Hydrangea flowers in oil pastels 🌼 sketching & realistic botanical pastel art | Jeju Island Vlog

[@Liz-sy7iu]

Thank you for this very detailed lesson on your process of painting with oil pastels. You've inspired me to take a more structured approach to my art, particularly doing more sketches and studies.

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much! Honestly, study phases come and go like waves, so adjusting the structure as I go along works best :)

[@luvurobert]

Such lovely oil pastel paintings! 😊

[@evydraws-art]

thank you so much! I'm loving oil pastels lately 💜

[@laurainel]

This is such a beautiful video! You are a great teacher! You’ve inspired me to want to try oil pastels…I love how you seal it wth matte medium. ❤ beautiful work! ❤ 🇨🇦 Canada

[@evydraws-art]

Oh, thank you so much! I'm still learning so much myself, so I'm even happier if it inspires anyone else ❤ I hope you have fun with oil pastels!

[@lahvena]

I'm loving your channel 🥰

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much 🥰

[@missmokkori5558]

Are the paul rubens pastels less soft than the gallery ones ?

[@evydraws-art]

It's actually case-by-case... The Mungyo Gallery are consistent, all colors have the same feeling (medium-soft), but the Paul Rubens have some colors that feel more waxy and some, like the White, that are incredibly soft! I swatched and compared them in this video if you'd like to take a closer look: kzbin.info/www/bejne/hKXTXmR_n6yDjZI :)

[@rosaliefunk1629]

So beautiful! What do you use to seal the oil pastels? It doesn’t look like it smears the pastels. After sealing the paintings, can they be framed without glass? Thank you.

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much! And thanks for asking about the sealing method, because honestly, I love to talk about that as I haven't found the perfect approach yet. Here, I'm using acrylic mediums and varnish, which has worked for larger sketches, too - though it does add a subtle layer on top that might distract from the oil pastels' finish. These are just sketches in a booklet, so I don't plan on framing them, but I think it might work. :) Another option is just spray fixative and letting the pastel paintings air-dry for a few days.

[@catherineraper]

Hi! Great video, what is that stuff your using to seal your artwork please? Is it instead of spray fixative? 💙

[@evydraws-art]

Hi, and thank you for watching! I don't have a spray fixative (yet) for oil pastels, so I'm trying out different materials. At around 8:00 I'm testing an acrylic Isolation Coat (the shiny yet thin liquid) and a Gel Medium (thicker and a bit more difficult to apply) and then a matte acrylic varnish on top of both - though the shiny layers below still show through. At the end, I'm again using soft gel medium to seal the oil pastels. It works well for sketches if you don't want any smudging, but I recommend waiting a day or two in between painting and varnishing to let the oil pastels dry a bit. :) I hope this helps! I'm still experimenting with this!

[@beatricebrockhaus770]

👍😍

[@evydraws-art]

❤️🥰

[@MarkHossackArt]

Lovely studies!

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much!

[@kdj.imagery4317]

Do you use any paint thinner on your blending stomps? Also, when you apply the gel and varnishes with a paintbrush do you have too wait for the paint to dry out a little and if so, how long do you wait? I've tried applying some varnish on one of my ops paintings with a brush and it lifted the paint off immediately.

[@evydraws-art]

oh no, what kind of varnish did you use? I specifically use acrylic mediums to varnish these, so it's more of a "sealing in" as the acrylic gel medium or varnish doesn't interact with the oil pastels at all. For these, I actually didn't wait much, though sometimes I give paintings a day or two to dry... oil pastels never completely dry though.

[@evydraws-art]

oh, and I don't use any paint thinner on my blending stumps, just the tool as-is. :)

[@kdj.imagery4317]

It was some Gamvar Gloss picture varnish which I presumed would work on the account that it was made for oil paintings? Guess I was wrong. As for the blending stomps, I purchased some at a local arts/craft store and they more or less scratch and pick the paint up instead of blending it. PS, I'm using the solid ones not the hollow ones. Cheers! BTW, which acrylic mediums are you referring to? I have a bottle of clear Gesso, would that work as a sealer? Many thanks for the help! @@evydraws-art

[@evydraws-art]

Ah, so, ironically, oil paint varnishes don't work with oil pastels! They're a medium that never really dries - as opposed to oil paints that (depending how you use them) dry after a few weeks or months. There's also wax in oil pastels that might interact with oil paint varnish...? The acrylic ones don't interact with the material itself, but just create a plastic film (the acrylic polymer) over the drawing. I tried acrylic matte varnish, and acrylic soft gel medium (by Golden) and both worked for me. Some of my other videos show different types of acrylic mediums - maybe the Ghibli movie scene one would be helpful! I test the soft gel medium at the end of that video :)

[@evydraws-art]

Oh, and for the blending stumps: I also use the solid ones (never heard of hollow ones! Interesting! 😊) and I tend to hold them quite flat, so they don't scrape the paint... And focus on pushing down instead of just sideways. I hope this helps 💙

[@Henayart]

I love hydrangeas! And combining shots from the island and from your paitings it’s a great choice, just beautiful ✨ Thanks for sharing!☺️

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much! Hydrangea flowers really are so unique and beautiful, and they were everywhere in June! Thank you for watching. 💙✨

[@kterade]

These are just incredible, thank you again for sharing. I especially appreciate that you take us through the entire process (including sealing) - one of the main factors preventing me from investing in oil pastels was that I wasn't sure how to preserve them.

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you for your kind comment! I'm still experimenting with sealing and fixative. Fixative spray works fine, and letting oil pastel art just dry for a few days already helps, too! But personally, I really enjoy those gel medium and varnish methods for a clean finish. 😊

[@sharonpahalan]

Beautiful work!! Please keep these gorgeous and inspiring videos coming!! 🙌😊

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much for this lovely comment! There's for sure more to come, I love making these 💙

[@gabriellaritaart]

Beautiful art again ❤

[@evydraws-art]

Thank you so much! I loved the colors here 🥰