Pastels

So I created my first piece of art last night in many years, maybe even over a decade.

I had an urge to do something other than going out or playing on the computer. So I took my newly formed pastel collection and a small 9x14" paper and started to color.

Now I haven't used pastels in a while so getting used to the medium again was interesting. I started with just making some motions of ideas and putting them to paper. It soon began to look not right.

I was missing something with this medium that I used to have.

Then I remembered:

Smudge!

I am more of an impressionist then anything concrete so smudging of colors makes things work for me. Instead of having incomplete sorta lines I ended up with swirls and waves of color. Sure, I went a little overboard on this one and had lots of colors that didn't quite match.

Needless to say it looks like ass! :)

I also began my first of a long series of muse art.

Basically my muse has been pestering me for so long to do something with art again that she is now going to be a part of many of my upcoming adventures with pastels.

I already have ideas for the big pictures I am planning but have to sit down and actualize them. I also plan to do them over multiple sittings because I won't be able to dedicate days of my time in a row to complete them.

Then again, who knows, maybe I will. :)

P.S. I am NOT going to post it because it is an immature piece in my opinion. In other words, I was working on process and not results. Unless pestered enough of course heh.