Experimenting With Oil Pastels

Austin sent me a snapshot of his newest artwork.  He experimented with some oil pastels that came in an art kit he got as a gift. Below the photo is some information he dictated for my to include about the work.

Embarrassed Face

Oil Pastel Drawing on 8.5 x 11 inch Bond Paper

"First I drew some random lines that made me think of a face. So I was inspired to make this embarrassed man."

Austin is now 10 years old and his favorite subjects in school are Science and Math.  He's currently learning about the digestive system and diggin' it.

Some Older Artworks by Austin

I came across some scans of earlier artworks by Austin made when he was 5 years old.  Please Enjoy these...

I printed out a very faint gray image of a Miro drawing Austin picked out when he was 5.  He colored the drawing with magic markers.  We titled it Miro Homage.

Austin at age 5 made this drawing he titled Rainbow Bridge.

After a trip to the zoo Austin asked me what he should draw.  I told him to try and draw the souvenir stickers we bought at the zoo.

He said I can't draw that, it's too hard.  I told him to try to draw just what he sees and not to worry about how good it is because every artist starts out needing to learn how to draw.  We were all very proud of his efforts while Austin learned he can do almost anything if he tries.