Santa brought me a box of oil pastels for Christmas and this is my first experiment with them. I'm not sure what is the name of this plant in english, in Italy we call it "Christmas Star" so the title. The blue shadows have been inspired by Steph Salt's outstanding pastel works :)
24 Comments
Cristina Andrisan 13 Jan 2009
Beautiful.margaret mckeehan 22 Sep 2008
STUNNINGJerry 31 Jan 2006
Bold or powerful colors and line work!charles hooper 14 Jan 2006
Great pastel!!!!!!!! Fantastic Work Christina!!!Brigitte Hintner 13 Jan 2006
Hey Cristina , I've already learned the name of this wonderful flower .......it's " Poinsettia " in German Weihnachtsstern ! Be creative as always !Nira Dabush 13 Jan 2006
EXCELLENT EXPERIMENT...BEAUTIFUL WORK!...THANK U FOR THE COMMENTS.Renata Cavanaugh 12 Jan 2006
Delightful imageAnalua 12 Jan 2006
Marvelous work Cristina!!!Elton Houck 11 Jan 2006
great colors..s ashowy piece of work..Good one@monique cooper 11 Jan 2006
Love it!!!.. Great style and colors!!.. Love it!!!!Fiona Hooper 11 Jan 2006
If this is your first attempt with oil pastels I can see we will have some delights to look forward to this year!Femi Johnson 11 Jan 2006
very nice ChristinaSteph Salt 11 Jan 2006
*cough!* Well I have just got to say that I love it. Cristina it is beatiful and a leaf out of my book LOL! But you have still made the style your own. *applause!*Patty Day 11 Jan 2006
So very lovely!!!! great job!!Greg Vilton 11 Jan 2006
Beautiful poinsettias, Cristina! The composition looks very harmonious and the colours are well chosen.Loredana 11 Jan 2006
This is very beautifully done Cristina gorgeous colors too :)K L Marsala 11 Jan 2006
glad santa brought u pastels! did befana bring this to u in your sock?José Fortunato 11 Jan 2006
Beautiful pastel on a great themeAnonymous Guest 11 Jan 2006
Your colors show this pointsettia in such a different light. It just grabs your eyes. Very creative effect.Emily Reed 11 Jan 2006
Just so pretty!thea walstra 11 Jan 2006
Very beautiful and excellent workPMyers 11 Jan 2006
You did a beautiful job. The leaves have a glowing effect to them.stephanie atlee 11 Jan 2006
very electric looking image...nice workNelly van Nieuwenhuijzen 11 Jan 2006
lovely work, Cristina. In Holland we call it Christmas Star too. I love the light accents you gave to the work. Beautiful composition.