Can use a q tip too ... apparently 🙃

thanks. I tried your tip and it got me a good result

@@carolinebarrett4736 yes I got results with that too

Exaaacctlyyyy

@@carolinebarrett4736 if you have one using a blending stump is the best option

What did they teach you ?

My teacher told me to not smudge, because it makes it look watered down and dull. There are many different ways to blend correctly. Normally, you apply in this order: Dark, Base, Light. You then use the base oil pastel and blend over the other colors you want blended in small circular motions. He told us this and I used it. He loved the drawings I made with the technique. Smudging does not look as good as normal blending. This video is promoting that, and it is sad to see.

@@whatdoyoumeme5713 I found using lighter colours before darker ones to work much better! I don't know why it doesn't really look good when I use dark colours first

I am better than my art teacher my teacher sucks and she doesn’t even know how to draw she just makes people draw stupid boring cartoons

@@NourBira probably because the colors your putting over the top are slightly transparent then the ones underneath, and for oil pastel sometimes it helps to let the lower layers dry otherwise you end up mixing the layers together instead of laying one over the other. Or you can just use white!

Sammie Redfern saame

Same

Sammmmmme

I did both with dry pastels. I got right in there. I'm not shy 😉l think as long as you get the end result your after that's all that counts. One of the most hilarious things was my first time using charcoal. Oh my gosh, got into a right mess! It was everywhere! Lol 🤭 all over me, yet so little on the paper. All over my clothes, legs and arms and even big black streaks across my face where Id tried to swipe my hair off my face probably, I don't remember how it got all over my face! 😳 Was so funny! The joys of being creative! But then it's supposed to be fun and therapeutic, and it sure is, especially if you can have a laugh along the way. Good medicine for the soul! ☺️🎨🖌️

I have prismacolor pastels I never blend with my fingers.

Weird_Girl ^_^ haha, kinda related but my teacher called my oil pastels crayons when they say OIL PASTEL on them

Yep, got my daughter some $4 ones...after trying those, I'm surprised the $3 ones in the video blended at all. Couldn't layer colours, had to push as hard or harder than crayons to get any colour at all, and so very unpigmented and transparent - like those cheap crayons (not the crayola) that kids get in restaurants.

I got some for £4 (roughly $5) and they were hard to blend, it started coming off, like when I tried to blend it started to one off the paper and I could drag my nail across it and I old bring the actual stuff off no matter how many layers...

Weird_Girl ^_^ May I recommend cray pas? I have a small pack of them and they work well (I think? I don’t know much about pastels, but they’re pretty easy to blend and they’re vibrant.). They’re cheap too

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I draw with my eyes closed. Try it.

same

Same I did

Right?! 😂

@@foxylilmimi hi yea I was right

Me too, I thought that he was amazingly straight to the point and chilled out. With no filler in nonsense. I'm just starting out with oil pastels myself. So, he has helped me greatly, and I am really delighted that this channel and video was the first I clicked on. I've been drawing and painting for years. But pastels are completely new for me too. Slainte, from Galway Ireland!

I too

maya the lame one! Doing it different doesn't mean that you are wrong...I'm also doing in with different way, it works well for me 😊

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@@nikoletak shut up brooo

April Marie hi!! True..i did a pastel artwork last monday. In the box,its said that you should use turpentine or mineral spirits to blend them. I dont have any of them so i used baby oil instead. It did worked. Not that much blendability i was expecting but it worked and i loved it!! Now my baby oil has 2 purposes now-for my body & my pastel artworks!!!

Baby oil doesn't dry I thought. How are your pastels holding up?

@@omnesilere oil pastels never completely dry either. It's why they require a fixitive to not smudge.

Baby oil does dry....on dry surfaces. It also does dry with oil paints, as I am just finding out. Not many oil pastel users know to use paint thinners to blend with brushes.

@@RheaRobin does hairspray work as a fixative?

Here's another video to watch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hb91iNSLr-CylJc.html Action Adventure Sketch featuring Tarzan! Also see on KZfaq: "Triumphant Barbarian!" by H R Gerrard.

I see it too now and i can't get it out of my head 😂

fobb

Ikr

Yes I was wondering who he reminded me of

LOVE UR PFP FREN

Me too! I feel so silly. 😅

😆😆😆Now this makes me look like a fool😂😂😂,first, it's really not easy to blend the pastels into that fine colour..it needs some effort 😱😱

You can use tissue...

You can use the color white...

True. Special in summer. They look really good but hard to manage. (At least for me.)

You really shouldn't use you fingers to blend oil pastels

Same here! I guess I stupidly looked at them as crayons, but more artsy 😶 the blending certainly makes a difference!

Wow..how sweet

Lol- I learn sooo much from KZfaq- would b lost without it really 😆

Exactly he is so clear with telling us about techniques and helps me learn SOOOOOOO much!

True

hop its not to late for commenting😅😅😅😅😅😅😅😅

Karla Rades I wouldn't worry so much about the oil of the fingers , because oil pastels are oily as well

Well, the problem with it is that it doesn't look as good as normal blending. With smudging, in the end you get a dull, watered down like drawing.

Karla Rades what should I use to blend?

Stephanie Beyruti i’m thinking of using q-tips

I know you’ve been told that in art class but it doesn’t at all apply to this medium.

Here's another video to watch: kzfaq.info/get/bejne/hb91iNSLr-CylJc.html Action Adventure Sketch featuring Tarzan!

ecem ali use fixative spray when you have completed your piece. Other tip use a dry cloth or folded paper towel when working on your piece over the areas you are not working on at the moment so it does not smudge.

i heared they use a "special" spray....