Rainbow Sunset

As you can see, this sunset is an oil pastel piece. This is an attempted replica of a piece that I found on YouTube. Now, you might think that this looks unrealistic, but sometimes, during sunset, the sky looks like an upside-down rainbow. Since I was more of a beginner when I made this, it looks pretty different from what it looked like on YouTube. The hardest part of this was the blending. I would say that the bottom area was blended the best. I realized that day that blending oil pastels is a lot harder than YouTubers make it look. You also have to use a specific type of tissue. I used a party napkin and it worked out just fine, so that’s another option. Another way I could have made this better was if I made the colors softer and lighter by putting less pressure on the oil pastel when I was coloring. In the video, they used glass marking pencils to draw the trees, but since I didn’t have any ( or know what it was ), I just used a Sharpie permanent marker. Sometimes, it’s hard to find alternatives, but eventually, you’ll know what to do. Hope you feel inspired!