Yan Pei Ming - Barack Obama's Portrait in Oil Pastel

This the portrait of Barack Obama I recreated using oil pastel. I first tried out the medium by recreating a small portion.

I used five oil pastels; Sepia, grey, gold, silver and black. I tried to minimise how much I use black because it is a dominating colour and if I use it too much, the image will come out too dark.

Another oil pastel practice, with the rest of the face. I used the same oil pastels for this piece as well. The colours I used for the closest in colour to the original piece by Yan Pei Ming.