Day Five: October Art Challenge

Hello, no longer from the future, but from actual Day Five!

Before we begin, I have to share some very important doge-posting. I have discovered that Chaka really likes to be in this human-made blankie den. She slept in there alllll day bein’ a little rainy day wolfie gal.

Today’s re-draw is in pastel!

I loooove using pastels, maybe partially because I don’t really know what I’m doing so it’s a whole adventure. I have much less experience using them than I do with watercolor or oils, so this is newish territory. I wanted this to visually give warm earthy and firey feelings at the same time. A grounding passion? A growing ambition?

She’s called FOLIAGE & the original pastel drawing is available here in my shop: https://novastardust.com/originals/foliage

This one is framed!

The original Foliage sketch is from a little newsprint type paper sketchbook from 2018. I like the ghosty limbs, but I added some hands cuz I love giving drawings fancy nails. I used some chalk pastels I got at Arlene’s; I only picked a handful of colors that you see in the jar. It’s pretty expensive to get an entire set of good quality pastels so I picked some faves for now. I have a feeling I’m going to need a good set of greens though! The thinner pencils are Carbothello pastel pencils. Been addicted to those for years now and I do have a full set that was gifted to me! They are sold individually as well if you want to pick your faves. If you’re an artist and want to play around with materials, I highly recommend these.

Until tomorrow!

Cheers from my cider to your cider 🍎🍎

XOXO Nova