You have some nice works! For my oil pastels that I intend to sell to collectors, I give them at least four weeks (more if they have thick layers) before applying a fixative. Even though oil pastels never totally dry, a few weeks exposed to the air will harden them up a bit. I find that it takes 5-7 coats off the Sennelier fixative for oil pastels to really seal them well.
Thank you! I don’t let them "cure" for that long, a day or a couple of days max and they harden a bit but I don’t find a difference when applying the fixative. 7 layers are a lot 🥲 the hairspray does really well just with two but I can’t say it’s archival or made for this
@@YolandaBlazquez I've never tried hair spray on oil pastels, but I used to use it on dust based pastels and charcoals back when I was a student. They did well for a while, but would break down after a few decades...though that could also be lower quality hair spray from the 1980s as well as student quality paper and pastels.
@@danieleskridge that’s what I fear so I wouldn’t feel comfortable selling something where I put hairspray just in case it gets bad later on. When you say they broke down what do you mean?
@@YolandaBlazquez The pastels and charcoals started to come off the paper like dust. Touching it, parts were still fixed, others not. Keep in mind these were works I did in the late 80's and was digging them out of the attic in late 2010s.
You are one of my main inspirations for Oil Pastel art, especially Portraits. I'm especially mystified by how you draw hair with such amazing results. I wanted to use fixative on oil pastels and read an article that said hairspray was pretty commonly used with oil pastels and I tried it with fairly good results. The article also said to give the pastels some time to dry before applying the fixative, and also questioned whether Oil pastel required fixative at all for most situations especially if it was going to be framed. Then I saw some Grumbacher Final Fixative on sale for 9.49 and it worked even better than hairspray on oil pastel even though it said it was for Pastel Charcoal and Pencil, which I assumed it meant Chalk pastel only. I've also heard about the Senneleir Oil Pastel fixative but I don't like how expensive it is and am determined to find something cheaper.
If you are going to frame them I wouldn’t bother applying anything and even when I simply store them, I often don’t spray them with any fixative, I just cover them with glassine.I don’t know how archival hairspray is but to me it works the best!
i just recently bought the sennelier fixative as well & it took 3 heavy layers for it to stay & not transfer. you kind of have to spray it directly at the paper & let it get saturated; not enough that the paper is soaking wet, but just slightly where you can see there is liquid on the page.
Thank you 🙂 the paper looks wet when I apply it too, in the original footage I can see it going from wet to dry but maybe I could do thicker coats. It surprises me because the label on the can says to apply thin layers but I don’t want to do 6 or 7, that’s too much.
I am with You. Since, I mostly paint oil pastels in sketchbooks for me myself and family/friends, urban sketchers, hairspray is brutally excellent, which makes oil pastel a perfect medium for sketchbook work, too.
Ha ha….ha…. 😅 Sabes ese momento en el que dije se ha puesto a llover? Pues luego los saqué de nuevo para darles otra capa de laca cuando paró y me olvidé de los swatches 😂 a la basura empapados
I've had a similar experience as you using Sennelier fixative and hate inhaling the fumes from the spray. However, there's a varnish for oil pastels made by Royal Talens and it works very well by sealing the oil pastels compeletly with no transfer. One thick layer is enough. The drawback is a glossy surface it creates, which might be a bit problematic, if you want to look at a painting from an angle, but I guess it's no worse than an oil painting in that respect.
Is that varnish specifically for oil PASTELS or just generally for oil paintings? I haven’t found any Royal Talens spray varnish specifically for oil pastels in any of the art materials stores I use.
