Portraits

Even more oil pastels, back to portraits again, and more colour experimentation. Really can't get enough of oil pastels lately.

portrait 31

oil pastel on paper, 2010

portrait 30

oil pastel on paper, 2010

Benjamin

Did some oil pastel drawings of my gran & uncle's cat, Benjamin. He was good to draw, as he remained motionless for extended periods of time, which is a desirable trait for any drawing subject.

benjamin02

oil pastel on paper, 2010

benjamin01

oil pastel on paper, 2010

More interiors

Recently worked on some more interiors while on my last art teaching prac out of town. Stayed with my grandmother and uncle on their farm, the house reminds me a lot of my childhood, it was great to draw it, and really nice to stay with them. My grandmother is also artistic, and I got to have a look at a lot of paintings of hers that I hadn't seen before. She has a really impressionistic style, beautiful use of colour.

Similarly I am continuing to work on colour, currently these photographs of the A3 size drawings are the best I can do, I'm no good at taking photos of the things and the colours always end up really different to the real thing. Need to get my hands on an A3 size scanner.

Billy and Paul

oil pastel on paper, 2010

Nanny's Kitchen 02

oil pastel on paper, 2010

Nanny's Kitchen 01

oil pastel on paper, 2010