A simple little oil pastel painting. There needs to be a couple small tweaks, I think. Highlights. It has been over 20 years since I painted in oil pastels. How they work apposed apposed to soft chalk pastels the question. What is important is the composition. I have been focusing in on composition by reading about it, sketching, and relearning mediums I have not used in a while. Charcoal for one, with lots of newsprint! LOL. There is a love, hate reality of charcoal. Love it’s richness. Forgive it messiness. It will loosen you up, especially in gestural drawings.
It’s cool air at the moment, but wonderful sunshine, birds singing.
I have acquired a new visitor. A young ground hog. Not so sure about feeding this one too. A turkey, chipmunk and now groundhog? The prior owners talk of deer coming up to eat Hosta blossoms. There was a mother racoon with two babies on my daughter’s porch. A hawk came one day chasing a smaller bird. The hawk had a challenging staring contest with Dave, Jacobie’s husband. Before it awkwardly left, catching its pray.
Today the Cowbirds are out there with their blip, blip, chitter sounds. Some are similar to plimp,plimp. The hang out in a group of 7. The males doing a courting dance, by chattering. Holding wings out with tails up. The girls seem to coyly ignore them. My red bellied woodpecker does a cha, cha, cha noise. He has become quite verbal, he acts delighted at finding the food.
The nut and berry mix is a hit. And peanuts.
Best wishes! Back to reading and writing the morning journal. Pejj
Anisette Studio 
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