Oil pastels

Continuing with my observational drawings I decided to give oil pastels another chance. When using them previously, I had gone completely wrong both times. However I wanted to try again. I decided to keep it simple, just drawing an orange, although I say simple, I wanted to draw this because I really liked the green scaly pattern across the top of it. Overall I am happy with both of these pieces. I feel that I had more confidence with using the oil pastels this time, in addition to that I felt that I knew what colours to blend together to create the overall tone of the orange skin. I decided to draw the orange from two different perspectives, birds eye view and from the side. I wanted to show how the green spread down and all around the orange. I feel I have achieved this, I also feel a lot more confident and certain with myself when working in the medium of oil pastels. To conclude I am happy with this piece, although I am annoyed with the way I did not round of the orange, I feel that I have achieved the colour of the orange.