The background is done using the brush and pencil technique by Julie Podstolski, and the cat is primarily oil pastels with a finishing layer of colored pencils, Caran D'ache Luminance.
Arches Huile Paper 31x41cm
Oil pastel on paper, painted from a reference image.
Added to the pepper I posted a few days ago! The basil is wonky but I’m loving how the lettuce turned out
Here it is - just put the finishing touches on it tonight!
Sennelier oil pastels on Mi-Teintes pastel paper.
Unpublished work from previous months.. 🤓
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I found the reference on Pinterest but managed to find the artist : @richard_claremont on instagram.
I started with gouache but it was taking too long so I went with oil pastel. Took me a while but I am very happy with the results!
I’m a chronic doodler so this has definitely been a learning process for me!
I’ve learned so much from her classes over the years. They are all on sale now for her upcoming 50th birthday. Use code HB50.
Made this under 2 hours, gotta say im pretty proud of myself. 🥨🥨🥨