Oil pastel life drawing

32 Here are steps I'm taking in developing a nude painting. It began as a charcoal drawing (bottom photo) which I used as a "pattern" to do my 7 x 5" oil pastel on sand Pastelbord. In step 2, I covered my Pastelbord drawing with a light blue Sennelier oil pastel, then, in step 3, covered most of the blue with ochres and added bits of red. I like the more raw version of step 3 and have to try hard not to overwork it - just add a little here and there and then call it 'finished'. Just about…

It’s already been a year since I drew these two contemplative oil pastel cats 🥲 I often get asked about the background technique. The answer lies in the texture of the paper (ie cold pressed), and putting a layer of almost fluro magenta gouache paint as a base 😊 Aaaand for anyone interested, I have prints and stickers of these artworks up on my website❣️

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"Brown Bag Lunch" 9x12 "Transparent Triplets" 9x12 "Friendly Fuji's" 9x12 Having fun with apple shapes, colors and shadows. "Brown Bag Lunch" was taken from a quick smart-phone camera photo while I was having my lunch. I changed a few things up, the shape of the chunks and where the seeds sat, to create a better composition. Composition is always #1 with me.

my advanced drawing, figure class. one of the favorite drawings i've done

timed figure drawing, pastel on gray paper. #twominutes #sketch #colorful #gesture #art