Making 72 New Colored Pencil Base Paste Colors
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- čas přidán 31. 05. 2022
- I threw away all the Colored Pencil Base Paste that had old experimental recipes and created a whole new 72 set. I discovered a lot of new things about the pigments. What works, what don't work. Come watch me experiment and create 4 backgrounds that are ready for colored pencil.
How to make Colored Pencil Base Paste
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Recipe
1 tsp Linseed oil
1 TBSP Mineral Oil (Baby Oil)
2 tsp Beeswax melted (This is a change from the 1 TBSP)
1 Stick Oil Pastel
Directions
Step 1.
Chop up the oil pastel into very small chunks (Mince)
Step 2
Mix in the Mineral Oil and Linseed Oil into the Oil Pastel. Let it stand for at least an hour while mixing occasionally. You can't over mix. You can leave it longer than an hour. I have let it sit for a full day. It won't go bad. If it gets dry, just add a few extra drops of mineral oil. It should look like a liquid paste. Thinner than toothpaste, thicker than water.
Step 3
Heat up about an inch of water to a boil. Using the bottom of a tin can (I use a soda can), place the mix into the can and then the can into the water. It will float and create a double boiler. Do not heat the mix directly on a flame. Put the heat down so the mix stays warm to slightly hot. Do not boil the mix. It should not be hot enough to burn you if spilled. This is a project for adults. Children need supervision. Make sure you use adequate ventilation. Do not cook the mix. Melt slowly and gently. Do not leave the pot alone while on the flame. It's no different from making candles. Use all the same precautions.
Step 4
Melt down enough beeswax to add 2 tsps to each can. You can remelt and reuse the beeswax. Don't throw out the can. - Jak na to + styl
I finished my 72 gallery (200 series) and did swatch them immediately. I did not seal the page so now I can just add another layer. Thanks Lori for all the work and instructions.
Willie wonka would love you for his colorful candy shop. Beautiful colors. What a lab you’ve got going. Susie
On another channel (French channel) yesterday...I saw a base made with the Colors of the world crayola crayons. However a much more simple process was used to make this base using only the crayons and coconut oil. Also no cure time needed, the lay down of the base has the same look as your base and the best part is black actually comes out black! I thought I would bring this to your attention as you may be interested in this base as well! I won't of course mention the channel name out of respect and courtesy as I do not know if that is appropriate or not. I can email you if your interested. I thought it was impressive as no cure time, crayola crayon skin tone set is cheap but beautiful colors and much simpler process with less ingredients. I do love your demos and how you are applying your base paste and I am taking "notes." I look forward to your next video!
I wouldn't use crayons. The wax is way too hard. It's also harder to use colored pencil over paraffin wax. It doesn't take marker well either. Too waxy.
Love the last few I made . First ones used wrong pastels and to much Linseed oil
Thank you again for this great idea
Wow! They’re so beautiful! 🤩
I'm so excited to be doing this.. I ordered everything.. omg!! ☺️ I definitely see the value just with my time using pencils to do a background.. it takes forever.. I'm really looking forward to this product!! thank you again for sharing your recipe. Wondering.. what did you use to cut the pop cans?
Utility knife?
I saw her use scissors
Need to make some time to do this. Thank you for all this information
Appreciate everything you have done for us. You are Amazing. Lori can't wait until I get paid to get some of the stuff I need to make my first set. Broke haven't been able to do it yet. Hopefully they'll turn out as well as yours have. 🤞🤞🤞🤞🤞🙏🙏🙏🙏❤❤❤❤❤💯💯💯💯💯
Hi Lori thank you so much for these wonderful videos. Will be making my base paste today. I've had both Mungyo Gallery 72 wooden box sets of their "standard" (lighter blue cover) and their Artist ones (darker cover) for over 7 years so they've both been around for some time. They are indeed different. I think the difference is that one is expected to be professional quality. They both work well however for using them as oil pastel sticks I do prefer the professional pastels over the standard.
This is nuts! So fast! Can hardly wait for the next video!
