I just bought some OPs today to try out. This is my second drawing and I’m starting to figure out how to make these cheapest-of-the-cheap OPs work for me a tiny bit. I can’t wait to get a nicer set because this is so much fun. I tend to be kind of rushed in my art and that often stops me from picking up a paint brush even when I want to. Usually I know I won’t have time or patience to get things just right so just sit there feeling anxious instead of doing art. There’s something different with OPs… like I feel like I can scribble away until it starts to look like something, and for now I feel like I can allow myself to be happy with something that I feel would not be good enough with acrylic or oil paint. (I mean that only in a good way!)

Anyway, long introduction over. This is on some sort of 9×12 sketch paper I had sitting around. C & c welcomed although I feel with these cheap OPs I’m using, I’ve worked over, scraped off, and reworked problem spots (like the eyes and ears) so much I can’t really put down any more pastel.

I’m using a reference image from pexels.com but I wasn’t too worried about being precise. I want to make sure I make this more about fun.

Thanks for looking. I’m excited to work on the background tomorrow and hopefully have a chance to get a picture in better light!