I’ve been having so much fun creating backgrounds that I decided to continue the party!! I just received my beautiful Paul Rubens oil pastels in the mail and played around with those in the first two images- I absolutely love how pretty these turned out– both in a completely different way! They’re both soft and dreamy but the first is shadowy and melancholic where the other feels ethereal. It’s a whole vibe!

The bottom two pages are me laying the base for oil pastel work over top. I wanted to take these Hanna Karlzon and Maria Trolle illustrations and weather them a bit using my Distress Inks before applying oil pastels tomorrow! I’m super excited to continue adding color to these beautiful pages! 🤩

Tools used: Paul Rubens Oil Pastels and Tim Holtz Distress Ink

Art: Imaginary Friends by Karolina Kubikowska, Seasons by Hanna Karlzon and Moon valley by Maria Trolle