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.
Oil Pastels Drawing - Christmas Ornaments
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 lines, such as around the edges of the ornaments. You have to use just the edge of the pastel stick to get the fine line, and sometimes you can even cheat a little and use a white colored pencil or something similar (I didn’t do that in this piece btw).
I really need a better set of oil pastels. These expressionist are just not happening. Luckily I had a stick of sennelier white. Anyone feeling generous, feel free to visit Jerry’s Artarama and pick out a nice set for me. Anyway, I think this worked out rather well. Need to brighten up those yellows in back though, now that I look at it from a photographic perspective…
Scratchboard Art - "Faces"
This scratchboard drawing was done for my Drawing 2 class. It was the first time I’ve worked with scratchboard as a medium. When time permits I will be doing more scratch board! I love doing these!
Stippling Technique - Shoe
This stippling drawing was done for my Drawing 2 class at TCC. It took roughly 20-22 hours to complete. I mostly used a .05 file line Prismacolor pen.
In the future I’ll do more stippled artwork. Although it does take time I definitely enjoy doing them. There is something about the stippling technique that is therapeutic and fun.
