Oil Pastel Bunnies
It’s more accurate to call these last few sketches oil pastel and colored pencil as I use the Derwent Drawing Pencils with every one, especially the dark colors. The paper is a gray Nova Stillman and Birn sketchbook.
Category: Art
Oil Pastel Chickadees
Rediscovering Oil Pastels
Only better than discovering a new medium is rediscovering it after a few years pass and liking it more than the first time around.
I dusted off my oil pastels and sketched the cow portrait. I was so pleased with how it turned out I quickly decided to do a big project. Did I bite off more than I can chew? Yes, I did.
Although it isn’t the worst thing I’ve completed, it’s certainly not the best. Next time, I’ll stick to a smaller size and choose one focal point instead of having everything fight for attention.
Fifteen Years Blogging
How many can claim a fifteen-year old blog? Happy anniversary to this little corner of the web where I’ve documented all the arts and crafts I’ve obsessed about since 2006. Even with that strong blogging habit, at some point over the past year I slowed down on blog posts and increased Instagram posts. Instagram is easy and popular, and it’s all too easy to forget about writing. Recently, I decided I missed keeping up this ancient blog and it needed an update—and perhaps Instagram needs to go away. Long story short, you cannot control reels on your feed, and I found many objectionable.
So, here’s an update on the ol’ blog. I’ve not been as artsy lately, but I’ve still managed several sketchbook sketches…
I also sketched this large landscape using Derivan Liquid Pencil tinted with blue and yellow.
A quick pen and ink landscape…
And a still life on Pastelmat.
Here’s the question: Will this little blog still be here in another fifteen years?