How cool, I'm going to have to try. It will be really interesting to do a swatch with a day old brew and then beside it, the same brew after a month. 😍
I saved the swatch sheet to do just that. Already it's only a week and the colors are light years more pigmented.
I didnt even realize these cure over time. I will have to dig down a little on some that are not pigmented enough, I don't know the names because I sorta lost track when I was melting them down. I have a blue one that is so weird, hard as a rock, and I have no idea why. I figure some mineral oil will soften it. There is a 72 set, that is what I got, but I am not sure it is in stock at the moment. Loving these especially for skin and background. I am experimenting this week with Satin Glazing for watercolor background and I like using base paste and then pencil so much better, so much less work.
I have a set of 120 of the gallery soft oil pastels
Honey I sent a message earlier and said cars instead of colors please forgive me. I believe your colors are fantastic and I wish you would sell them as I said before I would be first in line to buy .You are so talented and so inventive. If you ever go into business I will be in line to buy. I just don’t have the time to make them. Keep up the good work lady you’re doing a great job again thank you.
Genius!
You need to go into business, and sell these beautiful cars so people have them to work with. You are so good at what you do you could make a fortune. If you ever do go into business I will be there to buy. Thank you very much
I came here to say this!
Before selling a new invention or product you must find out if the product is patentable, then do a patent search to see if a patent has already been granted (which can cost thousands). Beware of committing patent infringement. They will sue you to recoup any losses. Not sure of the legalities if you just sell instructions for a diy version like this since that can decrease the patent owners profits so maybe they have a basis for a lawsuit too. Always get knowledgeable legal advice before selling a product. Copyright laws do not apply.
At the very least making this product for home use will be the equivalent of a college chemistry course with lab! No better way to learn than to dive in and experiment.
@@polarbearhero9803 I know for certain there is nothing out there like this. I already looked into the legalities.
@@ColorMyWorld hi I was so happy to hear from you. I hope you can come out with this new product of colors. It would make a lot of artist happy and you could make some good money. I really feel you deserve it. You have worked very hard to get where you are with these colors.Good luck honey and if you do come out with them I’m gonna buy some. Thank you
@@conniekeefe8726 100% Supplies are ordered
Thanks Lori. I just need to be a bit more patient and let the mixture settle for a while. Guess I’ll be doing more melting now :). ❤️
I noticed the oil pastels have gone up in price at Amazon, but what hasn't lately.
Mine arrive today. I can't wait.
Stop the press. Watch my next video! We are making a stronger version so you may like that. I think I cause prices to rise. Every time I recommend something and there is a rush to buy the product owners raise the price. Makes me wonder.
Very cool! I think the earth tones will form a waxy cover because of having heavy minerals or as we know dirt so it was good that you didn’t throw it away. They are beautiful and I am still very excited to do them with “pure pigment “ dry very saturated pastels. To convert them would turn them into colored pencil too. Love the music. Where those one or 2oz containers?
Email me. We can work it out together. howtoadultcolor@gmail.com
Again, this was such an informative video. You are just incredible. If I have the 48 set that you first showed us, do you think it would be worth it to get the other 48 or do you think just the 24 set would be enough?
It's up to you. The colors are only shades off from each other. I would make the 48 and then you can always make custom colors with the other. It doesn't have to be all at once. I made a metallic red today using a different recipe. The next ones I do will be craft wax using mica.
@@ColorMyWorld I was wondering if we could use mica in any of these. I have the big box of different mica colors (60 I think?) and would love to use some of the colors in these.
@@LisasColoringCorner YES! Hold that Mica. I have a marker paste coming out where I use it. So pigmented you need sunglasses.
Lori, if one wanted to make limited sets of the Colored Pencil Base Paste of 12 or 24, what colors would you suggest?
Fantastic question because some are not pigmented enough. I'll make you a list and put it in a video coming up. If I forget just shoot me an email. This is something I have wanted to do except I keep forgetting. Then again I can't remember my kids names these days. Covid brain.
Where did you get the containers you used? I have searched Amazon, Blick and other art sellers.
