Course work: As oil pastels are an unfamiliar medium, I started with some brief experiments on scrap paper (discarded) then proceeded to a practice piece on a 9 x 12” (~23 x 30 cm) sheet of grey pastel paper. I set up a simple arrangement incorporating a green pepper, a red pear, a yellow pear, and a lime, then attempted to draw this with my oil pastels, following the method outlined in the text. Dissatisfied with the result, I tried some other approaches, and found that using several colors near the “native” color, plus one or two colors adjacent on the color wheel, plus an occasional complement, produced marginally acceptable results. The process overall seems about as precise as trying to scratch one’s nose while wearing welding gloves, but I will struggle along and try to improve.
Reading:
John Elliot Oil Pastel for the Serious Beginner
Watson-Guptill Publications, New York, 2002
Pp 8-53
Personal Sketchbook work: Two views of a green bell pepper, done in graphite.
Total time: 2 hours 23 minutes
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