Crayola Oil Pastel for $5? Unboxing and Trying it

@leannwithdoublen · 2025-09-30 23:40 · hive-130560

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Hello, how are you? This month, I've been playing with oil pastel again, and I decided to watch a lot of artist vlogs using oil pastel, and a lot of artists like using the Crayola oil pastel, like how Crayola has oil pastel, and I was like, I am going to try this no matter what. I like to start with a budget-friendly brand sometimes, they're not disappointing. However, I have doubts sometimes, so I did my research before committing to it. -------
Let's Do Unbox!
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My order was delivered the day after I ordered it, which is fast, and I guess the seller feels my excitement to try it LOL. It is wrapped with bubble wrap, which is good. -------
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And it is packed with a cardboard for extra protection. -------
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The paper case is safe and undamaged, which is a relief for me, and the oil pastels are all okay, no broken pastels, and it is all 24 pieces, and a little bit of pastel smudges, but it is okay, I can clean it after. -------
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This color made me buy one for myself. The color name is brick red, and I did a palm swatch, which oil pastel artists do, and it is so satisfying. -------
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After that, I do swatches on the paper just to see the actual color of each pastel, and I label it with the name of the color, too. Now I get those artists I watch that reviewed this oil pastel, they're opaque and vibrant too, and easy to blend. -------
Let's Try The Oil Pastel!
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I start with a sketch first, using the gray pastel. I do freestyle with the sketch, just let my hand do the work with the reference LOL. -------
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I first layer it with pink pastel just to try if it works. -------
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After that, I layer the gray sketch with brick red pastel to do the line art. I like to start to render the skin first, so I use a skin color pastel, and then I start adding layers to the eye part too. -------
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Then I render the eyebrows and the eyes too. -------
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I started to layer and render the hair too, which I really like, and I started adding a lighter color to the reference and to tone up the portrait. I added the background color, which makes the portrait look even better. -------
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To finish the portrait, I added a darker color, which is black, to the eyelashes and to the part that needed to be dark. And then I use my clay tool to add texture to the portrait and to add a highlight too. -------
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Done! The oil pastel is easy to work with and very opaque. I just needed to use a lot of force to blend the color right, but for $5, the quality exceeded my expectations! I really like it. This oil pastel is perfect for portraits, in my opinion. ----
Thank you for visiting, see you on my next blog. :D Please take care of your mental health as well. I hope you are okay today :))
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