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Oil Pastel Techniques : How to Paint Faces With Oil Pastels

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Uploaded by on Mar 25, 2010

When painting faces using oil pastels, begin by laying down a few light shadows, use a white pastel to block in the highlights, darken the shadows, and fill in with medium tones. Blend the shadows and highlights together to create a dimensional portrait with creative tips from an art instructor in this free video on using oil pastels.

Expert: Sheila Coly
Contact: www.thousandcranesstudio.com/
Bio: Sheila Coly is an artist with more than 20 years of teaching experience.
Filmmaker: Christian Munoz-Donoso

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  • i love pastels, they even taste great

  • Red, brown and indigo if used and blended with white make a really cool effect.

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  • Thanks for sharing these tips for an adventurous beginner!

  • the eyes are pointing out words 0.0 great ppainting tho...

  • wow its amazing that i dont like the art that i make until i come back and see it 1 hr later... then i think to myself wow...i made that?

  • I just saw a new movie trailer on this video that I will watch on January 27. For once I acually appreciate the advertisments. Because the new movie looks great!

    Nice portrait by the way. Thanks.

  • @oratorical3

    That's how I afforded xmas this year! everyone was blown away, I've been doing it for years, but produced gallery quality art this year! goes to show what patience, wisdom, technique and education will do...

    I can't wait to go to college..I'm already ahead of this chick..makes me feel great!

  • @WanderleiSilva29 thats disgusting.

  • @WanderleiSilva29 i hope ure joking........ lol

  • @Arnoutish are tthey eatable or are u just that curious lol?

  • Why does the example on the beach have no neck?

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