For this project I drew a pumpkin with oil pastel and I colored the background with chalk. At first it was hard to blend the colors of the pumpkin, but I got the hang of it. I started in the middle with lighter colors and I gradually made it darker the farther I went away from the center. I had to put a lot of layers while using oil pastel since you can't really blend it with you fingers (like you can with chalk). The stem is only two different colors because I went to dark right away and I wasn't able to make it that much lighter. I liked doing the background because it was easy to make it go from white to dark blue. I put white closest to the pumpkin because I wanted it to contrast next to the dark orange. Overall, I liked this project because i liked that we were able to use whatever medium we wanted.
For this project I definitely tried something new by using the oil pastel and the chalk together. I wasn't sure about it at first since I had never done a big project with them before, but I think it turned good.
Generally I don't send a message through my artwork, but with this one I was able to connect to it because fall is my favorite season. I liked that I could choose what to draw because it let me put some self-expression in my work. I find it hard to express myself in drawings, but I think it makes it easier when you get to choose something that you can relate to or something that you enjoy.
For this project I definitely tried something new by using the oil pastel and the chalk together. I wasn't sure about it at first since I had never done a big project with them before, but I think it turned good.
Generally I don't send a message through my artwork, but with this one I was able to connect to it because fall is my favorite season. I liked that I could choose what to draw because it let me put some self-expression in my work. I find it hard to express myself in drawings, but I think it makes it easier when you get to choose something that you can relate to or something that you enjoy.