Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels
Testing the materials
A course by Fortuna Studio , Editorial and type designer
About the video: Testing the materials
Overview
“You will learn how to use the materials through some exercises that we will work on. These exercises will help you understand the pictorial possibilities that pastel oil has and that you can use to draw your final project. ”
In this video lesson Fortuna Studio addresses the topic: Testing the materials, which is part of the Domestika online course: Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels. Rediscover your surroundings by creating vivid illustrations with oil pastels and colored pencils.
Partial transcription of the video
“Now we are going to work on the following exercises with our sketchbook and pastel oils. These exercises will allow us to learn a bit more about the pictorial possibilities of pastel oils. We will create three types of samples: the first on gradation, the second on stroke, and finally one on color layering. We will start with gradation, so you might wonder what gradation means. Gradation refers to the pressure we apply with our material on the surface. This will allow us to achieve different types of textures, ranging from very opaque to very fine and superficial, such that we can see on th...”
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Course summary for: Creative Drawing with Oil Pastels
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Category
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Areas
Drawing, Fine Arts, Pencil Drawing, Traditional illustration

Fortuna Studio
A course by Fortuna Studio
Fortuna Studio is an illustration collective based in Lima, Peru that was formed by Pierina Másquez and José María Denegri in 2019. These visual artists and illustrators specialize in creating illustrations that reflect everyday life by using oil pastels and colored pencils.
Their style, their sensitivity, and their unique way of seeing the world has led them to collaborate with independent fashion brands like GARAJE, design stores like Ósmosis.pe, and editorial projects like @HERMANAS.
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