MEDIUM: OIL PASTELS ON FELT PAPER

Surface Dimension: 20" x 28"
Time: 8 days
Method:

1 layering midtone as base
2 Adding highlights
3 Shadows
4 smudge
5 reapplication - for color and highlight/shadow enhancement

🎨 USING OIL PASTELS:

_{General Okoye from black panther movie, art by @jacinta.sevilla}

💡Consider oil pastels like Coloredpencils but softer and more liquid. Detailing is not as easy but it can create a fuller and more vibrant effect with colors thus producing a more realistic effect. Aesthetically a +1!

💡The application is broader once applied and requires a larger support (surface)

💡 Not only can oil pastels can be rendered easily from smooth to rough depending on the artist's preference but it can also be creatively presented with fine gradations to textured expressions on a canvas such as alla prima, abstract or expressionism.

💡 Smudging can easily be done by hand/ fingers, cotton or ear buds.

💡 There is a varied array of surfaces you can use for your art regardless of thickness or texture, like:

Brown paper
Ordinary paper
Felt paper (which I used)
Sand Paper
Canvas cloth (mounted or not)
Card board
Glass (clear or opaque)

With this we can expect to be able to use this medium for other similar surfaces even if it is on a window, bottles, walls, and any other way you can think of. Only, it is not always permanent if it is not framed or exposed to water in the environment.

💡 Oil pastels can help you create a larger artwork with a less time. However, precision is important because it is not easily erased.

💡 Using colored surfaces for automatic colored background. You can buy papers that can automatically substitute the background color or theme of your art. So this way, it is much convenient and faster. Just like in my artwork, I used dark blue felt paper.

💡It is possible to use a vehicle for oil pastels to make it stick to a certain medium. Also, one can add more oil to it to even enhance the colors.

THE REFERENCE

🖼️ I chose this image because it is colorful and the background matches my already prepared dark blue felt paper.

_{Image Source: Danai Gurira interview about Black Panther}

Why did Jacinta draw this character?
I do love the movie, and I love the characters. This is the first fan art I have ever made and that is rare for me
Why?
This movie is not only action packed but looking at the message and representations, I think it is very meaningful and noble.

I love african culture and even learned swahili in my free time. Very beautiful and full of soul. And this is one of the few movies that add a royal gracefulness and rich culture to Africans and as Danai Gurira (the actress who played Okoye) said how many Africans are wrongly interpret in media. This movie does a lot of justice.
My favorite character is general Okoye, who is loyal to her country, she knows the beauty and righteousness she wants to defend. I also love the actress, Danai, who is also very dedicated to upholding the beauty she knows and sees in her people, herself and the culture of the continent.

I think that is worth looking up to and we can apply that. Love your culture and love yourselves and never look down on other people! We are all beautiful.

That's why I make art, this first fan art, to draw attention to a message we all need to see and learn from.
It is worth my time and God given skill.