Oil pastel experiment

Expressive and it works, its good to have fun experimenting.

Nice work Gudrun.. lovely use of the bright colours and great eyes!! those that follow you round the room :))

Lovely work and colours Gudrun

One of the joys of painting is the many way it can be expressed. I would never dream of putting strong colours like this on a face...yet it works perfectly. Good work Gudrun.

YES!!!!!

Good result Gudrun, beautiful colours and expression.

Nobody does these sketches better Gudrun!

Thank you all for you kind comments and appreciation. These pastels are rather lovely: creamy, yet with just enough bite.

The medium suits you Gudrun. Very effective.

Great marks and colours Gudrun, your specialty, great face.

Very good, lovely use of colour I would never think to go this far but it's really worked well 😀

Lovely loose lines.

Bags of expression as always, Gudrun.

Very nice loose work.. Great result.

Works well!

This really works well, Gudrun! So expressive!

The eyes are super!

Some more thanks for your kind comments. They are all very much appreciated.

So free and colourful Gudrun, looks like you had fun with your oil pastels.

Thank you Val.

I particularly enjoy looking at the colours in this portrait-lovely

Thank you David. I shall perhaps get the oil pastels out again.