I paint with oil pastels from Sennelier and Caran d'ache (Neopastel) and also use the fixative from Sennelier. I have found that this fixative works very well with the Neopastel and after at least 2 layers nothing smears. With the Sennelier oil pastels I have made the same experiences as you, there it needs significantly more layers and even then I could not completely prevent the smearing. Your paintings are beautiful by-the-way ❤
You are so a fabulous young artist with an amazingly with an exceptionally talented. You are inspiring me greatly by giving a try to see if I can be better than three years ago! I am not having any studies in fine art, I am just an autodidact old lady with severe handicapped by Rhumatoïde Arthritis. You were giving me a good inspirational hope to get better than ever. TKY for sharing with us your fine masterpieces and keep being inspired, hope to see you more, after discovering you since the last two days! From Quebec in Canada 🇨🇦, ❤😊
Thank you so much! I’m very happy to inspire others 😊 Everyone can enjoy art, I studied fine arts but they didn’t teach me anything so it’s all self learned. If you have pain in your hands and would like to use oil pastels, I’d recommend Sennelier’s or Paul Rubens’ because they are the softest and easiest to blend 🙏🏻
@@YolandaBlazquez TKY this is what I bought with over 120 Sennelier mainly (but it is not necessary of buying all of them, bc a lot of them are a gradation of teintes) and recently the 48 new Haiya from Paul Ruben (which are the Sennelier dupe with the same numbers) with 26 others cheaper brands, such as the Mungyo extra soft with the bamboo boxe of 120 with two others of 72 in 2019-20! As I didn’t know anything about them I had bought more than 22 others brands since 2018, such as the CrayPas Expressionist set of 50 and the small box of 50 grey ones for Artist and they are pretty hard, with two others boxes of 96 Neopastel from Caran d’Ache bought to auction in UK! Meanwhile, I do prefer the cheapest ones the Pentel Art of 50 oil pastel, which I did some amazing realistic paintings! My major problem with Arthritis is not the pain, but my severely deformed fingers and hands for the préhension and the manipulation through out the 43 years, my dear!!! TKY for your support! Furthermore, I would like to publish a French book about oil pastel which I am still in writing process since February 2020! I am following the master Wunemo, Semorim, Ohu Sia, Fun Green, GreArt, DanH Art Studio and Drawing Jori0506, who are all having a studies in fines arts from South Korea on RUclips channels! Others are good too, but they are not using Sennelier or Mungyo extra soft oil pastels and Neopastel, which are my favorite ones! Hope to watch you again, bc you are very instructive with a very soft and pleasant voice! Good luck to you with welty!
I have seen other oil pastel artists use Minwax poly acrylic spray… It is water-based. I have the brush on version but they do make a spray, which would be ideal for the delicate work that you do :-) I cannot use any form of sprays fixatives that have fumes. I use a casing-based spray fixative for my usual graphite and charcoal drawings. It takes some getting used to but I think it’s worth it :-)
Thanks for the tip! I can’t really use them either, that’s why I avoid them as much as possible. I’ve got a fancy mask designed to protect from fumes but I won’t use them unless I have to. For charcoal or soft pastels I don’t use anything, just place some glassine and I’m done 😇
I may try the hairspray and see how it does, do you use a heavy body? I'd think it would be better. What I use is a general purpose Kamar varnish made by Krylon, however I am having more trouble with finding any locally. I use it both as a workable fixative for layering and as a final sealer. I spray about three coats on both counts. It holds well and is supposed to be archival.
I… have no idea about hairspray consistency haha I can tell you this Schwarzkopf Taft in the green can works well and it was recommended to me. I imagine a varnish will be much more protective overtime but the hairspray is very convenient for little sketches. I will try to find it when I run out of Sennelier’s. Thank you!
thank you for sharing, i've tried winsor and newton fixative to sennelier oil pastel painting. The result was the same as yours. I applied two -three layers but paint smears on my finger when i touch it.
You’re welcome 🙂 People here are commenting that you have to either apply many more layers or to make thicker coats, which I don’t know about but on the can it says to be applied in thin layers. Either way I don’t like using it so I can’t imagine myself applying 7 layers. I prefer two thin ones + glassine and then directly framed under glass.
@@YolandaBlazqueztrue, I used Winsor varnish, other oil pastel work was sealed but Sennelier oil pastel work is still not sealed after 2 coats 😭 HELPPPPP
Haha thank you so much ❤ but I think we all feel that way about ourselves, I was so nervous about posting this and sooo critical while editing 🥲 I’m sure you and your portraits are both beautiful!
