Showing posts with label oil pastel drawing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label oil pastel drawing. Show all posts
Thursday, May 31, 2012
Lexie, Reading - original oil pastel portrait sketch
Wednesday, February 29, 2012
Jitterbugs All Over Again - original oil pastel figurative painting of dancers
Those crazy jitterbugs are at it again on 12 x 16" Pastelbord. I danced with them while I drew and I'm worn out - it's off to bed for me. Thanks for stopping by! Sold
Wednesday, December 21, 2011
Saturday, May 21, 2011
Preparations II - original oil pastel figurative painting
This oil pastel is on 7 x 5" Pastelbord. Thanks for looking - hope everyone's having a great weekend!
Thursday, March 03, 2011
Lost in the Rhythm - original oil pastel figurative drawing
This is a quick study of the drummer in a band that I saw recently. Musicians can't possibly "hold the pose", which is what makes drawing people in motion so exciting to me and, since they are constantly moving, a lot of what I do in these cases is done from memory. This drawing is on 12 x 9" Pastelbord. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Wednesday, February 09, 2011
Letha - original oil pastel portrait drawing
I've sort of been away from my blog - wasting time doing paintings that didn't really succeed. But you have to try, right? Today it was so cold - okay, I know you folks up north think we're a bunch of sissies, but 15 degrees? That's cold for this part of the country! After I went to my Zumba class this morning, I came back home and then started to my studio, but it was still absolutely freezing. I just did a U-turn and walked right back to the house. So no oil paintings today. This oil pastel is from a drawing group in November. I loved the model's hair - it was expressive, if hair can be expressive. Although it wasn't a particularly remarkable pose, she was a good model and I really loved doing this drawing. I drew it on Sennelier Carte d'Art paper and is about 8 x 8".
Check out my blog at The Oil Pastel Review for an oil pastel painting that I'm working on - without a lot of success, I might add. Thanks for stopping by - stay warm!
Saturday, May 22, 2010
Wine and the Short Story - original oil pastel figurative sketch by Connie Chadwell
I wish I could say that this oil pastel sketch came from life, or came from a drawing from life. But, it didn't. My husband was flicking through the channels and I had a one-half second glimpse of someone reading a book. I don't know if they had any wine or what color the book was and, actually, now that I think of it, I'm not certain it was a three-quarter view - might have been a profile. Reading a book is one of my favorite pastimes, (right now, it's The Great Upheaval by Jay Winik). I just started scribbling and this is the result. It's on 9 x 12" Colourfix black paper. Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
Monday, March 22, 2010
More Tango Nights - original oil pastel figurative painting by Connie Chadwell
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Seated Nude III - original oil pastel nude painting by Connie Chadwell
This quick sketchy painting was much fun to do. It's on Pastelbord and is 7 x 5". Hope you like it. Thanks for stopping by!
Sunday, February 28, 2010
The Model Reclining - original oil pastel figurative by Connie Chadwell
This little painting is gooey with oil pastel, just the way I like it! Much fun to do! Can't beat those Senneliers when you need lots of pastel to pile on the support. This was not the most comfortable pose for the model - which I originally did with charcoal - so she was able to stop frequently to rest.
It's always said that oil pastel never dries and it doesn't dry the way oil does, but this afternoon I was going through some oil pastels that I did in 2009 - ones that were never posted on my blog - and they are dry, dry, dry. Especially those on Pastelbord and Colourfix paper. A few sprays with fixative and they had a nice finish to them. Usually, I don't apply fixative to oil pastels until they're sold, but it just seemed like a good idea to spray them today.
This painting is on Pastelbord and is 8 x 10". Thanks so much for stopping by!
NOTE: I know there are lots of sentence fragments in this post. Ordinarily, I'm a stickler for things like that, but sometimes sentence fragments really work!
It's always said that oil pastel never dries and it doesn't dry the way oil does, but this afternoon I was going through some oil pastels that I did in 2009 - ones that were never posted on my blog - and they are dry, dry, dry. Especially those on Pastelbord and Colourfix paper. A few sprays with fixative and they had a nice finish to them. Usually, I don't apply fixative to oil pastels until they're sold, but it just seemed like a good idea to spray them today.
This painting is on Pastelbord and is 8 x 10". Thanks so much for stopping by!
NOTE: I know there are lots of sentence fragments in this post. Ordinarily, I'm a stickler for things like that, but sometimes sentence fragments really work!
Friday, February 19, 2010
Sketch of Helen - original oil pastel portrait sketch by Connie Chadwell
This portrait sketch was done on Colourfix paper with oil pastels and is 12 x 9". I loved doing the line work along with the bits of color - much fun! Thank you for visiting my blog!
Friday, February 12, 2010
K's Necklace - original oil pastel portrait sketch by Connie Chadwell
I can't believe I haven't posted in ten days! There's been a lot going on, plus I had some issues with my laptop, so couldn't transfer photos of my artwork. But I'm back!
This drawing was done from life - great model - really loved drawing this one. It's 14 x 11" on Strathmore oil pastel paper. Thanks for stopping by! Collection of the Model.
Wednesday, July 29, 2009
The Flapper's Hat - original oil pastel portrait by Connie Chadwell
Saturday, July 18, 2009
Tango Sizzle - original oil pastel figurative painting by Connie Chadwell
Friday, July 17, 2009
The Ranch Hand - original oil pastel portrait by Connie Chadwell
This was a very interesting guy and great model - hope we see him again at another portrait session.
I drew this on 20 x 16" Canson Mi-Teintes mat board - not the paper, but the board - and I love the patterned surface. It seems to help keep my drawing loose - not that that's really a problem for me (maybe just the opposite), but it does give a casual, less studied look.
Thank you for visiting my blog!
Thursday, May 07, 2009
Hopeful - original oil pastel portrait by Connie Chadwell
SOLD
I loved doing this on Pastelbord. By now, you may have realized that I have lots of "favorites". I guess I just love the one I'm with.
The great thing about oil pastel on Pastelbord is that in most cases, it can be framed like an oil painting. Really, the oil pastel gets dry on this surface and then can be fixed and varnished. Wonderful!
Today I learned what I guess just about everybody else knows - how to link to individual pages in my blog (is that deep linking? -guess I'd better go back and study the lesson). I'm taking the blog improvement class from Alyson Stanfield and Cynthia Morris and having a great time!
This piece is on 10 x 8" Pastelbord. Thanks so much for stopping by!
Thursday, April 23, 2009
On My Easel - oil pastel portrait sketch
I don't have a completed painting, but I must post my assignment for the blog improvement class I'm taking, "Maintaining A Healthy Artist Blog" taught by Alyson Stanfield and Cynthia Morris, so here's a work in progress.
The first assignment is to describe on our blog posts what type of blog visitors we would like to attract. (I think a lot of our homework will be posted on our blogs.)
My blog readers are a delightful cross-section of art lovers - artists, collectors, gallery owners, dancers, art students and many others. I love having them all visit and comment on my blog or send comments to me via email. I hope to revitalize my blog and keep them interested in stopping by Hackberry Street Studio .
The blog goals I'm pursuing are those of increasing the number of my viewers, as well as making my blog a more interesting one.
This drawing, which I will complete early next week, is oil pastel on Colourfix paper, 12 x 9". Maybe I'll post it when it's finished. This young girl wanted to wear her cap, but I felt it shaded her face too much, so I had her turn it a little. I don't know if this will work. At this stage, though, things can be changed.
Thanks so much for visiting my blog!
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