Archive for the ‘Oil Pastels’ Category

Ladybug drawing in oil pastels

15, Apr 2009

My latest oil pastels art … a ladybug drawing for Drawing 2 class. The assignment was to draw a bug, really up close, using oil pastels. I wish I could post some of the pieces that others did for class too. Several of them were amazing! This one turned out pretty [...]

Oil Pastel Flowers

1, Apr 2009

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 [...]

Oil pastels drawing – Christmas ornaments

22, Mar 2009

This oil pastel drawing was done in class, and some at home from a photo.  I was pleased with the result.  Art in oil pastel can be tricky.  Although this piece turned out fairly colorful, I always remember that value is the most important.  Oil pastels can also be difficult sometimes to get the fine [...]


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