Wednesday, September 21, 2011

Oil Pastels

I first started using oil pastels a couple of years ago.  I was never taught the proper technique for using oil pastels in any class, so I started experimenting with them.  I started off with these pictures of the three guinea pigs I had at the time, which I drew from photographs I had taken of them.  The most challenging part for me was learning how to use the pastels to do shading, and especially how to blend the colors.





The guinea pigs pictured are named Coriander, Sage, and Ypsilon.

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