When you are done with the "ensconcing" (rubbing in) of the oil pastel with the make up sponge and with the washing off (with soap and water) of any extra oil pastel that might have caked up on top or not become properly ensconced, there shouldn't be any continuous layer of oil pastel on top of the surface -- it would be bonded with/integrated into it. So it will not crack, unless somehow the TPE surface itself cracked (it doesn't do that, although in exceptional cases it has torn -- but that is in general, and nothing to do with oil pastels). Ephiane thinks the oil pastel might actually help protect the TPE material (which is slightly oily for a reason -- and that's another reason we need the protective powder), and she is probably right. Not cracking and flaking is precisely the advantage of the oil pastel method (and Rite dye and shoe cream methods, likewise) over paint and paint markers.ukshaun wrote:What is the situation with leaving the oil pastel on the figure?
Will it dry and crack? ..or simply stay as it is?
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