I love homes, both because of their interior design and architecture. It embodies practical art, which I think is the best! I drew a portion of a bedroom in my Strathmore toned paper art journal. I started with my Prismacolor colored pencils, then moved to oil pastels. I have a short video at the bottom of the post. Here are some pictures of steps along the way. I don't always know where I'm going, but we get there. :) ... View the Post
Oil Pastel Bird on Fruit Branch & VIDEO
Color palettes in nature really inspire me! I love the teals, greens, and pops of red and coral. I used my toned tan art journal and Prismacolor colored pencils for the underpainting. The drawing was in a bit of a different perspective for me, so I though the pencils would help me out later with my layering. When you add the oil pastels the colors really come to life, as seen in the following photos. Of course, my color pencil job was not thorough, as I knew I would be layering the pastels ... View the Post
Oil Pastel Himalayan Blue Poppy & Video
These were fun flowers to paint! I used mostly Paul Rubens and Artecho oil pastels. I love painting flowers, then combining them in a surface pattern design. I sell many of these as fabric and wallpaper at Spoonflower and Raspberry Creek Designs. I love surrounding myself with flowers, and since I can't seem to grow them successfully, I paint them! :) Here is a yellow flower, because yellow makes me happy. :) Flowers, flowers everywhere! ... View the Post
Oil Pastel River Landscape Painting
A peaceful river is the subject of this oil pastel landscape. I mostly used Artecho and Paul Rubens Haiya, as they were on my desk. I tried to keep it to a few simple colors. Sometimes, that is less overwhelming than staring at sets of 120 colors. :) I believe that I used Canson Graduate cream paper here, but I can't remember for sure. You could definitely use my favorite toned paper! Don't forget to check out the video below, as well as my channel with well over 1,000 ... View the Post
Regency Era Jane Austen Fashion Sketch & Video
I fell in love with Jane Austen novels while I was in college. Her character studies and keen observance of human nature is accurate and comedic. The Regency Era is full of interesting things, but it's fashion can be beautiful! I used my art journal with Tombow markers and colored pencils for this drawing. The use of fashion templates make it easy! Here are the traceable, acrylic templates as well! These templates are a small investment with endless use. If figure drawing and ... View the Post
Oil Pastel Church Graveyard & VIDEO
I have a video at the bottom of this post for this autumnal landscape painting, using Paul Rubens and Mungyo oil pastels! These pictures show the initial sketch and some of the colored pencil underpainting. I love the grays and autumnal colors! Fall is right around the corner. :) I love graveyards. They are peaceful and full of history. They are also a reminder of the shortness of this life and to be sure we are prepared for eternity afterwards. There is a beauty in the stillness of graveyards-a ... View the Post
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