I haven’t tried it, whenever possible I just put glassine on top 🙂 This sketchbook is a moleskine for sketching but I really don’t recommend it for oil pastels… it’s too slippery
Nunca he usado pastel al óleo, pero un óleo está compuesto por aceite y no se pueden barnizar hasta pasados 6 meses , cuánto más tiempo mejor. Quizá lo mejor es enmarcar con cristal, cómo un dibujo o un carboncillo. Muchas gracias por compartir tu maravillosa obra.
Muchas gracias Ana 🙂 estos pasteles al óleo están hechos con aceites diferentes a los de la pintura al óleo tradicional. Los de los pasteles no secan nunca, se endurecen ligeramente pasadas unas horas o unos días pero puedes seguir trabajándolos indefinidamente. Como dices lo mejor sigue siendo enmarcarlos con cristal aunque utilices un fijador.
Thanks ! I have the same problem, but I'm making impastos. So D'Artigny spray is not enough. I think the paper is important. I understand that you use Pastelmat. But, according to Lena Rivo, this paper does not absorb oil. So the artwork is way too oily to seal. With Sennelier pastels, she uses either watercolor paper or Sennelier paper for Sennelier oil pastels. They absorb oil. Personnaly, I use oil painting papers, but I've never tried using d'Artigny on them.
The choice of paper is very personal 🙂 I love the look and feel of oil pastel on Pastelmat much more than on watercolor paper or Sennelier’s paper, on those I find that they don’t blend as nicely or smoothly but we paint very differently: I blend a lot and she doesn’t.
@@YolandaBlazquez Thank you for your reply. I realize thanks to you that it need a paper that does not absorb too much to be able to blend the oil pastels. Maybe I'll try Pastelmat one day. :)
Hello, i have been watching your videos for quite a while now, and i was wondering if you could do a portrait using only 24 oil pastels as a challenge?. Also, because the oil pastels i have are the 24 color ones i want to see how you use colors to create the skin and other's
Thank you! ❤️ This is a moleskine sketchbook but it’s sooo smooth that oil pastels can’t adhere well and I wouldn’t recommend it for this 😅 I love how graphite glides on it though
Lograr el parecido es complicado 🥲 solo me centro en eso cuando pinto un encargo… Para mí lo más importante es que el dibujo sea lo mas exacto posible y luego no desviarte mucho al pintar. Con pastel al óleo es muy muy difícil, con que quede bonito me conformo 🤣 se parezca o no
I use strong fix hairspray on my sketchbook for oil pastels and it works like a charm. I also use it for charcoal. For soft pastels I tried and it removed a good part of the painting and made it dark so I am at a loss with those. I once tried varnishing an oil pastel sketch with acrylic gloss medium ( to avoid varnishes) and it worked really well too, but it gets too expensive so I won't do it again.
I can't stand the smell of most fixatives. Also, I live in a major city where there are no lawns and barely any sidewalk space, so there's nowhere outdoors for me to spray fix drawings, so I just don't use them (on soft pastels). Out of curiosity, what happens if an oil pastel drawing is framed without ever spray fixing it? Is there some issue with putting glass over unfixed oil pastels?
I can’t stand them either, it’s too much. I don’t use anything on my pastels and they hold just as well. Oil pastels don’t need anything, I think keeping them with a glassine sheet until you frame them under a glass (with a mate so they don’t touch) is completely fine but people like to use fixative to kinda "secure" them, in case you rub against them by accident or something.
