Oil Pastel Art

Oil Pastel Art – A Zippo Lighter

February 24, 2011 Oil Pastel Art
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This drawing is a zippo lighter in Oil Pastels. I did this on sand-colored Pastelbord, size 8×10. It has been mentioned that a reflection within the lighter might have been interesting, and I may eventually decide to do that.  For now, I feel like I’ve moved on from this piece and am ready to work [...]

Oil Pastels Flower – “Valentine Rose”

February 21, 2011 Oil Pastel Art
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More Oil Pastel Flowers! This oil pastels piece was done on 8.5 x 11 Canson Mi Tientes colored paper (black). Sennelier oil pastels were used exclusively for it. This piece really all came together towards the end. It felt like it wasn’t going right until I got into the detail in the rose petals, and [...]

Oil Pastels Drawing – “Lazy Sunday”

February 9, 2011 Oil Pastel Art

This oil pastels drawing was submitted to The Daily Paintworks Challenge last week.  The challenge is now over but all the entries can be viewed here:  Daily Paintworks Challenge. I used all Sennelier Oil Pastels for this piece.  It is 6×8 inches on colored Canson Mi Tienes pastel paper. I had decided that the original [...]

Ladybug drawing in oil pastels

April 15, 2009 Oil Pastel Art

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 good, I think. I [...]

Oil pastels drawing – Christmas ornaments

March 22, 2009 Oil Pastel Art

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 [...]