Come explore Oil Pastels with me!
Explore Oil Pastels with Robert Sloan shares my discoveries in an often-neglected fine art medium. Oil Pastels are clean, safe, economical and cost effective for the professional artist, serious hobbyist and any beginner who wants to kit up for real art on a kid’s allowance.
My name is Robert Sloan. I’m a full time writer who used to be a full time street artist in New Orleans. I’ve also taught art to beginners who swore they couldn’t master the stick figure but grew to sell their art within six months to a year.
I joined the Oil Pastel Society late in 2008 when I discovered this fine art medium has some amazing professionals. Their works awed me with passion, skill, realism and light-drenched Impressionism. My skills began to grow by leaps and bounds, even in mediums I thought I’d mastered.
Yours can too. Follow along and we can explore oil pastels together. This page is the start of an artistic adventure, if you're new to my site, watch for more pages to appear. If you notice a typo, a misteak or anything that could be improved, don't hesitate to let me know!
I've removed the list of future topics because I may make some changes in how they're organized. Watch for new buttons on the left as I start doing new topics and add pages!
My Latest Oil Pastels Articles
Techniques, tips, art lessons, product reviews and articles on using Oil Pastels for fine art, decorative art and sketching.
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About Oil Pastels
History, resources, book reviews, general articles on oil pastels
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Techniques for Oil Pastels
Wet and dry techniques you can use with oil pastels
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Oil Pastels Product Reviews
Product reviews of artist and student grade oil pastels
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Basic Drawing
Basic Drawing: how to draw well in oil pastels or any other medium
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Color Mixing in Oil Pastels
Color mixing in oil pastels can depend on the pigments -- yellow and blue don't always make green. Color mixing tips and charts for oil pastels.
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Articles on Creativity
Articles on creativity for artists in oil pastels and other mediums including creativity exercises, morale, facing social opposition and enjoying your creative process.
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Contact Me
Contact me, Robert A. Sloan, with comments, critique, questions, article topic suggestions or any other ideas.
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Color Theory
Color -- basic color theory, color wheel, mixing colors, analogous and complementary color, shading, all rendered in oil pastels with tips on mixing color in oil pastels.
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Gallery
A gallery of fine art by Robert A. Sloan, may later include student work and select other artists' work in oil pastels.
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Artistic License
Claim your Artistic License! Design, print and carry an Artistic License wallet card to entitle you to all creative activities.
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Product review -- CrayPas Junior Artist student grade oil pastels
Product review of CrayPas Junior oil pastels, good quality student grade.
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Papers and Surfaces for Oil Pastels
Papers and surfaces for oil pastels from oil pastel card to sanded pastel papers through wood, glass, metal and canvas.
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Tools and Useful Stuff
Tools and other useful items to use with oil pastels including blenders, pastel holders, barrier cream.
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Art Careers
Art careers vary from gallery-focused fine artists to commissions, jobs in illustration, design or advertising, street sketching and online self employment. Skilled artists have many choices.
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Street Sketching
Street sketching is the simplest art career to start -- either choose a high traffic public area or sign up for local art fairs..
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Wet Effects
Wet effects using watersoluble oil pastels on a landsape underpainted with watercolor.
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Books on Oil Pastels
Books on oil pastels reviewed. Some books on pastels or oil painting also have sections on oil pastels or techniques that adapt well.
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Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting
Carlson's Guide to Landscape Painting reviewed -- this 1929 classic focuses on pastel and oil painting but can help oil pastelists with every aspect of painting landscapes.
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What to Paint?
What to paint? This is an index of articles on painting specific subjects in oil pastels -- landscapes, people, animals, florals, abstracts, dragons and more!
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