Wishing elephant & oils

I haven't had the courage to watercolor in ages...I really want to get back into it.

This now hangs above my door!

I'm thinking about painting "The mountains are calling and I must go."

or "Prayer moves mountains" underneath.

This was my second attempt at oil pastels.

I only spent a half hour on it, and felt like letting go and scribbling around, not pressuring to be perfect...and it felt rather good. 

This was on regular sketch paper, not recommended for oil work.. haha.

This was my first attempt at oil pastels, and ON pastel paper.

This was fun too, I loved the bold colors the original artist used.

Artists see things so differently.

Annd my oil painting in progress.

The next one we're working on is a landscape!