I had no idea how "new" oil pastels were as a medium, 1949. Nor did I know Picasso was the impetus. But 15 years later, I was introduced to cray-pas in the 3rd grade, in 1964. It was the first time I liked school. Wish I'd never walked away from art. Now enjoying them again. Thank you!

Your description is as artistic as your work. As is your choice of music. All three are deeply appreciated. I love the warm background of orange paper poking through here and there.

Absolutely gorgeous. Just found this vid as I've just discovered oil pastels and need some guidance. Thank you for the calming instructions and the excellent art. Peace and love from the UK.

I've been searching oil pastel tutorial that is not too basic but still something I can understand as an ordinary person. Than I found you. This is the best oil pastel tutorial and presentation I've ever watch. Your video, music, instructions, and explanation are the arts itself. God bless you.

I love oil pastels for their vibrancy and immediacy, yet have struggled to find quality instructional videos. Thank you so much for this one! Absolutely helpful in so many ways, I took down so many notes and am going to do this painting today!

So glad you added that bright orange red towards the end. I tend to be very detail oriented, so I see this medium offering an opportunity to try a more "loose and expressive" art. I didn't know about harder oil pastels. Thanks for the instructive demonstration. It was inspiring.

this is by far, the best oil pastel demonstration I've seen on youtube, thanks for sharing, I was looking for oil pastels techniques that don't use blending, the result is stunning!

If I could like this twice I would. I have been struggling to use my new Paul Ruben soft oil pastels and this made a world of difference!

You have the best videos! I love this clear demonstration. I am excited about trying this. .

This is the most beautiful oil pastel painting I’ve seen. I always wanted to try oil pastels, and this piece made me finally buy the sticks. Thank you!

Sir, you've just totally redefined my approach to oil pastels... I'm starting to think differently ;) thanks a lot

Can't tell you what kind of feeling your painting gave me! But I guess it's most probably artistic and encouraging! Love your tutorials so so so sooooo much!

Using quarantine time to revive my passion for oil pastels 😃 Thank you for sharing your work. Absolutely beautiful 😀😀

I’m gonna give this one a go. I recently purchased 3 different sets of oil pastels. A Sennelier portrait set of 24, a Mungyo Gallery Professional set of 48 (highly recommend) and Paul Rubens light pastel colors set of 36. I really haven’t given all of them a real workout yet. However, I did a swatch design of the Mungyo set on a high quality Ampersand Gessobord (highly recommend) and it showed off this set in a fabulous way. Very smooth lay down and it“dried” to an almost velvet touch. The Paul Rubens “extra light” pastel color set included many lovely shades but many of the colors were so close that they were virtual duplicates. Using a small canvas board, I did a little abstract design. found them to be very creamy, but sticky and tending to roll up too easily into little bits. Then because they had so much white in them to get those very light colors, they looked a bit hazy to me upon finishing. The Sennelier set that I just swatched on some oil painting paper, had the same stickiness quality but with less little bits like the Paul Rubens. Sennelier oil pastels are at the top in reviews and recommendations and I think with more experience using them, I’ll probably enjoy them as much as the Mungyo. With Paul Rubens, made in China, their watercolor line enjoys very high ratings and is considered “artist/pro” quality. Not sure if that same rating can be extended to their oil pastels, (didn’t see a ton of reviews for this particular set on Amazon (70 4.5 stars or YT) but I’ll see as I put them into real use. The Mungyo art brand, and particularly their oil pastels, made in Korea, also get high ratings on Amazon (this set 1,542 4.5 stars) and by artists on YT. And on Amazon, both the Mungyo and PR sets 2 sets are priced in the low $20 range. I paid about $52 for the Sennelier set (made in France) at my local fine art supply store...I think they were on sale...and that price or higher is the going rate. I intend to get a set of the highly recommended Cray-pas too. Thanks!

The painting is beautiful as are your creative process and commentary. Very enjoyable to watch. Thank you.

I loved this video. You are such a great instructor. So glad that I found you. :)

This is stunning! The colours stayed so vibrant even with the layers. I will take this tutorial up for a project some day :)

Wow! Thank you so much for this lesson! This is literally the first and only good oil pastel painting I’ve ever seen. Every other oil pastel painting looks so amateur, I was starting to think the medium just couldn’t be taken seriously. But your painting is so beautiful. It has all the great qualities of both oil and soft pastel. I just love it. I hope to see some more in the future. Thank you again.

Matt that was great! Great tutorial, great painting! Thank you 🌷🌷😊

This is a gorgeous piece of art. Thanks for teaching us how you show depth.

Great tutorial! I love oil pastels and I hope you produce more. Thanks for sharing.

Such a wonderful tutorial! Absolutely love your painting technique which is so easy to follow! Thank you so much from a complete beginner!

Such a breath-taking work of art! And I am deeply grateful for the detailed explanations. I have learned a lot! Thank you!

Thank you so much for the amazing painting and the great tutorial. I hope you will give us more oil pastel videos.

Thank you so much for helping us struggling artists out! I love your videos and the way they're made, so peaceful and calm.

