Light tower

I sketch this after I came back from Taiwan. I sketch is with SIMBALION Oil pastel bought from Taiwan. I sketch this on black color paper. This Light Tower is dedicated for the Jan 2009 Oil Pastel Challenge of wetcanvas forum.

Old Post Office

This is the NOVEMBER 2008 Monthly OIL PASTEL CHALLENGE posted in Wetcanvas forum. It took me sometimes to decided whether to take up the challenge. Here is my initial sketch.



I work on the scenery outside the door first. Refers to the reference photo, I observed that scenery outside the door is brighter compared to scenery inside the building.



Well, I told myself, I gonna improve the contrast between inside and outside later.



This is final, I layered a tint of light yellow for the outside scenery for the contrast. The challenge thread is here. Thanks for looking at it.

Stylish Rapper

I made a study on portrait, I did a fast sketch directly with oil pastel.



It is really challenging for me to sketch portrait, because a minor mistakes may cause a very obvious difference. Look at the lady with the sunglasses, initially there are no sunglasses. I had made a mistakes on the pupil, therefore I decided to give her a treatment by painting her a sunglasses.

I had this sketch posted on wetcanvas and mention about my cheat on covering the eyes, it does welcomes some comments from the people over there, check it out, I find them interesting.

ACEO to Canada

Three cards for the ACEO exchange project reached Canada at the same day.

20th, "Alone on the beach"


21th, "Sunshine"


22th, "Thaipusam"


All of them painted using cray-pas expressionist oil pastel.

Michelle and Daisy

Another two ATC reached the destination.

18th. Daisy reached Danville, USA


19th. Michelle reached Ponte Vedra Beach, USA

More ACEO for exchange project reached destination safely

I have more cards that reached the destination.


14th Elephant, reached Punta Gorda, FL USA.


15th Woman's BWM, reached California USA.


16th Harvest, Paddy reached Klamath Falls, USA.


17th An old ape reached Clarington, OH USA.

Water Lily Oriental Style

清水出芙蓉，天然去雕饰。

This is Oil Pastel Monthly Challenge for October 2008 at Wetcanvas forum. I am trying to express oriental feel into this painting. I am using cray-pas expressionist, paint on A4 size drawing paper. The actual size of this painting is 16 x 21 cm.

First, I sketch the drawings using color pencil, I choose perl because it is not obvious and can be easily covered by OP. I paint a few scratches of blue to the water lily, and paint it with white to blend the blue and leave it just like that. I use my favorite green (green gray) on lower leaves, and yellow, a little bit of light green and again blends them with green gray for leaves at center.

Water surface is the most challenging part, because it consist of different colors. I start from bottom, fill them with dark blue, dark green and grey. Further up where I work on the reflection of trees, I paint them in dark green, dark brown and at final stage I apply black shades to express the movements of the water. The reflection of the cloud must be in light blue, grey and white, I apply dark blue lightly and blends them with white too. The upper side of water is in light blue, which that is the reflection of blue sky.

The shadows are mainly started with either dark blue or dark green. And applied another layer of dark brown and at last shaded with black.

I like this painting, I think I am going to try more oriental styles.

Cock

"Cock" is the 13th ACEO for the exchange project.



It was reached California, USA safely.

Snail

My snail was reached Holbrook, USA safely. This is the 12th ACEO for the exchange project.



I remember I painted it during Hari Raya Holidays at Penang Malaysia, with my cray-pas expressionist.

Resting boat

This is the 11th ACEO, "Resting Boat" and today it reach Texas, USA.



cray-pas expressionist oil pastel on black mounting board.

10th ACEO Moth

My ACEO "Moth" for the exchange project reach Eufaula, USA today.



This is the 10th ATC that reached the destination safely.

Driving in the night

The 9th card for the exchange project has reached India. I am glad Mithila likes it. I am painting it with my cray-pas expressionist oil pastel on black mounting board.

Can you guess what car is it?

Stillness

This is 8th ACEO for the exchange project. I present you the "Stillness".



This card reached Norway. In fact, this is the last card I had made but it reached Norway first, while all the other cards are still on it's way.

Love

Love reached West Haven, USA.



I am using pale color on black mounting board, to express the contrast.



This is the 7th ACEO that reached overseas country. I am glad June likes it.

Ladybird

My 6th ACEO for the exchange "Ladybird" reach Australia today too.



Now it is with Shelly.



At this moment, 19 of them are still on the way.

Kek Lok Si in Oil Pastel ACEO

Kek Lok Si was just reached New Zealand today.



This is my 5th card for the exchange project.



Painted by using Cray-pas expressionist 36 colors Oil pastel on black mounting board size 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

Statue

From WC ACEO Exchange Sept 2008

This is the 4th card for the exchange, had arrived France. I am glad Shelley likes it.



Cray-pas expressionist 36 colors Oil pastel on black mounting board size 2.5 x 3.5 inches.

Pumpkins

One of the October 2008 Oil Pastel challenge of WetCanvas forum is to paint pumpkins. Again, I decided to paint it on those left over ATC size black mounting board. I am using Cray-pas expressionist 36 color Oil Pastel.

This is the initial view.


I drew out the shape of pumpkins using white pastel pencil. After that, I blended it with 2 different tone of orange as well as yellow for the pumpkin's surfaces and "green gray" for the stem. Green gray is my favorite green, I find it blend very well on black mounting board. I am using "Sepia" for the pumpkin's shades. Sepia is my another favorite color, which gives dark brown that close to black color.

Here is the final view.


I use a lots of white to express reflection of lights as well as lighter shading. At last, I scatter with black, emphasizing darker shading.

Finally, I am done. Now I am holding it in my hand.

Full Moon's Night

Another ATC has reached USA today, this is Full Moon's Night for Charlene.

From WC ACEO Exchange Sept 2008

ATC 2.5 inch x 3.5 inch. Oil Pastel on black mounting board.

"Gasing" for Wet Canvas ACEO Exchange

The ACEO "Gasing" has arrived Canada, I am glad Randi likes it.

From WC ACEO Exchange Sept 2008

I am using Cray-Pas Expressionist 36 colors on black mounting board, size 3.5 inch x 2.5 inch. With white on top of the dark green background, I am trying to express its lighting.