1. TRY these techniques for various effects
Oil Pastel Techniques
TRY these techniques for various effects

3. Heavy Pressure Blending (a. k. a. pressing really hard
Heavy Pressure Blending (a.k.a. pressing really hard!) is how this artist made color nice and smooth. This artist added a white layer of oil pastel over the top of the blue for a highlight.

4. Heavy Pressure Blending

5. Heavy Pressure Blending

6. Heavy Pressure Blending & Color Mixing

7. Heavy Pressure Blending

8. Heavy Pressure Blending &
Color Mixing

9. Sgraffito involves making a base layer of color and scratching out lines and details.

10. Sgraffito

11. Sgraffito

12. Oil Pastel is vibrant and heavily pigmented, making it a great choice if you want bright colors in your artwork.
Using black paper instead of white paper as a base can make your composition more interesting, especially for sgraffito.
Using baby oil on a q-tip helps to blend the oil pastel.
All images were found on Google Images on 9/1/2017.
Thank you artists, for putting your work out on the web.