1.0Artistic Flowhttps://www.aarron.com/flowAarronhttps://www.aarron.com/flow/author/admin/rich600338<blockquote class="wp-embedded-content" data-secret="YjrdOz3Stm"><a href="https://www.aarron.com/flow/2013/04/oil-pastels-and-figure-sketching/">Oil Pastels and figure sketching</a></blockquote><iframe sandbox="allow-scripts" security="restricted" src="https://www.aarron.com/flow/2013/04/oil-pastels-and-figure-sketching/embed/#?secret=YjrdOz3Stm" width="600" height="338" title="“Oil Pastels and figure sketching” — Artistic Flow" data-secret="YjrdOz3Stm" frameborder="0" marginwidth="0" marginheight="0" scrolling="no" class="wp-embedded-content"></iframe><script> /*! This file is auto-generated */ !function(d,l){"use strict";l.querySelector&&d.addEventListener&&"undefined"!=typeof URL&&(d.wp=d.wp||{},d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage||(d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage=function(e){var t=e.data;if((t||t.secret||t.message||t.value)&&!/[^a-zA-Z0-9]/.test(t.secret)){for(var s,r,n,a=l.querySelectorAll('iframe[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),o=l.querySelectorAll('blockquote[data-secret="'+t.secret+'"]'),c=new RegExp("^https?:$","i"),i=0;i<o.length;i++)o[i].style.display="none";for(i=0;i<a.length;i++)s=a[i],e.source===s.contentWindow&&(s.removeAttribute("style"),"height"===t.message?(1e3<(r=parseInt(t.value,10))?r=1e3:~~r<200&&(r=200),s.height=r):"link"===t.message&&(r=new URL(s.getAttribute("src")),n=new URL(t.value),c.test(n.protocol))&&n.host===r.host&&l.activeElement===s&&(d.top.location.href=t.value))}},d.addEventListener("message",d.wp.receiveEmbedMessage,!1),l.addEventListener("DOMContentLoaded",function(){for(var e,t,s=l.querySelectorAll("iframe.wp-embedded-content"),r=0;r<s.length;r++)(t=(e=s[r]).getAttribute("data-secret"))||(t=Math.random().toString(36).substring(2,12),e.src+="#?secret="+t,e.setAttribute("data-secret",t)),e.contentWindow.postMessage({message:"ready",secret:t},"*")},!1)))}(window,document); //# sourceURL=https://www.aarron.com/flow/wp-includes/js/wp-embed.min.js </script> I do a lot of sketching. Most of the time they end up going no place, but the exercise alone is worth it and often fun. Oil pastels are one of my favorite things to work with because the finished sketch looks very similar to the way I usually under-paint for my paintings. The process ... Read morehttp://www.aarron.com/flow/wp-content/uploads/2013/04/oil-pastel-sketching-125x250.jpg