Sherrie Kostura 30 Nov 2008

Kimberlee, this is such an adorable portrait, and you did a great job using the oil pastels considering it was your first attempt! Have you tried using soft pastels as opposed to oils? The reason I'm asking is, they are so much easier to blend and can't be beat for doing portraits (in my opinion, of course).

Ari Sutton 30 Aug 2008

Hi Kimberly. I am not too familiar with oil pastels, but I do a lot of portraits. The skin tones look good, but you might want to use some blues or greens to add depth as you start to go beneath the hairline and below the eyebrow ridge. Cooler colors work well for shadows in portraits. I love her eyes and lower lip. Best parts of the image. She looks lovely. Ari