r/Oilpastel

Meeden and Mungyo Gallery pastels on hot press watercolour paper

I'm a beginner in oil pastel and when I did this apple I realized something was off

I tried to apply color theory but it doesn't look that good..

Do you guys have any tips ?

ive got a few comments on other subreddits that my art is scary or looks looks like a corpse or "i wouldnt want something like that in my house". thats a direct quite from some comment.

its making me feel a bit sad cus i was posting for advice and only gotten comments like these

edit: for anyone wondering; slide 1 is lee know from straykids, slide 2 is bong ye bun from 'behind your touch' (its such a good show i reccomend you watch it), slide 3 isnt anyone in particular, slide 4 is karina from aespa

Hey guys, I just got a set of meeden oil pastel and have done this portrait of my best friends dog who sadly has just passed away. It's my first go at oil pastel. Any tips or recommendations, things that I've missed or could do better? More detail? I want this to be good for them!

I've previously used watercolour and pencils so this was a whole different beast.

been doing art a couple months now and been loving oil pastels. referenced from four pictures ive taken over the years

At the moment I'm doing one painting a day and loving it!

Meeden oil pastels on hot press watercolour paper.

A little oil pastel painting of my garage I did while sick in bed today.

I recently got my hands on some oil pastels and sat down for an hour to give them a go, only real experience i have is from high school/primary school etc so i'm quite proud of this, ill add the reference i used as well :)

if anyone has any advice for using this specific medium i'm definitely open to improving :)

These are currently my two favorites. Acrylic pen added to the second piece for lighting.

Meeden oil pastels on The Langton hot press watercolour paper painted with a bright pink acrylic undercoat.

Still need to add some highlights but really like the results :) Done with Meeden oil pastels

My latest work, trying to find my style with layering and scraping the colors after and then making the texture with the scraped material. Not bad hut I’m not truly satisfied yet.

I recently acquired a large set of senneliers, but they look so damn good I didn't dare to touch them...

So, I got some mungyo pastels to get to know the medium a little before using the fancy stuff! As someone who loves precision and control, these are so hard to work with :O But also some of the most fun I've ever had!

Ref credits to Aivazovsky and his beautiful waves:)

Edit: Thank you everyone for the overwhelming support!! I had no idea so many of you would like these little paintings, it's motivating beyond words!