Oil Pastel Flowers
1 Apr2009
Flowers in Oil Pastels
Oil Pastel Flowers!
I did these a few nights ago. I find oil pastels can be fun to work with — if you have artist-quality pastels! Otherwise, it can really be frustrating and even hamper development of the piece.
The base colors here are done with Cray-Pas Expressionist, which are so-so quality in my opinion. I used a Sennelier white almost exclusively for the white areas. Also added Sennelier for greens reds and some yellows.
After working on this piece I went out and bought 9 more Senneliers, so now I have more variety to work with! 
Anyway, I’m fairly pleased with how this piece worked out. I think I could have gone more dark for the shadowing inside the flowers and some in the petals. Also, the quality of the photo here just does *not* do the piece justice! The colors from the oil pastels actually look much richer and vibrant.
- In: Artwork| Oil Pastels
- Tags: Artwork, oil pastels, sennelier
12 Responses to Oil Pastel Flowers
Kikolani
April 2nd, 2009 at 5:28 pm
Every time I visit your site, I wish I had more time to do some artwork again. This and the Christmas ornaments are really awesome. How long did they take to do?
~ Kristi
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Eric
April 3rd, 2009 at 7:25 am
Thanks Kristi! I honestly love doing these oil pastels – as long as it comes out the way I want! Haha The Christmas ornaments I did mostly during class time, I would say for a total of about 3 hours. The flowers took roughly 4 hours to finish.
I’ve been visiting your blog a lot lately – you’re posting some awesome photography over there! (as well as the useful advice on blogging and social networking of course
)
-Eric
Evita
April 4th, 2009 at 7:24 pm
Eric these are so beautiful!
And you know what I love even more that you are not afraid to take pride and ownership for your work! This piece is beautiful and as an artist it starts with you to feel amazing about it! A lot of people in the world today think that it is the “polite” thing to do to be falsely humble. But that serves no one and does not put out any valuable energy into the universe. Hence some artists are always scraping by, while others are making it big with the same talent!
Love what you do and be proud of it – always, for it is then that happiness will be pouring into your life no matter what!
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Eric
April 6th, 2009 at 3:18 pm
Thank you Evita! You’re right about loving what you do and taking pride. I think all great artists *must* know that what they are doing is worthwhile. It is part of what drives them, don’t you think?
Evita
April 6th, 2009 at 6:46 pm
For sure!
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Andrea
May 22nd, 2009 at 8:58 pm
Beautiful movement. Thanks for sharing.
Eric
May 27th, 2009 at 7:15 am
Hi Andrea, thanks for the encouraging comment!
Charlotte
September 27th, 2009 at 10:01 am
I love these flowers. They look amazing! & They really helped for my artist link for my GCSE topic!
Thankyou
Eric
September 27th, 2009 at 10:29 am
Hello Charlotte, thank you for visiting and for the comment. Best of luck with your GCSE!
Lauren
January 31st, 2010 at 9:55 am
Wow. These Are Amazing Eric:o
Ive Been Looking For An Artist Who Does Flowers With Pastels For Days And This Is The First Ive found That I’ll Be Proud To Do A Contextual Reference On My GCSE Art, Thank You So Much For Being Such A Great And Most Deffinatly Inspiring Artist:D!
Bruce
May 19th, 2010 at 12:27 pm
I love oil pastels as a medium. So expressive!Reply – Quote
Rofl
May 21st, 2010 at 5:41 am
That’s a fantastic piece of art, truly great. I like the way the shadows form on the stems. Nice work my friend.