tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-229309492012-02-06T07:33:00.445+01:00Blobs and Scribbles<img src="http://img352.imageshack.us/img352/2500/panoramalang3so.jpg" border="0" width="275" /> A journal of my art.Birtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.comBlogger81100tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1144791743871722192006-04-11T23:34:00.000+02:002006-04-22T16:16:51.110+02:00Got them!Got my Senneliers today!! :-)) (click picture to enlarge) homeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1143998926852405762006-04-02T19:23:00.000+02:002006-04-22T16:12:54.880+02:00Oil Pastel - Autumn Fields - finished/fertig(click picture to enlarge) Oil pastel on oil painting paper.Ölpastellkreide auf ÖlmalpapierApril 2006finished/fertigSo, this is it. My first attempt at a landscape in oil pastels.Demo:part 1part 2homeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com5tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1143391314885180512006-03-26T18:31:00.000+02:002006-04-22T16:11:16.910+02:00Oil pastel: Autumn Fields - Work in Progress/In Arbeit 2OK, here's my next step. (Click here for the first steps: Atumn Fields WIP 1) I started layering the colours for the fields but didn't like the result. So I blended/scraped them off with the palette knife. Then I used the knife again to smear on the stuff I had scraped off. (You with me? :-) I sort of like the effect and the idea of layering more colours on it.I added some of the dark brown I Birtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1142714166652162682006-03-18T21:32:00.000+01:002006-04-22T07:26:45.616+02:00Got my eyes on the Senneliers ;-)I bought four sticks of the Sennelier oil pastels yesterday. They are a lot greasier than the Neopastels. On WetCanvas.com painting with the Senneliers has been compared to painting with lipstick, wet soap or greased pigs. Can't wait to try them out :DhomeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1142691972580524982006-03-18T15:20:00.000+01:002006-04-22T16:08:56.803+02:00Oil Pastel: Autumn Fields - Work in Progress/In ArbeitOil pastels on oil painting paper Ölpastell auf ÖlmalpapierI feel quite clueless about doing landscapes in oil pastels. That's why I've now started this painting from a demo (which was originally done in gouache and soft pastels). I'm not quite sure whether I've really understood the concept of layering. Also I find it really difficult not to just blend everything in but let the different kinds Birtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com2tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1140750851306172142006-02-24T00:42:00.000+01:002006-06-03T23:37:59.053+02:00Oil Pastel: Swan in Morning Backlight(click picture to enlarge) Oil pastel on watercolour paperÖlpastell auf AquarellpapierFebruary 2006I did this one for a project on "light and shadow". homeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com7tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1140750636410735442006-02-24T00:38:00.000+01:002006-04-22T16:04:49.106+02:00Oil Pastel: Sunset Sailing(click picture to enlarge)Oil pastel and medium for oil colours on canvas boardÖlpastell und Alkydmalmittel auf MalpappeDecember 2005Another "very first attempt" at oil pastels.Noch ein allererster Versuch mit Ölpastellkreiden. homeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-22930949.post-1140750350164553532006-02-24T00:31:00.000+01:002006-04-22T16:01:33.760+02:00Oil Pastel: Lighting the Star(click picture to enlarge) Oil pastel and medium for oil colours on canvas board Ölpastell und Alkydmalmittel auf MalpappeDecember 2005A very first attempt at oil pastels.Ein allererster Versuch mit Ölpastellkreiden.homeBirtehttp://www.blogger.com/profile/11908232464579193608noreply@blogger.com2