Hi Everyone!

So for the first time in over 12 years (since this piece I believe   ) and I felt like using oil pastels again. I've been inspired by some of the really cool techniques of some of the oil pastel artists on this site, such as:

Unfortunately, as it turns out, oil pastels do in fact expire, or harden up. So I ended up with this:



Any ways I can improve on this piece?

My memory of the oil pastels is certainly different to what it felt like using them now. Over 12 years ago when I used these Faber Castell oil pastels they were easy to blend and felt like silk when I applied them to the paper. This time around they didn't feel as vibrant or easy to apply to the paper. Perhaps I should have used up the oil pastels a lot sooner - this is what I get for jumping around from medium to medium Maybe next time around I shouldn't get Faber Castell pastels? I am seeing a lot of talk about Sennelier ones on Youtube.