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Good starter set for a non-professional?
▲ 1 r/Oilpastel

Good starter set for a non-professional?

Hi! I’d like to buy a set of oil pastels – just been watching some videos with tips on how to use them. It sounds like as a beginner it’s may be a good idea to get ones that aren’t really expensive soft ones, so that I can experiment with using a pallet knife to put the pastel on thicker without worrying about how expensive they are? But also that wouldn’t work with the really cheap ones it sounds like?

I think what I want is just some beautiful colours I can experiment with, and I’m interested in learning some techniques I can show my seven-year-old nephew who is into art. I don’t mind if he uses up my oil pastels - I think it would be fun to enjoy them together.

I’m based in the UK and would love recommendations for a good starter set. I was thinking of Paul Rubens but then saw a post on here from someone who hated them. Also looks like Mungyo are popular. just feeling a bit overwhelmed by the options.

Also looking at these:

https://www.cassart.co.uk/Caran-Dache-Neoart-6901-Permanent-Wax-Oil-Pastel-Assorted-Colours-Set-of-24/

Thanks!

u/HumanRecherche — 6 days ago
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Self-efficacy

Hi all. Wondering if anyone has ideas for how to increase one’s sense of self-efficacy - which is basically your belief that you can do what you set out to do / say to yourself you’re going to do. Right now mine is really low. I don’t like to set deadlines for myself or tell myself or anyone else that I’m going to do anything, because I don’t believe I’ll be able to meet the target. Sometimes it’s the pressure of the target that feels like too much. It’s often easier at the moment to get things done without the pressure of a deadline. Sometimes it’s just the fact that I know I’ve failed so many times before, so I no longer want to commit to a target.

The best example is getting to bed at a particular time. I’m so bad at getting to bed when I want to that I feel seriously discouraged from even trying.

It feels like the natural way of building confidence is to set small, achievable goals and then keep reminding myself of the ones I’ve achieved. But I can’t help remembering all the ones I set but then failed to achieve, which are always more numerous.

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u/HumanRecherche — 7 days ago
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How long to give it? Zoely

I’m 43 and on day 12 of starting Zoely for perimenopausal symptoms of skin dryness and anxiety. I felt better mood-wise for the first four days, but since then have felt lower and tonight feel oddly low and tearful. I can’t decide whether to take the pill tonight or just stop straight away. Or stick it out for a few more days, a month, two months…?

I don’t need it for contraception and my mood/mental health is already fragile. Nowhere near suicidal or anything but I struggle with anxiety and low mood. I’m also getting spotting, breast soreness and shivers at night but my priority is my mood.

I’ve only ever been on a progesterone only pill before so I don’t know if I would respond this way to any oestrogen pill or if it’s just Zoely, and I don’t know how likely it is that these side-effects will settle down after a few days or not. I see some people on here who’ve been really badly affected by Zoely, which seriously worries me. Tonight’s pill would be no.13.

Starting sertraline a few months ago was already such an ordeal with horrible side effects - I don’t need more of the same 😢

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u/HumanRecherche — 9 days ago