Oil pastel portrait painting || trying out my new pastels #artshorts #art #artsanddesigntrack

Hi everyone, this is the second part of my house tour, and here I'm going to show you little tips that I came up with after receiving all the tips that I wanted to receive. I got these wooden boxes from a friend in Newcastle, and I even began to organise them in black colour, but I quickly realised that they were cheaper in 1.9 and then 1.9, but at least you get to see the colour range that I have. Turns out that I have many more sticks than I thought I'd need, and so I'm quite glad that I didn't buy the full set. I feel like I already have more than I need, and I even kept outside of the boxes separately I find that sometimes having less choices makes things easier when it comes to painting, and at least for me, when I have too many colours, I either spend too much time choosing them to use, or I end up using the same ones over and over. I like the final result, but I think I may like it better at this stage, with looser strokes and looking more like a painting. I keep thinking all the time that I should try to use oil pastels for more simple sketches, but I always end up getting carried away with details and not obtaining more pictures. It's very hot at the moment, and they feel cleaner than they did during this time, but they're still much less messy than the other ones that I have, which I appreciate. I find that with my pastels, I have to apply a thicker coat of paint in order to be able to blend easily with my fingers, but I still find myself using a paper stump more often because this makes my hand less sore. Somehow they move less than the other ones that I have, so it's easier to manipulate the paint if I have a large area, to do it maybe with my paper stump instead of my fingers. It's something that I actually have to try, and I don't know how to do it with coloured paper, maybe with a very smooth one it would be easier to move things around, but I don't know how to do it. I normally use a little white, but in the Miro Pastel range they have a very pale yellow that is really nice, and that I use instead for most of the paint, especially for the skin. I really like it, and I wish more brands had colours like this, that are very pale and to the right, and also darker, but desaturated things. I would rather blend less than more, if I could choose. I didn't want to make plans for the video of this step, but I think the familiar oil pastels, and maybe you don't know the reason, I don't know why, but it seemed to me that the familiar sticks help Miro Pastel blend better, or just much more easily, if they were melting or pale. So, when I'm back at it, I would try combining them with the translucent stick, and I would look for that. Somehow, I think that should make the blending a lot easier, or faster. I don't find it difficult to do, it's just I need to apply more pressure, or maybe that will take longer. So once I tried the translucent stick, I don't know why, but I think it works well. I never tried to use it within the same range as the familiar, because they blend without even trying. I have some hopes, but I don't have experience with it. I will have to wait and see. But overall, I'm really happy with the advances that I got, the colors that I have, how clean they feel, or not, how they apply. Um, I don't know what I'm saying. They are different, but I'm very happy that it's happening. I especially like how they look when you apply them thinly. They almost look like soft pastel and pastel. And I love that. It goes away as soon as you apply more coat, or you apply them pressing harder, and there is more paint. But that first coat or two that you like, and you can see some of the texture of the paper, even though I never keep it. I like that. I try to use an unexpecting amount to create individual hairs and eyebrows, and if I like it, I'll do it afterwards. I don't think it's a must-talk-to tool for pastel painting, but I like to have it around. I always end up using it, if anything's happening, and to correct mistakes. I'm looking forward to try them some more, especially on different papers and soft paper, because not all paintings are meant to be a final big piece or anything, and it will get very expensive to use only the final paper. I think they are turning out, I think. I'm super happy that they turned out, definitely. I love the color, and yeah, I'm very glad that I did them well. I think that would be more overwhelming than enough, and I like the fact that I can try them with me in this video. I like doing a lot. I'm happy with the paint. I'm fine with the painting. I don't think I have a lot more to say, and I should be heading downstairs already, so have a nice day, and see you soon. Bye-bye.