Showing posts with label oil pastel. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil pastel. Show all posts
4.30.2011
4.10.2011
Monster Drawing Rally at SPACES
Works done at Monster Drawing Rally hosted by SPACES
Both are done together within one hour.
Top one is watercolor, bottom is oil pastel.
Both are done together within one hour.
Top one is watercolor, bottom is oil pastel.
2.26.2011
Saturday Life Drawing - Nikki
Need to add more depth to the fabrics. One thing I noticed with oil pastel, if you tried to use it to tone the paper, regardless how little you use it, as soon as you press down hard to spread it across the canvass, it forms this thin layer that makes it hard for more oil pastel to stay on. I wonder if it's the oil or anything that does that.
Also, certain color seems to stay on better and harder to blend away than others. For example, the prussian blue is harder to blend away if I put it down on canvas first. I would always put down some other color, then lightly add in the prussian blues and blend them. On the other hand, cerulean blue is easy to blend, I can put it down first or later, and it'll smoothly blend in with the other colors. I wonder if this has anything to do with the amount of pigment in the stick.
Also, certain color seems to stay on better and harder to blend away than others. For example, the prussian blue is harder to blend away if I put it down on canvas first. I would always put down some other color, then lightly add in the prussian blues and blend them. On the other hand, cerulean blue is easy to blend, I can put it down first or later, and it'll smoothly blend in with the other colors. I wonder if this has anything to do with the amount of pigment in the stick.
2.20.2011
Saturday Life Drawing
It's always important to step back frequently, and check the drawing from a distance. If only I had done that during the sketch stage, I would've noticed a lot of the proportion mistakes.
Live and learn.
p.s. photos taken at different lighting, thus the last one appear darker and more yellowish.
Live and learn.
p.s. photos taken at different lighting, thus the last one appear darker and more yellowish.
2.05.2011
Saturday Life Drawing Session 1
4 hour session. Trying to use watercolor as underpaint, and then use oil pastel on top of the watercolor.
1.30.2011
Laura - Still not done yet
Oil pastel on Ampersand Gessobord
Still need to finish all those fabrics and pillows in the background. Everytime when I get to the background part, I wonder why I didn't start with the background first, it'd be easier to determine what color to use for the figure to make it pop out better. Yet every time a new session starts, I end up drawing the figure first, wanting to make sure I get to finish the figure within the limited time we have.
Still need to finish all those fabrics and pillows in the background. Everytime when I get to the background part, I wonder why I didn't start with the background first, it'd be easier to determine what color to use for the figure to make it pop out better. Yet every time a new session starts, I end up drawing the figure first, wanting to make sure I get to finish the figure within the limited time we have.
1.22.2011
Saturday life drawing progress
Was trying a more bold color underpainting.
Medium: Oil pastel on Ampersand gessobord.
Medium: Oil pastel on Ampersand gessobord.
11.13.2010
10.28.2010
SPACES 10x10
For SPACES Annual Benefit Auction
The benefit auction is on Nov 6, this one will be at the event for $100.
Medium: Oil Pastel on four 5"x5" Ampersand Artistic Panel. (Because I couldn't find a 10"x10" in the local shops)
9.25.2010
Saturday figure drawings
Duration: 4 figure drawing sessions, each session lasts 3 hours.
medium: oil pastel on ampersand gesso board.
First two are taken by iPhone, the other two are taken by Olympus camera in different days, thus the different color.
medium: oil pastel on ampersand gesso board.
First two are taken by iPhone, the other two are taken by Olympus camera in different days, thus the different color.
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