February 21

Got out the oil pastels tonight.  I used a photo for reference.  The background is a little more solidly green than I would have liked.  But overall, I don't think it's too bad.  It was interesting blending the colors in the leaves.  I wish I had had some gray to work with as that was the color of the tree itself, but I had to make do with the browns.  Pretty happy overall.

February 15

I've started collecting photos from the internet for inspiration for pieces.  Thank goodness for Google image search.  I was really skeptical about this one as I was doing it.  I didn't like how the sky was coming together at all.  There's still some aspects I'm not entirely happy with, but once the trees went it I actually kind of liked it.  I need to work with pastels more, I see a lot of potential in the medium.  And hey, all the tree practice finally yielded nice tree silhouettes!