I submitted a piece to be displayed in my school’s Juried Student Show, and it was actually selected. It’s an Oil Pastel nude of a trans woman. This is a picture of me in front of it during the opening night for the show.
It was an amazing experience to have a piece in a show. I didn’t think I would be selected but it was. I got to see how many paintings were submitted and it was a lot of stuff.
I think that is also the first time I’ve shared a photograph of me on this blog.
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Amazing! You really have skills with oil pastel.
Happy for your display, congrats (:
Thank you. I do really like oil pastels. They blend so friendly.
Thanks ^_^
Congrats, T! Like I told you, I think it’s good enough to be displayed, and I’m happy the people behind the show agrees!
Thanks, Deer. I was happy you believed in my piece, and you were right.
I told you it’d get selected. *love bites*
I know :3
*love bites back*
Congratz Theresa! Wow, you’re really talented! No wonder they selected it!
Thanks! :3
Very cool. I love your use of reds. I can’t tell– is the background a solid color, or is it slightly mottled?
How long have you been doing oils? I’m always impressed with people who can handle them. I paint in watercolor and acrylics, but I have a really hard time with oils. It feels like painting with peanut butter.
DId you get much feedback on the painting, by the way?
Thanks, I really did want to make it a warm piece so I used a lot of reds or reddish browns. The background is a solid redish brown.
This is my third piece with Oil pastels, although the previous 2 were for class. so, it’s been about 4 weeks but not consistently because I’ve also been practicing with Prismacolor pencils.
I didn’t get much feedback actually. My friends liked it, even the ones from class who saw it while walking around the gallery on there own. No one else mentioned anything. I did see a couple girls talking in front of it but I couldn’t get close enough to hear. An older couple carrying an infant ended up running away from my painting XD. quite the reaction. I was happy with it, I hope they thought about why they ran though.
Prismacolor colored pencils are really nice. I do some colored pencil work myself, although I really like Blick Art pencils– they’re soft and smooth, almost like pastels. They don’t blend, but you can get some really vibrant colors. I should give oil pastels a try again sometime. I always like experimenting with new media.
I think prismacolors are pretty nice. They can blend, but not quite as well as anything else. it’s pretty hard really, but we had to do a piece for class using just primary colors so I’ve had to do some blending and stuff.
Wow, really nice. How long have you been working in oils? I do a little watercolor and acrylic myself, but I could never get the hang of oils– they’re like painting with peanut butter.
I can’t tell– is the red background solid? Or is there some mottling?
I went ahead and approved this comment even though you had added the other one. oops.
Oil pastels are nice to work with. They take a while to get used to and the smaller details on this face took a lot of work to get right but for most of the body they just blended really well. That’s why I like them actually, I like how blendy they are compared to color pencil.
Ha, whoops. Yeah, I posted that first one a couple days ago, but my wifi went out just as I was sending it, so I didn’t think it went through.
Your work is absolutely amazing. There aren’t enough words in the English language to accurately describe its beauty. Please don’t stop!
Thank you so much. I’m glad you like it.