pastels

Mixed media doodle collage over Carhartt ad - using oil pastels, pen, watercolor, highlighter and glue

Really enjoying experimenting with soft pastels. This piece was the first time I used Pastelmat. It's an amazing surface to use with pastels as it takes loads of pastel, the colour stays vibrant, and there's minimal dust

Done on gray toned paper with grayscale pastels

Charcoal and pastels

9x12in on pastel paper

Cut and paste mixed media doodle collage over Carhartt Ad - oil pastels, pen, watercolor

A lemon drawn with Carbothello pastel pencils

Pastels...I've never been a huge fan of working with them, mainly because I can never seem to get them to blend or move the way I want. I think this turned out okay; it's not the worst it could've been...not the best. It was fun to try, considering the fact that I rarely try new mediums, and it got my mind off everything I've been worrying about. Anyway, enjoy.

Mixed media doodle collage over Carhartt ad - using oil pastels, pen, highlighter, fineliner and glue

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

I suppose this was just a tester/practice piece? My first actual still life from observation and my first time actually using charcoal (yes, I've never truly used charcoal before. Charcoal and pastels are two things I avoid. Their looseness and freeness scare me, considering how rigid I can be). Not sure how to feel about this one. I'm my worst critic, and I've known that for a long time now. There's a lot of practice and progress to be made, but it turned out half-way decent.

Moria Orc profile drawing (from "Lord of the Rings") using compressed charcoal, greyscale pastels and graphite pencil on paper, (size A4).

Soft pastels - mountains

Working on tiger in pastels

Oil pastels on board. I used terpenoid to blend the pastels like paint on the canvas. From my latest art class.

Pastels on black

Tried oil pastels in my sketchbook. Here's a process video https://youtu.be/XFhIEI39xbg

Playing around with my 4 sticks of oil pastels

Newest work! Alcohol inks for the sky, oil pastels for O'Neill himself :). A2 canvas - biggest I've done in a while! This was a present for the boyf, who is a massive Stargate fanboy!

Soft pastels - a solitary tree

Drawn using graphite blocks and soft pastels....:)

Been into oil pastels lately and drawing on kraft paper really results on more vibrant colours. It feels great!

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.

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

Night scene with birds sitting on a tree branch..

Working on being more stylized while living my best life in pastels. Made with Rebelle 6. Happy holidays everyone

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.

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