Here are a list of supplies I used for these lessons.
Please know that you don’t have to go out an buy all the colors on the list. You can totally use other colors, as long as the oil pastel is a good brand. I strongly suggest you get a few of the Sennelier or other good brand pastels rather than a whole lot of a cheap brand, as it will just frustrate you and not get the desired effects. The harder and drier the pastel is, the more difficult it will be to do any sort of blending or shading.
Supply List
- Black or very dark toned paper (I used 12×16″ Fabriano Tiziano Pastel paper Flecked series) plus a small little extra piece for color testing.
- Pastel pencil for drawing – I used Conte chalk pastel pencil. (You’ll want white or a light color that will show up on the dark paper)
- Kneaded or soft eraser
- Oil pastels: I used Sennelier brand. You can use the colors of your choice but best to have a few colors of good, soft oil pastels that will blend easily. (These are the colors I used: White, Black, Gold (or another metallic is fine), Bright turquoise, Barrite green (Teal), Turquoise blue, Midnight blue (dark blue or dark turquoise), Red Violet (dark purple), Purple (a pinkish bright purple); Cobalt violet (very light purple).
- A few tortillions for blending
- Skewer or sharp pointed object for scratching into the pastel
- Paper towels
