Review : Artist's Loft Oil Pastels

Ha! I had to start over, one eye was drifting away.

I am a huge fan of Artist's Loft's watercolors pan set and pearlescent pan set. I bought them for $4.99 each and thoroughly satisfied. So I thought I'd give their oil pastels a go. I was not impressed. They did not blend at all. They might be good if you take an exacto knife to them to get a good point and use to highlight a piece, but their consistency & texture is worse than crayons. I should have heated them up a bit above a candle, but instead I smoothed part of the picture with baby oil and that kind of improved it. I had to be careful, parts did not smooth over, but instead rubbed off and became crumbly.

These cheap oil pastels are not even worth practicing with because they'll just discourage beginners from ever using oil pastels again. For a beginner, try Crayola or Cray-pas brands.

When it comes to oil pastels nothing is better than Sennelier's Oil Pastels. I own just two colors and they are the most amazing things I own, right up there with designer sneakers or indulging in the best made macaron cookies.

Oil Pastel on cardboard smoothed with baby oil

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