These are the two quick studies I did when I was at my friend Shirley's house. I spent a little more time on the still life but did the pup's head in just about 10 minutes. I like the medium and as I mentioned in my blog about the pastel sticks, I think they will be great when I'm traveling. I did notice a little bit of dust but since they are hard sticks, there wasn't much as I was using them. And then when you wet them with water the majority of the dust is washed away.
These two studies were very small so I would like to try the sticks when I paint a little larger piece.
