Saturday, December 12, 2009

The Red Apple


I've been working more with oil pastels. The results are like an oil painting but in stick form. I'm coming to like them the more I use them.

I love pastels but I've been trying to avoid the dust that necessairly gets spread around the studio.

This painting is on archival canvas panel, with black gesso infused with marble dust. Marble dust provides a good tooth for the pastels and is a little easier on the fingers when blending than pumice in the gesso.

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