Longwood Garden's Orchids. Oil Pastel WIP.

"Longwood Garden's Orchids"

Oil Pastel 14 x 11" WIP.

While I let my oil  painting to sit around and dry, this is another project. Framed size of painting going to be 20 x 16", but painting is an only 14 x 11'. I'm going to do several floral works after out visit at Longwood Gardens earlier this spring. This is a photo what I'm going to use for my first reference.

 It was significantly modified from it's original version and I'm pretty happy with it now.

 It took me about two evening to work on my drawing and then I transfered it to the board. Now, starting from the top, I'm carefully erasing outlined of my drawing and filling it up with color using some watercolor pencils. It is exactly the same process i used when i painted "Iris Garden". After I'll be done with pencils, I'm going to turn drawing into watercolor underpainting, because it works much better as underpainting for Oil Pastels compare to pencils. When it will be done the most fun part will be ready to start.  I'm not sure how much time it would take to accomplish - for the simple reason, I have more then one painting in progress and I'm giving my priority to Oil painting first. So all depends. Mean while, this one is progressing .

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"Hibiscus" Oil Pastel by Tatiana Myers.

"Hibiscus" by Tatiana Myers

5 x 7"  Pencils and Oil Pastel on Encausticbord.

This work is an actual Oil pastel, but before I painted it with pastels I did heavy layer of underpainting with watercolor pencils and washed it with water. Therefore this is double-layer painting, even all you see is mostly an Oil Pastel.
This work is accomplished on brand new for our market support by Ampersand called Encausticbord and I'm putting that one on list of my very favorites. Lovely board to work on. Takes pencils, water-media (watercolor, gouache, tempera), somewhat suitable for soft pastels (but  Pastelboard is still better for those) Oil pastels and of course Encaustics. very interesting, very promising board. I already love it.

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"Summer Poppies" Oil WIP.

"Summer Poppies"

14 x 11", Oil on Ampersand  board.

Last night worked some more on my painting... Not much. My young bitch schnauzer was about to have her puppies, therefore it was whole night of watching... She finally started this morning and we almost got some sort of normal sleep.

Back to those poppies... I starting truly enjoy that mess of green leaves on this painting, not so much flowers... With all my love to Holbein Oils, I don't think I have the correct red in my set and I'm not up to much of a mixing now... just working with what I have. I'm using just about 9 tubes... I think. And most of the time it is just enough. For this painting I have out black and white paints, two shades of green - light and dark, two shades of red (none is correct red), yellow, brown and blue. Brown and blue are for mixing of dark value. Black - for making it even darker, if needed. The rest is pretty much self-explanatory. 

I'm also using brown pastel pencil for sketching and trying to paint by little segments, starting approximately from the middle of board. I don't know what my final composition will be at this point... I sort of trying to keep it flowing free and just go with the flow... this is how it is working the best anyway. 

I'm also straggling in between two ideas - leave this work just like it is - in oil, OR finish it with Oil Pastel. Tempting, very tempting! But probably I'll just leave it to be an oil and save myself some glass and spacers.

 

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"Crimson and Gold" Oil Pastel WIP.

"Crimson and Gold" by Tatiana Myers

12 x 12".Oil Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard. 

And here is another WIP of Poppies. What a mess! Had very hard time with yellow color, because of my drawing and OP weren't cooperating with each other and lines of graphite were showing trough... 

With extensive layering I mostly fixed that problem.

Now I just have to finish it. Sounds easy.

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Poppies Oil Pastel WIP framed.

"Passion" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

Finished my poppies and tried one of those new frames I just got... Like it!

So much of red just asking for some gold accent.

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"Poppies" Oil Pastel WIP update.

"Poppies" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

Played some more with my pastel sticks last night and here we are...

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"Poppies" Oil Pastel WIP.

"Poppies" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

No time to do much, but I started some OP layering and this is what I have so far.

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"Poppies" Oil Pastel WIP.

"Poppies" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

Just started new painting last night. This night I'm already done with underpainting. I used watercolor pencils and wash. Everything went easy and didn't take too much of my time. I'm impressed. Too bad I don't have many of those pencils, but... good news are - I don't need many!

I'm planning to use this work for Oil Pastel painting demonstration at Art and Soul gallery tomorrow evening and then at another demonstration for the local art association what I'm going to do in May. It should be fun!

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"Iris Graden" OIl Pastel WIP by Tatiana Myers. Finished!

"Iris Garden" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

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"Iris Garden" Oil Pastel WIP update #1.

"Iris Garden" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

Done with somewhat big part of Oil Pastel layering. Looks like one more work I'm totally in love with and enjoing my every painting session. I think it will be just beautifull, when finished.

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"Iris Garden" Oil Pastel WIP

"Iris Garden" by Tatiana Myers

11 x 14". Pastel on Ampersand Museum Pastelboard.

This will be another one Oil Pastel floral painting, what I want to have finished for the 2-nd Floor Gallery Spring "Floral Show". So far I still work on underpainting. Mostly Gouache and watercolor pencils. I LOVE that Supracolor by Caran D'Ache. Too bad I don't have many of those... I'm also planning to work with this painting at Gallery 13 this Friday afternoon. It will be actual Oil pastel stage. Hope to see some of you, guys, there!

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New portrait project. WIP. Update #1

Yesterday I finished my drawing and shadowing of Veronika's portrait. Also - started working on watercolor part. That part so far looks scary to me. But I'm going to post it here soon anyway. For right now I better go to my Oil Pastel floral work. Need to finish that one first.

New portrait project.WIP. Part 1.

This is my latest portrait drawing. Actually it will be a watercolor after I'm done with it, but I may try the same subject in oil and pastel. Pretty good for practicing.

Once again it is Veronika, my niece. Portrait from my own photo reference that survived latest hard drive disaster... All best photos are gone. I should be made, I guess, but I better just move on with my stuff that be upset over something what is not here any more.