“I promise not to break them” Proceeds to throw them over his shoulder

"It was a traumatic experience, and my mind blocked it out." There was PAIN in that line.

“Ah much better-AHH UGLY-OK all better” This is such a good quote 😂

When his 15 minutes quick sketch is better than ur whole career 💀

"AH!! UGLY!!!!" That quote is gonna be something I'll remember for a while now lol. 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Oil pastels definitely have a huge learning curve when it comes to not making your work look like a muddy mess. After a bit of trial and error, you can get some amazing pieces due to how well they blend together and even make some interesting textures by scraping away at them. Hope you give them another try sometime after this traumatic experience 😅

For pastels my go to technique is usually using a black piece of paper, actually! Then do the sketch lightly with a white pastel. Build up the colors/layer from lightest to darkest.

seeing an amazing artist such as yourself not always get the best results w certain medians is so encouraging to me bc i often feel like i’m not a real artist bc i haven’t mastered every median

"AHH UGLY!" I have never related to a quote more

Him: I promise I won't break them Also Him: *proceeds to throw them*

The blending with oil pastels is the best part.

hi! i have almost no experience using oil pastels, but from what i know, try choosing a smoother paper to work on. you have to really layer and mix them to have a consistent final piece, so the texture in watercolour paper isn’t the best. the colours are really blendable(?) so the outlines can be worked out without a defined lineart, unlike brush pens or nankin. also, im sure you already know this but try watching artists that use oil pastels! all love to you, i love your content :>>

Try a smoother paper and do exactly what you do in your usual style with the black oil pastel and then add color after just like normally the black lines will blend smooth and solid once you put the color next to them unlike the pencil and push harder for opacity and easier blending. And follow the shapes that you want with your strokes like painting. I think you would be very good at this in your style because you're so strong in depth using color like the little highlights and hair's you could scratch in at the end. You got it boss! 😊🖍

“AH ugly!!” hey now where’d you get that quote from? my sister?-

“AGH! Ugly!” Got me 😂

I prefer using oil sheets for oil pastels, much smoother application, and you can layer much more easily. Go dark to light like you would for oil colors and putting less pressure as you move forward with the layering helps. I hope this would be useful.

We actually used oil pastels in my art class twice, and both times we used them on a velvet fabric and they came out really smooth and were a lot easier to blend!

A wonderful example of different artists being talented in different mediums. I can’t do watercolor but I love oil pastels

I like this because it shows that everything doesn't always work out in art and that's okay. His videos are so comforting to me ❤

I personally really like using oil pastels I always buy some for kids because they don’t cost as much and they usually have a kind a plastic thing around them (idk how to describe it) so they don’t break so easily :)

"i promise not to break them" Also 10+ seconds later: *Breaks one*

R.I.P Bethany’s pastels at the end

I actually love oil pastels they are really nice to make sceneries with.

I felt like you were talking to me when you said “Sorry Bethany, already broke one!” 😂

In defense of oil pastels, I have the feeling you are trying them out in a way they were not meant to be used🤣 Very amusing short though...

a tip i learned from my art teacher with oil pastels, go over the details loosely first, dont be focused on filling in the space for the first pass. the base colour, then the darks and lights. once you've done that loose first pass, you can start going over it more precisely! go over with the base colour again, but press down harder and fill in the gaps, then the shading, highlights, and details. also, be sure to erase the sketch enough that you can still see it but wont smudge it :P oh also, better not to use your fingers to blend, let the pastels layer themselves into a blend

Personally, I have the most fun using oil pastels for abstract ideas. Trying to execute precision based art projects with pastels can’t help but be messy. It’s the same for soft pastels too. The workflow is intuitive for certain types of projects, but you have less control which affects neatness. I definitely prefer other mediums, especially for portraits or landscapes with intricate details.

My mom used to had color flannel graph backgrounds for children’s stories when I was younger. I remember watching her color with pastels. I miss her.

The finished product with the watercolors though omggggg the hair was so satisfying I loved it!

“Pencil sharper on the back of the box” Me: wait what- I’ve never seen it-

I love oil pastels. There’s a big difference between brands, not only in quality, but also in how they are best used. Some are great for sketching, some for under painting, some for texture, some for blending, some for detail….

personally I recommend sennelier oil pastels, not for the boogie ass reason of using expensive art supplies but because u can rlly begin to feel the true nature of oil pastels. they r creamy and pasty, colors blend seamlessly with each other and you can use oil paint mediums with your oil pastels too, since they are technically a type of oil paint. u can use them on other surfaces such as gessoboard, or wood or even cold watercolor paper (for those who love water-based mediums). it's rlly a great medium, the cheaper brands just don't do the medium any justice.

At school we use cottonballs dipped with baby oil then apply it to the finished oil pastel drawing. We do this so that no pigment would transfer to the hands.

We used oil pastels in my junior art class,now we focused on painting. Literally every thing that happened here happened to me

I’ve been reading the comments and I think this is the most wholesome channel I’ve ever seen ever like you’re not only taking in tips from other people that comment on your video but you are also improving your own art style growing as an artist and as a person and sharing that journey along with us. Your humble and kind but also generous with your knowledge of art and as someone who did art in school but didn’t really do art outside of school. You give me motivation to just jump back into it for fun and not see it as anything other than Expression and fun

Glad you tried out the baby oil tip! 😆

The “ahh ugly!” Was everything😆

Yes! For as long as I've been an artist, oil pastels have been my mortal enemy. Gorgeous palette cleanser tho!

I honestly prefer the portrait he made with oil pastels. Very Expressionistic.

