Quick try by Marjorie Firth

Very impressionistic Marjorie. Like the slight smudgy look with this. hope you didnt get too mucky. Me and oil pastels don't mix.

Pure class Marjorie

I agree with the above!!

Great job, I can imagine these are difficult to use Marjorie.

Carole, I remember when I bought them, a good while ago, I read up on the "best"way to use them. Since then I just get on with it and no, I don't find them messy but then I don't find chalk pastels messy either. Amazing really ,when I remember as a little girl I insisted on eating jam sandwiches wrapped in a piece of paper! Thank you Dennis, Sylvia and Gudrun, too, for looking.

I think it's a smashing piece and not having tried oil pastels I might give them a go as they apparently not as messy as the soft ones, which just annoy me. The idea of reduced light is clever too.

Thanks Derek. What I would say, if you do decide to get some, is to buy some decent ones - mine are Sennelier and the pigment is strong. Years ago I bought a cheap set and it was like working with wax crayons with very little colour! If you're interested, I did three more oil pastels in "Odds and Ends" portfolio, trying different techniques (two faces and a pomegranate). I used fingers and torchons when I wanted to blend. Here tho' I just laid down some bright base of acrylics and worked over the top.

Beautiful depiction of textures and light, Marjorie.