Oil Pastel Techniques – Painting on a Photo

Oil pastels are quite versatile and can be worked using a variety of different techniques.  You can thin them down with a paint thinner just like oil paints to create washes or you can apply them thickly as an Impasto.  Like any other medium however, they can be a bit tricky to work with in the beginning.  It is often helpful to observe other artists using oil pastels to help inspire you to develop your own unique style.

I found some really interesting videos today during a Google Video search.  In the following two videos, the artists demonstrates a really cool technique that I never thought to try myself.  She takes a regular digital photograph printed on paper and instead of using the photograph as a reference, she draws directly on the photograph, sort of  using it as a guide.

It really is an excellent way to gain immediate experience handling and using oil pastels.  Enjoy!

Charcoal Drawing Basics & Techniques For Beginners

Just starting out with charcoal drawing? Looking for some good tips to help you get started? The following is a series of videos collected from YouTube that covers some of the basics, techniques and other great tips for beginners interested in getting started in the charcoal drawing medium. Enjoy!

Charcoal Drawing Basics : Art Supplies for Charcoal Drawing

Charcoal Drawing Basics : Types of Paper for Charcoal Drawing

Tips for Drawing with Charcoal : Types of Charcoal Drawing Paper

Tips for Drawing with Charcoal : Types of Charcoal Drawing Erasers

Charcoal Drawing Basics : Understanding Lighting when Charcoal Drawing

Charcoal Drawing Basics : Quick Sketch vs. Detailed Sketch: Charcoal Drawing

Drawing Basics -- Using Charcoal

Charcoal Drawing Demonstration Using the Subtractive Method

Charcoal Drawing Basics : How to Erase in Charcoal Drawing

Illustration with Markers and Color Pencils (drawing an apple)

In this video drawing lesson, artist Merrill Kazanjian demonstrates his technique for making an illustration drawing of an apple.  He uses two different mediums (colored pencil and markers) to create this drawing.  He uses a two step process for this layered drawing and the final result is fantastic.  Very interesting to watch.  Enjoy!

Watercolor Pencil Techniques by Tim Fisher

This is a very informative watercolor pencil video lesson by artist Tim Fisher explaining the variety of techniques you can utilize while working with watercolor pencils.  In this video, the artist demonstrates techniques like cross hatching, burnishing, how to create highlights using and electric eraser, how to create washes using water or turpentine, and more. Enjoy!

How To Draw – Creating Flesh Tones in Pastels

This is a quick tutorial on how to create a basic flesh tone using four colors:

* Brown
* Red
* Blue
* White

Originally this video was going to just be a private video for one of my good YouTube friends to help him learn how to make a general flesh tone, but then I figured no guts, no glory – I might as well put it up for all in case it helps someone else along the way. (So please forgive the lack of slick editing and the jumbled narration).

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