Oil pastel first attempt. Enjoyed the looseness and speed of pastels and using my fingers . High chroma complementary greens and warm colours

Portraiture in Oil Pastel with Samir Rakhmanov

Oil pastel first attempt. Enjoyed the looseness and speed of pastels and using my fingers . High chroma complementary greens and warm colours

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March 18, 2025

← I tried again with huge brushes & bigger, bolder marks. It’s the lake where I swim, not far from home & a counterpoint to the gloomy painting posted earlier! I am finding the big brush and slippery paint quite tricky to control, but it was good fun & learning so much about paint & how I like to paint. I think it’s going to take a while for me to get the hang of this. Ps – has anyone used Michael Harding Miracle Medium? I’ve just tried Sennelier Green Oil, but hate the smell of it I have enjoyed using pencil, crayon, candle wax resist and salt on my paintings recently. And here is one where I think I used all of those except the wax. →

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