Completely mesmerized by the painting. Very inspiring, thank you.

So beautiful artwork. The instructions are to the point and give me a better insight to this medium. Got my first oil pastels set and I 'd like to try something based on the technique you showed here. Thank you for the video and the music selection which makes me feel calmer and more creative.

I think it was the first time i really liked my oil pastel tutorial outcome. Thank you so much! Very inspiring!

Thank you so much for this! You helped me rediscover my joy for oil pastels !

Really enjoyed that lesson, thank you. I've just switched from soft pastels for health reasons, so it's great to see what can be done. But of course, you are a very talented artist, who makes it all look easy!

I just got a set of oil pastels and I was unsatisfied by a majority of application techniques I was coming across on, but I loved your way of using the pastels. The texture of the applications came through and created a gorgeous appearance. Thanks for being so inspirational and giving easy to understand instruction!

AMAZING tutorial, so helpful and thorough, Thank you!!

Beautiful artwok.. I often use pastel when I was a kid for poster making..this reminds me of my childhood but you are far better than me...I Just started a Art Channel this tips are very helpful. Going continue the grind and I should practice more often.

Wonderful! Absolutely beautiful! I'd love to see oil pastels tutorials!😊👏

That’s wow I’ve just got oil pastels I use other mediums and am doing am exsam in crafts and art so you given me confidence to have a go with them xx thank you xx 🙏😀 xx 😘

Made this painting today with the help of your tutorial as im just 10 days old in oil pastels. It came out quite well. Thanku for such nice tutorial that even a beginner like me could make a nice art piece

Please try to make more oil pastel tutorials...I love your works so much and I have got that opportunity to make my skills better.. thank you so much...💙💙💙

Magnífico trabalho bela pintura parabéns ❤

So beautiful! I just started to learn oil pastel!

so beautiful and wonderful instruction!!

So much sincerely sharing his knowledge... thank you

That is a great great tutorial. I loved it. Could you please make more of these explained and detailed how to color with acrylic paints on wild flowers as well.

So lovely, this was so relaxing and turned out perfect...Thank you

Absolute stunning 👍

You are amazing and the way you explainyour technique is awesome ❤

so beautiful, I can't wait to try this out. thanks!

Thank you. I struggled with oil pastels. But I love them. I was using them wrong.

Very good, I like your usage of Oil pastels, it almost looks like the style of Van Gough, either way it looks beautiful.

Best painting and the best tutor,,

Awesome design skills!!

I appreciate how they dumbed it down for me.

Top top top ! I will definitely check your programs :) Thank you !

Stunning 😍❤️❤️

I am so in love with this .. something about this artwork has touched me deeply.. thank you so much for sharing.. it made my day 🌹💙🌹💙🌹💙🌹

i have to agree with Michelle here. this was a beautifully produced lesson incorporating an abundance of information . i usually have to watch the lessons more then once to catch all the bits of info that you throw out there as you are creating the art. thanks ,tom

Thank you for the sanity and beauty.😊

I love the tutorials you make so much

Wow! Twas a great lesson im a beginner using oil pastel I came across to your channel...

Really enjoyed this!!!

Lovely, and very instructive - thank you

Wow, you're really amazing.

Wonderful, creative and inspiring encouragement! Thank you so much for sharing this tutorial!

Loved this video!

Amazingly beautiful

Your drawing was awesome! And your eyes are really beautiful

Professionally presented 👍🏼

On this episode of Art Yoga... Aummmmmmmm

This is excellent. Keep up the good work

Nice work. They look really soft pastels, adding light over dark. Can't do that with cheaper ones.

Thank you for the lessons sir.

Overwhelming 🥰🥰🥰👍🏼🙏🏻

Wow beautiful

Loved doing this and following along, tagged you on instagram. I have pretty cheap oils, but it turned out pretty decent.

THIS IS STUNNING :)

Very beautiful and helpful thank you 🙏

Marvelous 😍

This was great, thank you for the video.

So amazing ! I found a competent person I subscribed to your channel 😊

Beautiful.

this is very helpful, thank you so much !

Beautiful

wow.... beautiful

Excelente quantos conteúdo s excelentes grato pastel secos

Wonderful!

love this!!

good job ... plz more soft pastels lessons

Thank you!

love it matt!!!

Great video and beautiful piece and loved the description in between learning about highlights. I tried to follow the tutorial but mine looks flat still 😬

Grato pelos excelentes conteúdos pasteisss lesson Joaquim Raphael

Love it Matt. There is nothing quite like oil pastels (-: Marion

Very beautiful... I like it.. 👍👍👍

非常美丽的作品！

Awesome 👏👏👏👏😀👌🌷

Hi Sir.u r the one im looking for..Shukran...

Merci pour ce cour ! Il est très intéressant ! Je pourrais dorénavant mieux peindre ;) Merci !

Mine looks like a field of roses. LOL! Thank you!

🌹🎀I enjoyed watching your video.😍😍😍It's really cool.😍😍😍

Adorei! 😍😍😍👏👏👏👏

Thank you! I love it very much! And you are very beautiful and your vois very nice! 🙏💓🌹😊