Monday, January 20, 2025

Color Studies with oil pastels, continued

Five images: study of a sunset on water in oil pastel above its reference photo; box oil pastels in disorder; three abstracts in various colors

I think that the kind of sunsets I want to draw aren't as blue as I think they are, and I need to come at them with very different colors (more beiges than blues)...  but I made one with exagerrated blues, and it was educational.  It's hard to get orange reflections to sit on top of the blues - they blend into other colors.

Also shown here: the set as I use them; studies in artificial cereal colors, blues, and greens. 

I think I need a lot more days off to get the hang of these...  But it is delightful to LEARN by trying.