fine-art

Oil Pastel Art

Paint with Oil Pastels Like You Mean It

12 lessons4 modules9h 50m durationbeginner level

Instructor: StretchLearn Faculty

About this course

Oil pastels reward direct, physical mark-making, but their waxy, never-fully-drying nature trips up most beginners. This course teaches the material on its own terms: how to layer without muddying, blend with fingers and Gamsol, carve light back in with sgraffito, and protect finished pieces with fixative and framing. Every module ends in completed work, not just exercises.

Curriculum

Module 1: Meet the Medium: Materials, Marks, and Surfaces3 lessons

What Oil Pastels Are (and Are Not)Preview45m
Choosing and Preparing Your Surface🔒50m
Mark-Making and Your Starter Kit🔒45m

Module 2: Blending, Layering, and Building Colour3 lessons

Finger and Tool Blending🔒50m
Solvent Blending with Gamsol🔒55m
Layering Without Mud🔒50m

Module 3: Texture, Sgraffito, and Composition3 lessons

Sgraffito: Carving Light Back In🔒50m
Building and Lifting Texture🔒45m
Composition and Value Design🔒55m

Module 4: Finishing, Preserving, and Displaying Your Work3 lessons

Final Touches and Correcting Mistakes🔒45m
Fixing and Varnishing the Surface🔒50m
Matting, Framing, and Display🔒50m