Oil Pastel Portrait
I’m a novice with portraits. In fact, this is the first one I’ve ever completed. In real life, this little girl is far cuter!
Author: horsenettle
Oil Pastel Carriage Ride
It was a surprise to walk around the corner and see these two horses pulling a festive group of people. Once, I drove a team of horses, and it was one of those thrilling experiences I’ll never forget.
Oil Pastel Practice
Sometimes I need to remind myself that a sketchbook is for practice. I sketched two monochromatic pictures to keep color choices minimal.
I practiced sketching oranges. With some, I used the chroma color first, with others a layer of white. The one I liked the best used three different but related colors that overlapped. The color was more convincing, and the texture was the best of the three (bottom right).
And apples are my favorite thing to sketch when I’m practicing.
Solitary Sandpiper Oil Pastel
This quirky, little bird was all by itself. As its name implies, they migrate solo. It stopped by for a break on its journey south, wading in the shallow creek down the road with its jerky, quick stride.
I’m struggling with color. Oil pastel lends itself to vibrant, strong color, and I like to use all of them at once which leads to a battle for attention. My best laid plans of sticking to color schemes go awry each time. Today, I’ll do a few sketches with neutrals and one color family only. We’ll see if I can resist the rainbow.
I tried Uart 400 sandpaper for this. Oil pastel goes down nicely on most surfaces so I wasn’t sold that I needed this paper, but the additional colored pencil I use did a better job on this surface than a gessoed paper or canvas board.