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owlslippers.bsky.social
Cassian
@owlslippers.bsky.social
hi! I work with oil pastels and I love doing saturated portraits that are meaningful to me and I also love my cats! | crossposted on Cara reposts appreciated :)
Thank you so much! I appreciate it a lot :)
November 29, 2024 at 2:44 PM
And to lay down your lightest colors first until you have an opaque base to be able to blend on smoothly (think of it like the way oil painters prep their canvas with a thin layer of white for everything to be able to blend on!)
November 26, 2024 at 6:06 AM
That’s amazing! My art was really rough when I started out with them, that’s why I’ve only posted things from the past year. My biggest suggestion is to work on watercolor paper (if you are working on paper), because the oil won’t soak through as much as other papers because of how it’s made. Cont +
November 26, 2024 at 6:04 AM
Thank you so much! I’ve been working with this medium for almost 4 years now and it has taken me a lot of practice to get where I am! :)
November 26, 2024 at 5:59 AM