Unison soft pastel on Cartiera Magnani Vergata paper (cream tone, 9″ x 11″), November 2008.
Sorting through some reference photos last weekend, I came across photos I had taken a year and a half ago in Germany in early springtime. With cold autumn weather finally settling in here, this pastel feels somewhat out of sync with [...]
Archive for November, 2008
Thanksgiving, Spring Landscape
Posted in Works on November 27, 2008 | 3 Comments »
Lake Reprise
Posted in Works on November 16, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unison soft pastel on Cartiera Magnani Vergata paper (cream tone, 9″ x 12″), November 2008.
Here, I’ve done a new version of a landscape I worked on earlier this year. I used the same water-based underwash technique described in the previous post and sprayed a light coat of fixative over the washes to keep from muddying [...]
Landscape Experimentation
Posted in Works on November 11, 2008 | 2 Comments »
Unison soft pastel on Cartiera Magnani Vergata paper (cream tone, 5″ x 5″ each), November 2008.
During the past couple of weeks I’ve been experimenting with a few techniques that I haven’t tried before. Today, I worked with wet pastel washes. I started with quick, simple sketches of four landscapes and then applied very light [...]
Drawing for David’s Sketchbook
Posted in Works on November 2, 2008 | 1 Comment »
Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil in Moleskine sketchbook (cream tone), October 2008.
This drawing was my addition to David’s dance-themed sketchbook as part of our international sketchbook exchange. This sketchbook is really looking great with everyone’s work in it. I haven’t been posting my drawings from each sketchbook here but thought I would post this [...]
