OIL PASTEL BIRDS
I was absolutely obsessed with drawing birds toward the end of the pandemic. The majority of these were completely done with oil pastels; others were made with wax crayons; a few have both pastels and crayons. As for the scratched lines — I used a screwdriver because that’s what I had lying around. These here are some of my favorites.
Red-winged blackbird, oil pastel card stock, 7" x 5," 2022.
Blue jay, oil pastel on card stock, 7"x 5," 2021.
Peacock, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Wood duck, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on paper, 9" x 12", 2022.
Little blue heron, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Blue-crowned conure, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Cardinal, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 7" x 5," 2022.
Black-capped chickadee, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on card stock, 7"x 5," 2022.
Flamingo, oil pastel on paper, 12" x 9," 2021.
Cardinal, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Purple martin, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 5"x 7," 2021
Purple finch, oil pastel, crayon and pencil on paper, 12" x 9", 2021.
Chaffinch, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 7" x 5", 2021.
Evening grosbeak, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2022.
Blue grosbeak, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 5"x 7," 2021.
Painted bunting, crayon and oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Superb starling, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on paper, 12" x 9", 2021.
European Starling, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on paper, 9" x 12", 2021.
Purple glossy starling, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 7" x 5," 2021.
Crowned woodnymph, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2022.
Velvet-purple coronet, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on card stock, 5" x 7," 2022.
Indigo bunting, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2022.
Lady Gouldian finch, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 7" x 5," 2021.
Anna's hummingbird, oil pastel and gesso on paper, 14" x 11", 2021.
Flame bowerbird, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Baltimore oriole, oil pastel and crayon on card stock, 7” x 5,” 2021.
Flame-colored tanager, oil pastel and gesso on card stock, 7" x 5," 2021.
Golden palm weaver, wax crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
American goldfinch, wax crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Black-crested bulbul, wax crayon on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Oscar, oil pastel and gesso on paper, 15" x 23," 2021.
Waxwing, oil pastel on card stock, 7"x 5," 2021.
Waxwing, oil pastel on card stock, 7"x 5," 2021.
Barn swallow, oil pastel, crayon, and gesso on paper, 9" x 9," 2021.
California scrub jay, oil pastel on card stock, 5" x 7," 2021.
Mork and Mindy, oil pastel on paper, 9" x 12", 2021.