Top Tips for Using Oil Pastels

Before you begin your pastel drawing, prepare some swatches of your chosen colours to use as a reference whilst creating your piece of art.

Begin your drawing with the darker tones and make your way out to the lighter tones.

Once you have drawn your base layer, warm up your fingertips and begin blending.

Make sure you have some wet wipes handy to clean your hands when blending through the layers, and avoid blending dark and light tones too much.

Once the base layers are blended smoothly, start adding highlights to your work.

In the example pictured, highlights have been added to the clouds, sea and sand.

To build up the texture of your artwork, continue adding layers until you are happy with it.

Most importantly, have fun!!