pastel

Prismacolor pencils on pastel mat

I first bought some cheap soft pastels back in 2018 and did a couple of sketches. I bought a nice set of Rembrandt pastels a few months later — didn't use them. I bought some pastel pads, none if which seemed right. September 2020, I bought a couple more sets of bargain pastels and tried a couple of pieces — no good, still couldn't bring myself to use them. Jess bought me pastel pencils for Christmas — I was too scared to use them. I even bought a pad of Pastelmat which is supposed to be THE paper to use for pastel paintings in January. I was too scared to use that as well! FINALLY, after a few unsuccessful attempts at working with watercolour (brush issues), I cast aside my fear and thought I'd mess around with pastels. Some time later, and this was the result. I've finally broken through my pastel fear-barrier. I've got to say, I love soft pastels and I'm excited about doing more pieces in this medium.

Ink line drawing colored in photoshop

Latte

Started off as something light and fun and turned into this otherworldscape. A better reflection of my mood I guess.

I painted this one for a friends little boy. It’s a mixed media, some acrylic, marker and pastel.

I've been working on various incarnations of this Millet. His original is in black crayon and is amazing.

We are all under the same skies as we look up to the stars... (Products are sold on Etsy too @dericacreates)

Compressed charcoal, willow charcoal, graphite pencil and greyscale pastels, on paper (size A3).

Pastel pencils from photo

A silly frog to end the month. Prismacolor pencils on a tinted pastel paper.

Night scene with birds sitting on a tree branch..

An urban sketching thingie from October. Drawn in about an hour as a part of Edinburgh Urban Sketchers meetup. Conte on A4.

A pastel drawing I made as an exercise for class.

Soft pastel on a paper (A3) - Corvus

Pen doodle over Pan Pastel chalk filled stencil

If you’re broken hearted (pun fully intended) over Sweet Hearts being out of production this year, then this is the print for you. I made it so there would still at least be something Sweet Heart-themed available for Valentine’s Day. Now 2019 doesn’t quite have to be the year without Sweet Hearts. You can find this print on everything from cards to skirts via this link and the Redbubble, Society6, Zazzle, and Threadless buttons it directs you to: https://linktr.ee/okhismakingart

Exercising of the Ex - a tradition of sorts

Oil pastels on black card.

This was the first of the same lion drawn on two different surfaces. This one was drawn in pastels on sanded paper.

Bright , colorful overlapping layers of shapes and linework done in watercolor and wax pastel

Portraits of brothers. This time ordered from Germany. Dry pastel, charcoal on gray paper 30x40cm.

A statue of Poseidon sits at the bow of an ancient underwater shipwreck. Created with pastels.

Charcoal and soft pastel

Oil Pastels on denim paper

Pastels are used as my medium

Workers in grocery stores take every precaution to keep themselves and others safe from the coronavirus pandemic. Art presented in pastel drawing. Special thanks to: https://www.revounts.com.au/woolworths-promo-code

I recently discovered oil pastels and am being amazed every day at how versatile they are. While cleaning my desk this morning I found some blank ATCs (Artist trading cards, 2.5x3.5") and wondered if I could work small with such a bulky medium. Turns out, absolutely yes.