Greetings to all!
I hope everyone is having a nice day!
I just finished the Oil Pastel Course on the Virtual Instructor. i really enjoyed and now see how much more practice I need. Maybe, if you have not done this course it will inspire you to try it out.
I found that oil pastels are bulky but forgiving. Also the quality of oil pastels matters, at least in my case.
Though Matt did the forms in blue, I didn’t have the cool grey anymore so I did this one on warm grey paper since red is a warmer color.
The Black Eyed Susan’s were really fun and I felt confident so I was more relaxed. I think that reflects in my artwork.
The Sky painting/drawing was the most difficult for me. Sky’s with clouds and I don’t get along - lol! so I did this one twice. The first one I was leaning to all cool colors, red - blue - mostly purples.
The second one I do like better and considered doing it a third time, maybe in the future.
Second attempt:
I also found the portrait difficult. I didn’t have the same color paper so went with the color that Matt told me and used goldenrod. the colors turned warmer and at first I thought I would need to do it again, but when it was finished I was okay with it.
Otherwise, I hope you enjoy seeing them and critiques on all of them is welcome.
Teri (Artsy)