Art Journal of Faces and Figures

Finally finished working on the oil portrait or rather messing it up more :D
 
Biker Girl
6" x 8"
Oil on canvas paper

couple of portrait sketches .. first one is a monochromatic oil sketch and the other one is pastel on artagrain paper.

Another small portrait study measuring 4.75 x 6.25
done on Strathmore steel gray artagain paper

I believe I found the support that I like besides the Wallis’s sanded paper. It is relatively smooth yet will take a couple layers of pastel without any problem and blends easily.

playing around with pastel pencils on colored paper experimenting with different colors.
just did the upper body ,didn't do the lower body from the hip down

A pastel study on a 9 x 12 inch white charcoal paper. This was a very hard study though not sure if it was the texture of the paper, the whiteness of the paper, or both. But had a very hard time getting the tones of the colors deep enough. Now I know why pastel artists say it is better to use a toned surface.