One for April

12" x 9" Pastel on Sanded Paper

Here's one of the sketches I made in April at one of the weekly portrait sessions. I might have done it in oil paint, but went with pastel this time. Of course I'll use oils for sketching from life again, but a few weeks ago I went through my art supplies and remembered that I have rather large quantities of pastel sticks, pastel pencils and paper for pastels. So, I'll bring out the pastel supplies from time to time for the live drawing sessions. Maybe I'll even try a large finished piece or two in pastel. We'll see.

For more about portrait sessions, go to "Labels" on the side bar and click on "portrait", "sketching" or "drawing".