Unison soft pastel, Conté carres, and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Vergata paper mounted in Moleskine sketchbook (light cream tone, 5-1/2″ x 10-1/2″, each square image is 3″ x 3″), January 2009.
Since May of last year I’ve had the pleasure and privilege of working with a talented, friendly group of artists on a sketchbook exchange project [...]
Archive for January, 2009
Completion of “Stretch” Moleskine Sketchbook
Posted in Works on January 25, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Hudson River Study
Posted in Works on January 19, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (cream tone, 5″ x 8″), January 2009.
An autumnal study of a spot along the Hudson River just north of West Point. I find the changing leaves a challenge to capture, especially in scenes like this where much of the foliage is still green [...]
Art Workspace, Van Gogh Exhibit
Posted in Works on January 16, 2009 | 2 Comments »
A couple of posts that may be of interest:
My friend Jean is writing a series of blog articles on artist workspaces and has done a post on my work area, which is rather small and simple but has worked well for me. The article includes photos of my work table and easel as well as [...]
Back to Basics at Start of New Year
Posted in Works on January 4, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 11″ x 8″), January 2009.
After several days of frustrating efforts with much wasted paper and pastel, I’ve decided that my best approach for right now is to draw directly from life with a focus on the basics – composition, value, color. From these, in [...]
Another Local Landscape
Posted in Works on January 1, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté crayon and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (cream tone, 8″ x 10″), December 2008.
This is a view of the East River a short walk from our apartment. The drawing feels to me like it contains too many elements competing for attention, especially since I’m striving for greater simplification of form and want to [...]
