I feel an unabashed love for the material appearance of oil pastels (Caran d’Ache Neopastels to be precise). I love to describe somewhat “loopy” forms with them. I love mixing colors by abrasion. I love the way that you can drag one color across another and create as it were almost veils of color.
So even when the situation is stalled (as I make drawings for a painting that I’m unsure how to complete), I can nonetheless love the act of drawing because the materials themselves are so beautiful.
I have rehearsed these forms many times and they still hold my interest. Indeed, it’s stronger than that. They hold me captive.
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color! such a wonderful thing to play with…(K)
Color, color, color! That’s my thing, Kerfe!!
Yes!
Lovely pieces of art work indeed!
it just shows we can use simple materials and make something distinctive!
thank you, Erik!
thank you Jason