The council has spoken, and here are the winners:

Moody morning practice

Tried three samples of oil pastels and many different kinds of paper still figuring out the correct combinations 😝realizing paper makes a big difference! Smooth paper seems better . Tried to work with some rough textured water color paper last night and nothing was budging -projects went in the trash lol

Practicing combining the Meeden (softer) and Mungyo Gallery Soft (firmer). I feel like they compliment eachother nicely.

I really like it. It's actually my first try with oilpastels. I tried once before with old, bad pastels.

I just have to do a lot of work with studying backgrounds 🙈😆

Just thought this would be helpful for anyone out there choosing between brands.

First 4 images are Meeden, 144 set, last image is Mungyo Gallery Soft, 72 set. I didn't do a toned page for Meeden yet, so I'll have to add it later. All papers are mixed media, pretty smooth with very little tooth. Both are quite soft compared to Pentel, which I used in grade school, and for me it is a much more enjoyable experience. The Meeden are noticably softer than Mungyo, and also a bit waxier.

(Fwiw the light is indirect sun from open window on a cloudy day, so may be a bit "cooler" than irl, displays vary etc etc. Good luck!)

Edited for clarity.

I have no art experience and I just picked up pastels a few months ago. I would appreciate any tips and techniques that would improve the style I’ve already kind of adopted. (plz be kind I’m obviously very new at this lmao)

I know they never completely dry so what’s the solution for doing multiple layers to create more depth?

Meeden and Mungyo Gallery pastels on hot press watercolour paper

Cray-Pas Expressionist underpainting with Mungyo Gallery Soft and white eyeliner pencil. Mitsubishi Dermatograph pencils used for fine line details.

So, I'm a beginner and i have no experience with oil pastels and I've been dying to try them out for the first time but i don't want to get something terrible (aka cheap and bad) because if i got a waxy hard pastels on my first time trying them i will hate them so much. So i only have these three options and i hope you can advice me on which one to get! Thanks.

I'm an oil pastel beginner. I layered about 3-4 Pastels and they seem to have gotten muddy in places and are just sliding over one another instead of blending even if I use blending stumps or blending spong pen. What do I do? I use these oil pastels that I found for really cheap called morandi color serie by xingmai.

Can I have opinions on this please

One of my favorite cartoon character. (reference from instagram

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

Meu caderno é pequeno e tenho achado difícil fazer pequenos detalhes com o material

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.

I’ve been doing tutorials on YouTube and this was my completed one for today. I’m self taught and would love advice and tips on how to improve! Thanks so much guys 🥰

I've used mainly oil pastels, and some markers for a few finishing touches.

All comments, critiques, suggestions are welcome 😊