Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Twinrocker May Linen paper (cream tone, 7″ x 8-1/2″), February 2009.
Last weekend, I had the pleasure of seeing one of the pastel-over-monotype landscapes that Degas produced in the early 1890’s at the Morgan Library & Museum. I’m a huge fan of landscapes by Degas, and this was a real [...]
Archive for February, 2009
Hilltop Studies
Posted in Works on February 28, 2009 | 2 Comments »
More Winter Studies
Posted in Works on February 22, 2009 | 9 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Twinrocker May Linen paper (cream tone, 7″ x 8-1/2″), February 2009.
Here I continue to follow my plan of working primarily from sketches I’ve done en plein air, or in this case from the comfort of the indoor side of a large window (but drawn from life nonetheless). Back [...]
East River Study
Posted in Works on February 16, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Ruscombe Mill paper (gray blue tone, 8″ x 12″), February 2009.
In this study, I worked from sketches I had done outdoors recently of this small grouping of rocks in the river. I’ve applied pastel fairly lightly throughout in an effort to maintain a freshness and vibrancy to the colors and [...]
Early Morning Studies
Posted in Works on February 8, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Drawings (from left to right):
Conté carres and pastel pencil in Watson Pastel sketchbook (gray tone, 6-1/4″ x 10″), February 2009.
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Vergata paper (light cream tone, 11″ x 13″), February 2009
These days my strategy is to do preliminary sketches from direct observation and then to try and [...]
Winter Study, “Tagged”
Posted in Works on February 7, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (cream tone, 5″ x 8″), February 2009.
This study was done from sketches I made at my parents’ home looking out from a window across distant fields and low, rolling mountains on an overcast winter day. I plan to work more in the coming [...]
