Crayon Contest | My first attempt to create something with these crayons

A while ago I bought myself a set of Faber Castell oil pastel crayons

Thinking this would be nice to also try, next to my watercolour pencils and watercolour paint that I bought for my daughter. The first attempt that I did to make something with these things turned out horrible! I had no clue what I was doing (as usual with new material haha) and I didn't get the feel of it to be honest. I gave up, closed the box again, and put them far away in the drawer never to be opened again.

Then I saw the crayon contest by Hive account@erodedthoughts

Now, this seemed to be a nice opportunity to try these things again. I first gave them to my toddler, who was very enthusiastic at first, but soon started to colour the table instead of the paper.. oops. In the meanwhile, I searched on google for some beginners tips for these crayons, as I didn't want my second attempt to be a total failure once again. And then I read about the rule of 3. Start using one colour, fill in the uncoloured spots with another colour, and then use the third colour.

I decided to make something using black paper instead of white

I had no plan and made a picture a bit after I started (almost forgot). I was just trying to get used to the feeling of these crayons because you can't push too hard, it will give you black spots and remove the colour instead.

At that point I didn't think I could make something of it

But I decided to finish it anyway. I decided the forms I mad would get a black line around them, as I liked the contrast. When I was finally done after 2,5 hours (sigh!) I found out you can use turpentine to blend the stuff too. I'm thinking of trying that, but I don't have that at home. So maybe it's best if I first make some more of these works because it would be stupid to buy the stuff for only this piece ... My boyfriend thinks I already have way too much of these things to be creative. And as I get bored easily, I usually don't stick to one thing but take turns when I feel creative using other materials.

I hope you at least like my work a little bit, be gentle as it was the first time ;-) haha