Curiosity -Work in Progress

I thought the shared curiosity of these kids was a great idea for a painting. 

The original reference photo had the kids a much smaller part of the composition. I cropped closer on the kids.
(Ref photo by “spydah” from the WetCanvas.com Ref Library.)
This is on 16x20" gesso board. (trying a new support).
First layer (underpainting) is cheap oil pastels, Lowell-Cornel, spread around with Res-N-Gel. (First photo)
The gesso board did a good job of letting the gel dry overnight. didn't dry as fast as paper but not too slow.
Then I started building up color using Sennelier oil pastels.
I still need to work the shadows a bit more on the little girl but I think I'm mostly done, just tweeking left to do. 
  

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Posted by Ann Tucker at 4/12/2010 8:20 AM
Categories: Slice of Life, Demo, portrait, Art
Tags: demo children lesson oil pastel painting
 
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  • 4/18/2010 1:10 PM Art Blog - A Painting Journey wrote:
    I went back and tweaked some of the shadows on on this painting. Now it's done. 16x20" oil pastel on gesso board, Curiosity Link to post for work in progress . ...
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