Oil Pastel Art

Oil Pastels – Homage to Diego Rivera

August 8, 2010 Oil Pastel Art

This Oil Pastels drawing was done in my Drawing 2 class.  I enjoyed working on this one very much as I was able to try out a variety of oil pastel techniques.  Oil pastel art is different from other drawing mediums.  It isn’t quite like crayon or charcoal, yet it isn’t like painting with oils or [...]

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 Pastel Flowers

April 1, 2009 Oil Pastel Art

Oil Pastel Flowers! I did these a few nights ago.  I find oil pastels are so much fun to work with — if you have artist-quality pastels Sennelier Oil Pastels Assorted Set (48)!  Otherwise, it can really be frustrating and even hamper development of the piece. The base colors here are done with Cray-Pas Expressionist, [...]

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 [...]

Next Entries →