Ask the Experts: Oil Pastel Resources
Q: I use oil pastels and would like to know about any books or other educational sources that deal specifically with this medium. Most resources deal with dry pastels instead of oil pastels.
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Q: I use oil pastels and would like to know about any books or other educational sources that deal specifically with this medium. Most resources deal with dry pastels instead of oil pastels.
Q: How can I clean oil paintings without damaging the paint?
Stretch or mount watercolor paper to hold the paper in place until your painting is complete. When the paper dries, it will lie flat. If you do not stretch or mount the paper, it will remain buckled once it has dried.
Use sponges to paint leaves on trees. Use a sponge with a coarse texture for fuller, heavier foliage and a fine sponge for treetops and edges of branches.
This exhibition includes only work measuring 12" and under.
Use a variety of paints, such as food coloring, natural pigment colors, commercial egg dyes, and water-based felt-tip pens, directly on the egg. If you use oil paint, coat the egg with a sealant before painting so that the oil does not absorb into the porous eggshell. If you are going to involve children in the painting project, or if you plan to eat the egg at any point, make sure that you use nontoxic materials.
Enter American Artist's Self-Portrait Competition, and win valuable prizes!
Extended entry deadline: May 19, 2008
If you are chosen, your artwork will also be reproduced in the print edition of American Artist, on the magazine’s website, and in one of the magazine’s e-newsletters.
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Watercolor Highlights - Spring 2008
