Arbury Arch

I like this! Oil pastel can be hard to handle - do you use turps/spirits with yours to make the colour flow and help with the sharp edges? Brushes? Go on - tell us your secrets.....

I have used turps, but don't usually. I didn't use turps on this. I've used colour shapers to move and get details. I have also on occassions used brushes, but I don't like it too oily. Also I use different pastels on layers using hard ones on underlayers, then medium then top with the softer ones Sennelier.

Lovely detail here Lin, you have indeed done really well to get such sharp and well defined lines with oil pastels, this is super work in them