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Well, I drew some simple compositions and inked them.    Then I added some oil pastels as undercoating.  And, finished up with further layers of oil pastels and then Sennelier to finish.

Another angle of the train pilons in the Grand River.  Here the ice has flowed beyond the pilots and piled up on the island creating a jagged landscape. Interesting to see the pastels online.  I get to see whether or not the painting works from a different view point.

I am using the oil pastels to get my ideas down quickly.  Mannie and I had gone to river by the house.  The river had opened and was somewhat high.  During our ventures to the Grand River in our area the water either roiled or just rolled along.  The juggernauts that had once been the pilons for the railroad tracks stood sturdily in the river thwarting the ravages of the ice that had crashed into them and piled up on the island just in front. Prior to the crush up on the island the island ice and snow was receding. The underpainting for both oil pastels was done with a variety of oil pastels that are a little harder than the Sennelier oil pastels that I used for final colour.  I am enjoying the pictures done with this medium.  Depending upon how I see this picture in the next week I will or will not add burnt lines. For now, I am leaving the Noodle Pen ink lines you see.  Presently, I don't mind the little flakes of oil pastel that are on the surface of the picture -but I'll th

Manuela has just finished this butterfly work in punch needle.  As usual she has added mother of pearl beads to the butterflies.

I broke away from the other art work to try my hand at small wooden buttons.  I burnt the buttons and then painted.  Not sure about the results.  Comments? This is about the actual size of the buttons.  The burning, despite the thinness of the burning blade, still looked a tad heavy.