Thursday, March 30, 2023

11x14 nupastel pastel sticks portrait

 








ref: MSC model Hannah

Used only peach? a clean pink and purple plus a little white. Cleaned my fingers off in the background

Monday, March 27, 2023

9x12 oil pastel portrait

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Started with regular hard pastels to get the drawing right.

Monday, March 20, 2023

More portrait experiments with Artist Loft oil pastels on 9x12 paper









MSC model Adam









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Went over the of the artist loft pastels with sennelier. The academic version of pastels are too waxy and don't let you build up much color. The color just scrapes off to bare wax coated paper when you try to put another color on top.









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Saturday, March 11, 2023

Experimenting with Artist's Loft Oil Pastels on 9x12 canson mixed media paper

 It's been awhile since I posted but figured I should start where I am. Maybe someday I'll put the other drawings up that I've done or not.

These oil pastels are a bit crumbly, waxy, and lower in pigment but I am getting them to work. I tape the paper to a board which I lay on a heating pad as it's a bit chilly here. That seems to help a little.









Milwaukee Sketch Club Models, Nancy and Conn