@@YolandaBlazquez got it! I think I'll just have to warn people to be careful! Loving your work. I know it's exhausting doing all the videos, and keeping up with Patreon, but I hope you know how appreciative we all are. Because of your videos, I bought a whole set of the oil pastels. Nowhere near as good as you at using them, but I'm trying. It's just a very different process (for me) from soft pastels, but determined to figure it out.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻 it’s a lot of work but I’m doing my best and I hope it will get easier the more I do and the more I practice recording. These oil pastels are the hardest medium I’ve tried but they are also pretty unique ☺️ I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do
Understandable, that’s why I never use anything on my soft pastel paintings. For oil pastels sometimes I have to but more often than not I just put glassine on top and nothing else
You have some nice works! For my oil pastels that I intend to sell to collectors, I give them at least four weeks (more if they have thick layers) before applying a fixative. Even though oil pastels never totally dry, a few weeks exposed to the air will harden them up a bit. I find that it takes 5-7 coats off the Sennelier fixative for oil pastels to really seal them well.
Thank you! I don’t let them "cure" for that long, a day or a couple of days max and they harden a bit but I don’t find a difference when applying the fixative. 7 layers are a lot 🥲 the hairspray does really well just with two but I can’t say it’s archival or made for this
@@YolandaBlazquez I've never tried hair spray on oil pastels, but I used to use it on dust based pastels and charcoals back when I was a student. They did well for a while, but would break down after a few decades...though that could also be lower quality hair spray from the 1980s as well as student quality paper and pastels.
@@danieleskridge that’s what I fear so I wouldn’t feel comfortable selling something where I put hairspray just in case it gets bad later on. When you say they broke down what do you mean?
@@YolandaBlazquez The pastels and charcoals started to come off the paper like dust. Touching it, parts were still fixed, others not. Keep in mind these were works I did in the late 80's and was digging them out of the attic in late 2010s.
🥲 oh wow, it’s good to know
You are one of my main inspirations for Oil Pastel art, especially Portraits. I'm especially mystified by how you draw hair with such amazing results.
I wanted to use fixative on oil pastels and read an article that said hairspray was pretty commonly used with oil pastels and I tried it with fairly good results.
The article also said to give the pastels some time to dry before applying the fixative, and also questioned whether Oil pastel required fixative at all for most situations especially if it was going to be framed. Then I saw some Grumbacher Final Fixative on sale for 9.49 and it worked even better than hairspray on oil pastel even though it said it was for Pastel Charcoal and Pencil, which I assumed it meant Chalk pastel only. I've also heard about the Senneleir Oil Pastel fixative but I don't like how expensive it is and am determined to find something cheaper.
If you are going to frame them I wouldn’t bother applying anything and even when I simply store them, I often don’t spray them with any fixative, I just cover them with glassine.I don’t know how archival hairspray is but to me it works the best!
i just recently bought the sennelier fixative as well & it took 3 heavy layers for it to stay & not transfer. you kind of have to spray it directly at the paper & let it get saturated; not enough that the paper is soaking wet, but just slightly where you can see there is liquid on the page.
Thank you 🙂 the paper looks wet when I apply it too, in the original footage I can see it going from wet to dry but maybe I could do thicker coats. It surprises me because the label on the can says to apply thin layers but I don’t want to do 6 or 7, that’s too much.
The miracle of hairspray 🙌 all works look so beautiful!! Looking forward to see how it works out with the swatches ❤
I am with You. Since, I mostly paint oil pastels in sketchbooks for me myself and family/friends, urban sketchers, hairspray is brutally excellent, which makes oil pastel a perfect medium for sketchbook work, too.
Ha ha….ha…. 😅 Sabes ese momento en el que dije se ha puesto a llover? Pues luego los saqué de nuevo para darles otra capa de laca cuando paró y me olvidé de los swatches 😂 a la basura empapados
@@YolandaBlazquez NOOOOO 😱
😂 ya te digo, los volveré a hacer
Thank you for the demo Yolanda, your paintings are beautiful and inspiring
I’m glad that you liked it 😊
Wow, Your video is so lovely, thank you so much for sharing your experiementing with fixating/conserving oil pastels.
Thank you so much! Also for all the suggestions
I've had a similar experience as you using Sennelier fixative and hate inhaling the fumes from the spray. However, there's a varnish for oil pastels made by Royal Talens and it works very well by sealing the oil pastels compeletly with no transfer. One thick layer is enough. The drawback is a glossy surface it creates, which might be a bit problematic, if you want to look at a painting from an angle, but I guess it's no worse than an oil painting in that respect.
