If you need a bit of cheering up, paint these flowers! I mostly used my Mungyo Gallery and Paul Rubens oil pastels on Canson Graduate toned paper. It looks a bit on the messy side, but I like the wildflower look that it conveys. There is something amazing about nature just doing what it is supposed to be doing. :) I also love a bright yellow. It just brightens the whole painting and lifts it. Sometimes, it is difficult to find bright yellows that are also opaque. That is the beauty of oil ... View the Post
Journal Fodder with Kuretake Paints
If you love to art journal (or junk journal), it is fun to make your own bits and bobs. I used a waterproof pen to draw and watercolors to loosely give color. You can draw anything, but I always tend toward botanicals. :) Roughly cut out the shapes and use them. If you don't want stark white edges, watercolor or tea stain your paper first, let it dry, then proceed. It's your journal! I have a JPG download below. Just right click and save the picture, print it out, then fussy cut the shapes. ... View the Post
Oil Pastel Painting of Journal Cover
Sometimes, I like to do little painting exercises from things that I see in my favorite Somerset Studio magazine. The amazing photos are so inspiring! I saw a junk journal with a seam binding bow, and I had to try painting it. I grabbed my Canson Graduate toned gray paper and my Paul Rubens oil pastels. It did not turn out quite as "3D" as I would have hoped, but I had a lot of fun painting it. I used my Prismacolor colored pencils to scratch in some writing. Fun! :) ... View the Post
Oil Pastel Chubby Bird Painting & VIDEO
Oil Pastels are the best when you want textured bird feathers and complex layering of color! I have a VIDEO at the bottom of the post, so please check that out. :) I used toned paper from Canson. Blick always has great deals on their pads in cream, gray, and black. The paper is perfect for oil pastels, colored pencils, and gouache. I love using it. I also used touches of Sennelier silver for a lovely sparkle! I tend to paint a creamier background with the foreground being more textured. Oil ... View the Post
Woodland Mushroom in Colored Pencil
Prismacolor colored pencils are my go-to pencil, as I find them to have the right softness and blend-ability! Here is a woodland mushroom in a few step-by-step photos on some toned paper. To blend them, You can use Gamsol and a blending stump or THIS! Working on Canson toned paper gives the right amount of tooth while still being smooth. It really is a great paper for several forms of media. Adding in unexpected colors can actually provide great details and some depth in shadow. There ... View the Post
Intuitive, Loose Florals in Oil Pastels & VIDEO
I love impressionistic botanicals, and these paintings were a relaxing exercise in just allowing the painting to naturally flow. I know that that sounds a bit weird and ambiguous, but sometimes we are so tense, we don't allow the natural lines to be painted. Our art can be stiff and stuffy. All of that to say, these loose florals in oil pastels were a joy to paint-not because they are perfect, but because the were so relaxing. I painted on Canson Graduate toned paper, taping off the edges ... View the Post
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