has characteristics of pastels and wax crayons combined. There are two distinct looks to the Oil Pastel effect. The first one is the look of Oil Pastel used in its “dry form”. To get this look turn down the strength and brush sliders; when done lightly, the results are similar to pastel chalks. By increasing the same sliders you get Oil Pastel in its “wet form” which is a heavy build up of color smoothed with a moistened brush. You can also achieve this look with “layering”, which is a common TwistingPixels technique. Layering is done by duplicating the oil pastel effect layer (found on the right in the layers palette) until you get the desired built up look. The surface is very important to this effect; try experimenting with different papers, then turn up the texture to add drama to the final painting.
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