Thank you! I love both glossy and matte finishes so that wouldn’t be a problem for me, I will try to find it
Is that varnish specifically for oil PASTELS or just generally for oil paintings? I haven’t found any Royal Talens spray varnish specifically for oil pastels in any of the art materials stores I use.
I paint with oil pastels from Sennelier and Caran d'ache (Neopastel) and also use the fixative from Sennelier. I have found that this fixative works very well with the Neopastel and after at least 2 layers nothing smears. With the Sennelier oil pastels I have made the same experiences as you, there it needs significantly more layers and even then I could not completely prevent the smearing. Your paintings are beautiful by-the-way ❤
Thank you! ❤️ I haven’t payed attention to that but I will next time I use only Neopastel. I’m not looking forward to using it though 😅
You are so a fabulous young artist with an amazingly with an exceptionally talented. You are inspiring me greatly by giving a try to see if I can be better than three years ago! I am not having any studies in fine art, I am just an autodidact old lady with severe handicapped by Rhumatoïde Arthritis. You were giving me a good inspirational hope to get better than ever. TKY for sharing with us your fine masterpieces and keep being inspired, hope to see you more, after discovering you since the last two days! From Quebec in Canada 🇨🇦, ❤😊
Thank you so much! I’m very happy to inspire others 😊 Everyone can enjoy art, I studied fine arts but they didn’t teach me anything so it’s all self learned. If you have pain in your hands and would like to use oil pastels, I’d recommend Sennelier’s or Paul Rubens’ because they are the softest and easiest to blend 🙏🏻
@@YolandaBlazquez TKY this is what I bought with over 120 Sennelier mainly (but it is not necessary of buying all of them, bc a lot of them are a gradation of teintes) and recently the 48 new Haiya from Paul Ruben (which are the Sennelier dupe with the same numbers) with 26 others cheaper brands, such as the Mungyo extra soft with the bamboo boxe of 120 with two others of 72 in 2019-20! As I didn’t know anything about them I had bought more than 22 others brands since 2018, such as the CrayPas Expressionist set of 50 and the small box of 50 grey ones for Artist and they are pretty hard, with two others boxes of 96 Neopastel from Caran d’Ache bought to auction in UK! Meanwhile, I do prefer the cheapest ones the Pentel Art of 50 oil pastel, which I did some amazing realistic paintings! My major problem with Arthritis is not the pain, but my severely deformed fingers and hands for the préhension and the manipulation through out the 43 years, my dear!!! TKY for your support! Furthermore, I would like to publish a French book about oil pastel which I am still in writing process since February 2020! I am following the master Wunemo, Semorim, Ohu Sia, Fun Green, GreArt, DanH Art Studio and Drawing Jori0506, who are all having a studies in fines arts from South Korea on RUclips channels! Others are good too, but they are not using Sennelier or Mungyo extra soft oil pastels and Neopastel, which are my favorite ones! Hope to watch you again, bc you are very instructive with a very soft and pleasant voice! Good luck to you with welty!
Excelente video!
Muchas gracias!
nice work 👍❤
Thank you! ❤
I have seen other oil pastel artists use Minwax poly acrylic spray… It is water-based. I have the brush on version but they do make a spray, which would be ideal for the delicate work that you do :-) I cannot use any form of sprays fixatives that have fumes. I use a casing-based spray fixative for my usual graphite and charcoal drawings. It takes some getting used to but I think it’s worth it :-)
Thanks for the tip! I can’t really use them either, that’s why I avoid them as much as possible. I’ve got a fancy mask designed to protect from fumes but I won’t use them unless I have to. For charcoal or soft pastels I don’t use anything, just place some glassine and I’m done 😇
I may try the hairspray and see how it does, do you use a heavy body? I'd think it would be better. What I use is a general purpose Kamar varnish made by Krylon, however I am having more trouble with finding any locally. I use it both as a workable fixative for layering and as a final sealer. I spray about three coats on both counts. It holds well and is supposed to be archival.