I found your recipe back on the first video. Maybe my device just wasn’t pulling it down. I am going to give a limited amount of dry pastels a try and I will definitely watch for those things that you mentioned especially being too thick and I know that it will be a challenge because they are all different (sizes, softness etc). Thank you for sharing your amazing creativity. I will let you know and per brand what worked. Lordy those Schminke ones are five bucks a stick but it would really make my work move along. Take care. It might be a bit because I am not as nimble as I used to be.
Yes, it's a different recipe. I have a video coming out on that one too.
@@ColorMyWorld Please let me know which dry pastels you experiment with. The Rembrandt half sticks are considered professional for those who are concerned with that depending on their needs and the half sticks are considered soft but they are more medium, actually more mulling work than other brands but a great brand and excellent cost value and many use them for “the bones” of their pastel paintings. The pigmentation should be very high. You know it is so very interesting what you are doing because I was actually thinking that there had to be an easy way to get to a paste since colored pencils are oil paint and why wouldn’t someone try? Before my surgery I was really discussing it with my family who are artists but they were like”don’t waste your pastels”. You’re gutsy and in all my years of mulling you take the cake.
Have you tried melting the Paul Ruben’s oil pastels to see how they work? I would be interested to see what you think. Tfs
Interesting question because in other media like watercolor basically certain companies do the same colors and they slap another name brand on them. They are nice yet still considered student quality brands are known for that and Paul Reuben brand is no exception and other brands like Superior and so on. Very good question. I’m here with a massive amount of professional dry pastels and would love to know the recipe to make them into “professional” colored pencil base. I do detailed colored pencil art and because of commission work I would love to turn them into my favorite media. Maybe we will both get to find out. My thought is try a color that is close enough to another so that you can either mix it or do without it. The dry pastels are of every size and buttery to medium hardness so it might be a conundrum.
@@jenniefrench1338 I am doing a q&A video. I'll put this in there. The soft pastel version is very hard to do and is much more involved. It's better you just keep the soft pastels and pick up a small set of oils. Go with Gallery or the Hobby Lobby brand. Those are the same. Paul Reuben work but are not reliable as far as how they react once melted. They were OK but just OK.
My problem is I don’t have any empty soft drink cans. 😞 guess I’ll have to do some dumpster diving! 😋
People have been using aluminum muffin tins. They said it worked great. I have 7 people living in this house and they take 2 cans of what ever they drink a day so I always have a steady supply. People have reported they bought the aluminum muffin tins very cheap on Amazon.
That’s a good idea I have some muffin tins I don’t use anymore
While I don't have the resources to try this out myself, I wonder if something like an emulsifier (like lecithin or an emulsifying wax) would help keep it from forming a layer on top? Just a suggestion to consider, since it looks like you're still tweaking the recipe! (& thank you so much for sharing your experiments and progress! ☺️)
Interesting. I don't even know what an emulsifying wax is. I'll have to go look it up. The layer is not bad. It actually disappears as you use it. If you press a bit and just make circles with the applicator it goes away.
I just looked emulsifing wax up. It's more for lotions and It would be too soft.
Hi Lori, can you please, please, please confirm which linseed oil to use for your colored pencil base paste? I tried "Grumbacher Linseed Medium for Oil Paintings, 8 Ounce Bottle, 8 Fl Oz, Yellow (Amazon)", which did not work at all (I think it made the oil pastel bits even harder!). Thanks SO MUCH, in advance.😁
I use refined. The oil would make it softer. What other oils did you use and how much wax? The wax makes it harder. The less wax the softer it gets but don't go down to a tsp. That's not enough. I use 2 for pencil and 1 and 1/4 to a half for the marker.
