It just crossed my mind I could try using the blending stump or one of those rubber tipped blenders (disclaimer: I am not sure they are called blenders and I do not yet have one as they are not cheap. I am not sure there are any cheap art supplies sold in the art stores! There... I had to vent a bit, back to pastels ...) to see if I can get a more precise line. Just for the sake of the exercise. If it becomes too precious, I will mess it up anyway as I don't like too much preciousness ....
And at the same time, I remembered the shoe box full or oil paints reminiscent from my oil painting days. It seems now logical that one of the next experiments will be a face using oil paints. For that though I need a stronger support. Might recycle some old canvass ....hmmm
In the meantime, here is the Pastel Lady:
![](https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjJoWxu7EKiEliLnHAwM-EfmT-1JAPKc7oae5VQxVbEARy05pqrIjgybUd0wUakard6444p1r8Qk1En4S_YguAoM7cWbuRQGzQb-VyGe9vwP35FVB-_3cJ43CevAsnym66eoxRE82_PBhmh/s400/OilPastelPortrait.jpg)
PS. The above mentioned rubber blenders are actually rubber shapers - ment for pushing paint around... duh...