I love your art but.. This video makes me happy in a way because I just KNOW I'm more skilled at using oil pastels than a professional artist. I've been using these for a long time so yeah

Another thing is that different artists have different preferences! I honestly love to draw and doodle with pencil since I always have one. There are many amazing pieces made with different types of art!

There are a lot of really trash oil pastels out there, in this case it’s definitely more about the quality than you. They should not feel like crayons

Thank you so much for sharing the same thought I have on them

I love how the more videos you make the more your personality comes out!

Bro I have a great experience with oil pastel it’s so easy just throw in a bunch of colors , smudge them and boom your painting in ready

oil pastels are just evil crayons!!! we both have had traumatic oil pastel experiences

Oh damn oil pastels were the only art supplies we were given in primary school, other than those ridiculously vibrant acrylic paints

These are what we always used on school art class projects, i never had any idea how to use them

your watercolor ending was everything

This one was really light hearted and funny 😂 thank you for posting

So, some of the learning curve is that you lightly sketch with the oil pastels

This guy is so cheerful its great. Thanks for the great content👍

Scott: Thank you Bethany. I promise not to break them. Also Scott: Continues to throw the package behind him at the end of the video

They can be quite chaotic!! The actual point of using oil pastels is to let loose on your art and have more fun than intention, kind of like a pallet cleanser for whenever you get art block or get tired of drawing :)

I just love u and ur hardwork 😊😁😍

Each time I see this guy, I wonder how I'll draw and paint when I'm older. I'm just 17 years old and I'm excited about the process of drawing thought my life! I wanna be old and compare my drawings, I anna draw and make art all life! Thanks for being so inspiring ☆

i think that you’re supposed to lay down the pastels and blend into the paper with your finger

"Ahh! Ugly!" -Scott Cristian Sava

I love your art style it's so pretty

Honestly, I really enjoy using oil pastels. I took art in elementary school and my teacher taught me a lot about them. And i enjoy using them. My favorite medium.

Ya I always call oil pastels adult crayons 🤣. No offense to anyone who uses them

Me drawing anything: “AH UGLY *throws sketch book across the room* ok~better”

Don’t let Bethany see that end bit

I had the same experience in elementary school and college. Glad to see I wasn't the only one traumatized.

“But without the cool sharpener at the back” Me: THE *WHAT?*

Amazing! I volunteer my profile picture if you want to draw it ✏ I like to draw and paint too. I find it really fun and interesting

I love your attitude.

I love oil pastels. They can blend nicely with a blending stub.

"Crayons for adults" Me being a 12yo having a set of 50 : 💀

I love the oil pastel art

I low how you mix very vibrant colors to make a like brown-black shade its really cool 😃

I find using tissues to smidge the oil pastels makes it go a lot further and it looks more vibrant

My mom used oil pastels as her main medium when she was into art, she has some really pretty pieces

I find oil pastels fun and they can actually look really good if you know how to use em.

i find the biggest issue is the initial instinct to use a new medium in a way one would use a familiar medium. its actually very fun to notice how he tries to transfer the technique of overlaying with oil pastels the way he does with guache or watercolors

His reaction to oil pastels is pretty accurate to mine when working with markers tbh

You give me so much inspiration to draw

Don't give up on pastels they are wonderful!!! It's just a different technique but can make beautiful art

Scott:I promise not to break one! *Breaks* Bethany:YOU PROMISED!

Oil pastels make good landscape pictures as well

I bought a dollar store set and did some pretty good florals, so I got an expensive set and couldn't seem to improve. They have gathered dust for a few years but now I'm ready to try again with the help of KZfaq!

I remember using these in elementary school.Most art lessons these were absolutely out of this world HELL to use. The school used to buy cheap oil pastels which broke and smudged every time you did the lightest dot on the paper Good old days...

oil pastels are great for sunset scenes and blending stuff like that. great for drawing blob shape that needs to be blended, you tried to draw a specific shape, which is probably insanely hard to make it look like not a nightmare.

I’m probably the only person who seriously loves oil pastels

It’s kinda like watercolors where you work light to dark, as well as blending with other colors, you can use a pallete knife to scrape any unwanted color off too. Maybe a landscape would be an easier start?

I love your art

The first American book covers of Harry Potter made me fell in love with oil P pastel!

Why is his videos so wholesome and friendly💘💘💘

I love your drawing ✍️

Oil pastels are a different animal from all the other mediums. There are artists who do great portraits with them; ofcourse, the artists are aware that this medium has its own strength and weakness.

This is SO relatable to me

don't worry, it's just your first time! I was crap when I first started but when I was in 4th grade I did a drawing of daffodils and got an award for it. I love oil pastels now.

Oil pastels are usually better for scenery making because you can do them layer by layer and they don't smudge the lines that way etc but you Can use them for images of people too, I just personally prefer like idk a sunset or smt.

I really wish I could draw like that! Your SUCH a good artsist!!

I love ur art

i love your art

Uuufff I m really disappointed that it didn’t work out with you. It’s really easy to use thm. I have been using oil pastels from long time, I really love painting with it. Smooth n easy to blend.

When you said “AH UGLY” AT THE END I WAS CRACKING UP INSIDE 🤣🤣🤣🤣

Wow you so good at art

The oil pastel itself looked good. It's just that the proportion was off in the oil pastel one whereas the proportion in your watercolor paint one was fine. It's probably because you're more comfortable with watercolors but honestly your video just made me want to try oil pastels for professional drawings now. I rarely ever used oil pastels also, like you. Love the channel. Your work is perfect