pastels

Pastels in Sketchbook

This was done with oil pastels in a technique known as Sgrafitto, as part of a 100 day challenge on Instagram. I scratched the black paint off with a chop stick. Worked like a treat, so I'm planning a bigger piece with that technique.

big sketch 1,80 x 9,50 mt graphite pastels pencil on paper

Pastels and color pencils over 200 g/m² paper.

Pastels over 90 g/m² Kraft paper.

Soft Pastels A3 size

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

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

Pastels on black

oil pastels portrait of an afro girl

Oil pastel on black paper

oil pastels on white paper - inspired by the Eve and the apple

Oil Pastels on denim paper

Inspired from a vintage photography of singer Cher in oil pastels

oil pastels on denim paper

Artwork using soft pastels

Combination of traditional and digital art. I actually hand painted this on some very textured paper with oil pastels a while back, so to 'tidy and clean' it I had to employ digital means. The background was done with alcohol inks, the 'flow' of it I was particularly proud of :).

Chalk Pastels. Inspired by reading the book 'What is the What : The Autobiography of Valentino Achak Deng' by Dave Eggers (2006)

Pastels on paper. Landscape. Whale.

Pastels are used as my medium

speedy sketching

Experimental gesture drawing with pastels and pen.

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.

Rough and smudgy. Kind of how I feel. I got frustrated and just put a bunch of pastels on paper. It's not pretty but it's pretty close to being an authentic look inside myself.

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

I did this when I was studying soft pastels. I am no good with this medium so I turned to acrylic painting.

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.