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Media other than oil, including watercolor, pastel and graphite (and charcoal), are all welcome and are all represented on the Forum, some with dedicated threads and others appearing in "Other Media" categories.
That being said, the quality standards are just as high for those media as for oils. That has to be realistically and honestly acknowledged and accepted when submitting samples in those media.
No one medium is "better" than others -- though some are more traditionally associated with portraiture, and oil certainly has the greatest representation -- and each presents its own challenges. I'm very much aware of excellent oil painters who are helpless when they have a pencil or charcoal stick in their hands. I suspect that most portrait artists may never have had a hand at pastel.
In any event, whatever medium you choose to reveal your level of commitment and advancement, it will still need to meet the same high standard of quality and execution, as set out at length in the application section. That is what makes this particular Forum work the way it does, and makes the posts and interaction of greatest use to this particular community of practitioners, not in the sense of "best" but in the sense of focus and effect.
Just keep that in mind when applying and give it your best shot.
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