Another oil sketch

Another oil sketch

Quick charcoal and chalk portrait sketches

Blue Jay

soft pastel on museum mat board primed with colourfix, 4 x 6

Early morning sketch

Pastel ground experiment

Having tried various ingredients such as marble dust and pumice to create a ground mixture for pastels, I am now trying aluminum oxide, the same ingredient I believe is used on the Wallis Sanded paper. I like this mixture quite a bit and it allows me to adjust the size of the tooth by using different grit sizes thus allowing me to adjust it to my own personal preference.

Charcoal pencil and chalk sketches

Been neglecting my pencils lately, so did a few sketches with charcoal pencil and chalk on brown toned paper.

Rolling Along

Soft pastel on Fabriano Tiziano, 9 x 12