I… have no idea about hairspray consistency haha I can tell you this Schwarzkopf Taft in the green can works well and it was recommended to me. I imagine a varnish will be much more protective overtime but the hairspray is very convenient for little sketches. I will try to find it when I run out of Sennelier’s. Thank you!
A parte de buena artista 🎨 eres muy hermosa 😍 que lindos trabajos tienes ,yo ahi recien empezando con el arte
Muchas gracias! ❤ Y que disfrutes del camino 🎨
thank you for sharing, i've tried winsor and newton fixative to sennelier oil pastel painting. The result was the same as yours. I applied two -three layers but
paint smears on my finger when i touch it.
You’re welcome 🙂 People here are commenting that you have to either apply many more layers or to make thicker coats, which I don’t know about but on the can it says to be applied in thin layers. Either way I don’t like using it so I can’t imagine myself applying 7 layers. I prefer two thin ones + glassine and then directly framed under glass.
@@YolandaBlazqueztrue, I used Winsor varnish, other oil pastel work was sealed but Sennelier oil pastel work is still not sealed after 2 coats 😭 HELPPPPP
Ha! First time I see your face. You honestly look as beautiful as one of your paintings.
Is that why my portrait paintings look as ugly as me? LOL!
Haha thank you so much ❤ but I think we all feel that way about ourselves, I was so nervous about posting this and sooo critical while editing 🥲 I’m sure you and your portraits are both beautiful!
Have you tried Mod Podge? It’s an acrylic sealer for craft work. Can you please tell me what paper you used? Thank you 🥰🥰🥰
I haven’t tried it, whenever possible I just put glassine on top 🙂 This sketchbook is a moleskine for sketching but I really don’t recommend it for oil pastels… it’s too slippery
Nunca he usado pastel al óleo, pero un óleo está compuesto por aceite y no se pueden barnizar hasta pasados 6 meses , cuánto más tiempo mejor.
Quizá lo mejor es enmarcar con cristal, cómo un dibujo o un carboncillo.
Muchas gracias por compartir tu maravillosa obra.
Muchas gracias Ana 🙂 estos pasteles al óleo están hechos con aceites diferentes a los de la pintura al óleo tradicional. Los de los pasteles no secan nunca, se endurecen ligeramente pasadas unas horas o unos días pero puedes seguir trabajándolos indefinidamente. Como dices lo mejor sigue siendo enmarcarlos con cristal aunque utilices un fijador.
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Thank youuu! 🥰🥰
Heyy, I wanted to know update on the hairsprayed oil pastel work from sennelier. Is there a change in color or any transfer? Please please let us know
So far everything looks the same, there’s very minor transfer
@@YolandaBlazquez thank you so much. Could you please mention the hair spray you used? 😂 would help a ton
Thank you so much for sharing this! Hair spray is much cheaper than that fixative!
Absolutely! And it also works better 🙊 I don’t know long term though in like 10 or 20 years
I love your artwork! I would concerned that hairspray could yellow with time- it’s a shellac, right? 🤷🏼♀️
Yes, me too, I don’t know how it will hold over time so I only use it to seal sketches 🙂
Thanks !
I have the same problem, but I'm making impastos. So D'Artigny spray is not enough.
I think the paper is important. I understand that you use Pastelmat. But, according to Lena Rivo, this paper does not absorb oil. So the artwork is way too oily to seal. With Sennelier pastels, she uses either watercolor paper or Sennelier paper for Sennelier oil pastels. They absorb oil.
Personnaly, I use oil painting papers, but I've never tried using d'Artigny on them.
The choice of paper is very personal 🙂 I love the look and feel of oil pastel on Pastelmat much more than on watercolor paper or Sennelier’s paper, on those I find that they don’t blend as nicely or smoothly but we paint very differently: I blend a lot and she doesn’t.
@@YolandaBlazquez Thank you for your reply.
