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Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 12″ x 19″), February 2008.
This morning I’m posting two drawings I completed recently from photos I took during trips we’ve taken in the past couple of months.  Both are intended as rough preliminary drawings that I intend to use in helping to [...]

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Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Hahnemühle Mittelrauh Pastell paper (white tone, 9-1/2″ x 12-1/2″), February 2008.
Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 14″ x 20″), February 2008.

At a quick glance, my post this week probably looks much like last week’s post, and I’ve certainly been working [...]

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Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 12″ x 19″), February 2008.
Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Hahnemühle Ingres paper (light gray tone, 12″ x 16″), February 2008.

In Wolf Kahn’s book on his pastels, he cautions against attempting to exert too much control on your work.  Kahn talks about allowing the [...]

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