow I love the color combination

Your voice is so soothing! Thanks for the video, really inspired me 🧁🍭🎂🍰

Your use of colors is immaculate

I taught elementary school art and loved using the Crayola Portfolio series with some Pentel oil pastels for extra whites, etc. Portfolios are soft so they break and smush easily which can be a drawback with kids and they are also water-soluable. But the colors are great and blend easily, looking fantastic even on sulphate construction paper. I used clear unscented AquaNet hairspray as fixative. Once a set that was sourced through our district distributor had yellows that molded once on the paper. I called Crayola from the classroom with the kids present and told the rep I had some unhappy campers in my room as their work was ruined. The company sent a total replacement set for free. I'm not a fan of the stiffness of oil pastels in general but cannot use chalk pastels, sadly, as I am allergic to the dust - as were some of my students.

What a wonderfully calm and relaxing video! I love that this is about pastels since I've also recently started painting with them. It's really really fun. How come these are so cheap though? If only I would've known earlier 😅

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I just discovered your account yesterday and I'm so obsessed... the way you present art is so refreshing and so much appreciation down to each stroke! Whenever you paint i can feel my breathe slowing down and calms my soul. Thank you for your wonderful presence!! p.s that bird is cute.. it somehow reminds me of nausica :')

i love oil pastels but it's been so long since i pulled them out! i just finished a very stressful (and for me, my very first) spring semester at college and once i send in my last research essay, i think i'll try something like this - it looks really fun! do you think it would work well with a mixed media of oil pastels over a watercolor base layer? i might try that but would be curious if you've had experience with it. thx as always for such a wonderful video

I blend with a latex glove and qtips. Oil pastels get super freaking messy, very quickly. Have clean up supplies close by if you decide to try them. Also put something down if you're on carpet.. like a towel. Learned that the hard way

Precioso y relajante. Tus gatos también son preciosos.

Sensual and inspiring video - thank you!

I would love to see a behind the scenes video! You make the most beautiful and aesthetic videos

That desk is the perfect cat elevator 😸

this was inspiring, and I only get inspired to create when I see something amazing

Love each and every little square 😍 so unique and aesthetic ❤

Yay! I was so happy to see an oil pastels video from you! I just started exploring them myself and it was a great to see how you tackled getting to know the materials and then finish that lovely painting!! I would love to see more oil pastels videos from you in the future 👏🏼

I remember wanting to try oil pastels in an art class, but the ones we had were crumbling so much, I had a hard time enjoying the medium. Years later, I got something like the ones in the video now, and I can't wait to try them!

Thank you for making a video about oil pastel, especially on pentel oil pastel.

Love. Can't wait to get to work.

The aesthetics and color schemes in this one 😩💗

5:42 my mom thought me this when i was 5 and i remember showing it off to kids at school and they were so impressed lol

Your color choices are always on point. And while I really disliked working with pastels in the past, you made me curious to try them again!

Love,love,love this!

You have a magnificent talent 🫶🏻 thanks for the content ❤️

Love how you use colours! Absolutely 😻

It genuinely looks like your having fun while in this video I hope it was ! I really like what you made

I have some better, buttery oil pastels, and had yesterday finally thrown away a baggie of several very old, inexpensive dry and solid oil pastels. Having see this, I removed them from the bin, and tossed them back into my supplies. There may be a place for them after all. Thanks!

the experimentation was really cool !

i love your videos, them helps me for relaxing. thank you PearFleur for posting quality content

my uncle got me them oil pastels when i was 7 years old over 10 years later i still have them and they still work the same

30 seconds in and im hooked already!

Amazing art, so beautiful

Literally one of your best videos

I like whis sketches. 😍😍😍