I realize thanks to you that it need a paper that does not absorb too much to be able to blend the oil pastels.
Maybe I'll try Pastelmat one day. :)
@@Fandechichounette ☺ You are welcome. I think it’s best to try a couple of sheets of each paper if possible.
Hello, i have been watching your videos for quite a while now, and i was wondering if you could do a portrait using only 24 oil pastels as a challenge?. Also, because the oil pastels i have are the 24 color ones i want to see how you use colors to create the skin and other's
I don’t usually need as many colors per piece 🙂 anyway sennelier has several 24 sticks sets, I don’t have any, I bought mine open stock
What paper is this? I am really curious. Paintings are beautiful. ❤
Thank you! ❤️ This is a moleskine sketchbook but it’s sooo smooth that oil pastels can’t adhere well and I wouldn’t recommend it for this 😅 I love how graphite glides on it though
Hola Yolanda, te quería pedir un tip,rápido cómo lograr parecidos del retrato al dibujo. Porque todavía me cuesta lograr el parecido 😍😍😍😍😍
Lograr el parecido es complicado 🥲 solo me centro en eso cuando pinto un encargo… Para mí lo más importante es que el dibujo sea lo mas exacto posible y luego no desviarte mucho al pintar. Con pastel al óleo es muy muy difícil, con que quede bonito me conformo 🤣 se parezca o no
Your artwork is beautifull like your beautifull face❤❤❤ that inspired me
Thank you so much ❤❤
Beautiful awesome work💖💞💖💞❤❤💜❤♥💖💟💖💛💖💛❤💖💛❤💞💖💞👍💜💕💜💖💜💕💜
Thank you so much 😊
I use strong fix hairspray on my sketchbook for oil pastels and it works like a charm. I also use it for charcoal. For soft pastels I tried and it removed a good part of the painting and made it dark so I am at a loss with those.
I once tried varnishing an oil pastel sketch with acrylic gloss medium ( to avoid varnishes) and it worked really well too, but it gets too expensive so I won't do it again.
Right? The hairspray works so well it’s hard to believe. How did you apply the acrylic medium? I haven’t thought about it. Thanks for sharing!
I can't stand the smell of most fixatives. Also, I live in a major city where there are no lawns and barely any sidewalk space, so there's nowhere outdoors for me to spray fix drawings, so I just don't use them (on soft pastels). Out of curiosity, what happens if an oil pastel drawing is framed without ever spray fixing it? Is there some issue with putting glass over unfixed oil pastels?
I can’t stand them either, it’s too much. I don’t use anything on my pastels and they hold just as well. Oil pastels don’t need anything, I think keeping them with a glassine sheet until you frame them under a glass (with a mate so they don’t touch) is completely fine but people like to use fixative to kinda "secure" them, in case you rub against them by accident or something.
@@YolandaBlazquez got it! I think I'll just have to warn people to be careful! Loving your work. I know it's exhausting doing all the videos, and keeping up with Patreon, but I hope you know how appreciative we all are. Because of your videos, I bought a whole set of the oil pastels. Nowhere near as good as you at using them, but I'm trying. It's just a very different process (for me) from soft pastels, but determined to figure it out.
Thank you so much! I really appreciate it 🙏🏻 it’s a lot of work but I’m doing my best and I hope it will get easier the more I do and the more I practice recording. These oil pastels are the hardest medium I’ve tried but they are also pretty unique ☺️ I hope you will enjoy them as much as I do
De nuevo Hola Yolanda me da gusto conocerte en este video Ojalá algún día te pueda conocer en persona sería un honor 😍😍😍
Estaría genial coincidir alguna vez 🥰
If you use hairspray in your sketchbook just make sure there’s no ink drawings on the other side of the page…I learned the hard way.
Ouch 😅 never thought of it because I don’t use ink but good to know!
I cant stand how it changes the appearance though.
Understandable, that’s why I never use anything on my soft pastel paintings. For oil pastels sometimes I have to but more often than not I just put glassine on top and nothing else