Show us your tools - Page 3

ColorMyWorld · #31 11-07-2004, 11:06 AM

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Originally Posted by lit1

Wow! all those tools! Im new in op, and have only my fingertips and cotton buds as my tools . hahaha and i thought i'm "unprofessional/un-artist" for availing of tools.
thanks a lot for this thread. its new lesson learn today.

lit

Welcome Lit!

Glad you found this thread helpful.
Come on over to the Oil Gusher thread to chat.
Or post something you are in the middle of working on in the Pastel and a Movie thread.
I look forward to seeing more of you around the Oil Pastel forum.

hopalong · #32 05-07-2006, 06:20 PM

What a great thread for a newby like me!! I'm just a recent op user. One tool I did not see is an old dental scaler. I got mine from my dentist. The scalers aparently get dull quicklyand he had some old ones he gave to me for clay work. They are very useful for scraping back tiny areas.

DrBrad · #33 05-07-2006, 07:10 PM

Lindsay- thanks for reviving this thread-- I'd missed it completely before. Have to try using candles and heat soon!

rain24 · #34 05-09-2006, 01:51 AM

Woohoo...thank you for digging up this thread. Definitely useful for me. I've added it to my favorites.

Off to go rummaging for metal things to heat up.

~Rain

hopalong · #35 05-09-2006, 07:53 AM

Ok all you tool freeks. I was rummaging around in the colored pencil site and someone talked about using terps to wash their color. Some one else chimmed in that turps smell bad (no suprise) and are bad to breath in and she used alchol to manipulate and smear around her cp. Well, last night I experimented on op and guess what!!!!!!!!! Rubbing alchol works for op too!

Julia · #36 05-13-2006, 05:04 AM

Wow! I never though there are so many tools you can use with oil pastels. usually I use only my fingers.

hopalong · #37 05-13-2006, 08:08 AM

Julia, I just visited your web site and your work is so beautiful. I love your garden OPs. I can hardly believe you achieve such detail with your fingers!!

**Pat Isaac** · #38 05-13-2006, 08:33 AM

I'm a finger person too, but occasionally use the paper tortillions. Especially for edges. It's worth trying different things to see what works for you.

Pat

hopalong · #39 01-29-2007, 09:20 AM

I thought I'd bring up this thread so that new members can see it. I also wanted to review the thread after using ops for more than a year to see if there was anything I could pick up on now. I love this thread!!!!

redclare · #40 01-29-2007, 08:56 PM

Wow! This is a great thread that I hadn't spotted before - thanks for reviving it Lindsay. Excited to try some new tools!

Rebecca

Yusuke · #41 02-01-2007, 08:46 PM

Hello everybody,
Interesting thread! Let me show my tools. I don't use them all very often, though (except for my fingers

)...

Paper tortillons, comb teeth and... my fingers.

AmesArt · #42 02-26-2008, 08:29 AM

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Originally Posted by hopalong

Ok all you tool freeks. I was rummaging around in the colored pencil site and someone talked about using terps to wash their color. Some one else chimmed in that turps smell bad (no suprise) and are bad to breath in and she used alchol to manipulate and smear around her cp. Well, last night I experimented on op and guess what!!!!!!!!! Rubbing alchol works for op too!

Wouldn't rubbing alcohol stink too and not be good to breath in for who knows how long while working on finishing an artwork? I know you can get odorless turp but I guess it still has "fumes" just odorless so you don't know you're breathing them in. Rubbing alcohol seems like it would be a much better option if the smell wouldnt be too bad to deal with and wouldnt be harmful to breathe in. I would definitely get into oil pastels if this is a good turp alternative! Actually I use to do oil pastel work in high school/college but I probably didn't even use them right because I never used turp or anything at all, just laid the color down, scraped some designs into the pastels sometimes but that was about it. They're fun to use though I think and great colors!

**Pat Isaac** · #43 02-26-2008, 10:38 AM

It is not necessary to use a solvent with oil pastels. Many oil pastel artists just put the color down in varying ways. Take a look at the postings in the studio.

Pat

AmesArt · #44 02-26-2008, 11:39 AM

Yeah I've been realizing that as I've looked at some of these posts. But I like the idea of being able to thin out the pastels and make it more paint-like. Maybe not for the whole artwork but in some areas I would like to be able to incorporate that method, but only if I can use something with alittle less harmful fumes than turp., I read a few posts about using rubbing alcohol and baby oil instead of turp....

**Scarefishcrow** · #45 03-07-2008, 06:20 PM

There are some extremely low odor turp substitutes made from mineral spirits, such as SansOdor. They are not nearly as bad as turp. Also, you might use a covered pallette cup, dip the brush in and pick the pastel up directly from the stick. Some people I have seen use the solvent on the brush after the pastel is applied to the canvas to blend. With some ventilation, some of the mineral spirit solvents are quite tolerable. While I have seen mixed reports on results, supposedly you can use just oil such as linseed oil as a solvent (some say it doen't work very well though).

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