@@ColorMyWorld The only other oil I used was mineral oil (100% mineral oil, unscented); I was just getting ready to add the melted wax. My mixtures of oil pastel chips (Gallery), mineral oil & linseed oil ("Grumbacher Linseed Medium for Oil Paintings" 100% linseed oil) sat for a few days in my studio (my week suddenly got really busy). When I tried to stir up the pastels/oils mixtures (with new wood Popsicle sticks) the pastels were still firm, barely mixing. I had to heat them up to melt the oil pastels so they would finally mix with the oils & melted wax. I only did a few of these before giving up. I poured off the oils & kept the pastel chips, so I can try again with refined linseed oil (& mineral oil & bee's wax). Thanks so much for your help, Lori. I'm really looking forward to nailing this project!🤓
Why don't you use a muller to mix the products together?
I tried it with a muller and it made a big old mess. It's so easy to just slice it with a razor blade and melt it down. The soft pastel version needs a muller.
@@ColorMyWorld Great!!! Thank you for responding back to me! I will keep that in mind
Lori, can I use Gamblin Alkali Refined Linseed Oil instead of the stand oil per your Amazon link?
I have to get rid of that link because it keeps changing. Yes, Refined is better. Which recipe are you going with? Pencil or marker?
@@ColorMyWorld I'm going to go with the pencil base right now. I just bought my last supply and I'll start making all 72 this weekend. I really appreciate you sharing all your information on this. I'm so excited to get them done so I can start using them. On another note, I hope both you and your husband are doing well. I watched the other video where you were talking about him. Just know, there are tons and tons of people sending prayers your way.
OMG, no you didn't?! Wow
Have you tried this on the Dura-lux paper? Love your efforts!
Funny I was just looking at the Dura lux paper on Amazon. Have you used it? It reminds me of wax paper.
@@ColorMyWorld Just put it in my shopping cart before I asked. I am confident as dry pastel artist, so mixing up media should be interesting on finding its limits and potentials. Planning a push from that perspective and thinking how can I do it in a way that can share the process I will challenge it to.
@@sacrebleu1371 As artists we sometimes get stuck down one way roads. I have to remind myself often to say "Screw it and just do it". What's the worst that can happen if it doesn't work.
Can you use soy wax instead of beeswax?
Why can’t I just put the pastel and oil etc in the pot I’m going to store them in and add wax in there? I don’t have soda cans.
I asked a friend to save his beer cans. Wondering if a silicon cup would work and then wipe out easily. Dollartree had a doggie silicon popout drinking bowl I am eyeing to try to limit storage space needed. 🤔
You can.
@@sacrebleu1371 Us tiny aluminium pans. They sell them on Amazon for like 12 dollars and have lids.
Hello I have a request; it's a comlicated story what happened but right now the important thing is that I cannot use my hands very well. I have since falling in love with using colored pencils on my coloring pages and using this base paste would be ideal for me, but I don't know how I would be able to make it myself. If I were to buy the materials needed is there anyone that could actually use them to do the hand coordination of making it for me?
So many people have asked. I ordered materials so I can put it in my Etsy shop. If you can't use your hands well, you will love this stuff.
@@ColorMyWorld could I please have a link to your Etsy store then? ETA; Because I have to live on less than $900 a month, I don't know if I'll be able to afford it. If it's not too much to ask, please set a set of colors aside and I will get it as soon as I'm able to.
Wow, that is amazing! I still haven't found anyone that can help me make it.☹️
Think mom is gonna help me but she is gonna gripe the whole time lol
@@denamueller7333 LoL 😆, my mom passed away in 2012 and my 33 year old daughter passed away in 2016, she loved art and coloring, she was my buddy and we would have been up to our necks in making these
I am making you the marker version. I think you could handle it better with your hands.
omg... stop what your doing and paten this!!!!. .... this is a major money maker for you. if you get your buddy Andy in on this you guys can market this and we will buy it!!!! this is a game changer for not having to waste your pencils on large back ground or just a fast first layer. but it's a pain to make yourself I would gladly purchase a pre-made set of them instead. 💖💖💖
A newer and better version will be on sale in September. Thank you.
Thank you to the viewer who recommended using aluminum muffin tins instead of soda cans. I found some on Amazon- a pack of 100 4” tart pans for under $12. They worked perfectly. The brand was Oopsu.
Don't tell my DAD! He is the one who cleans, cuts and dries the cans for me.