Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 9″ x 12″), April 2009.
The weather here today topped out above eighty degrees and it was a warm day to be drawing in the park. Things were quiet enough when I started out but within several hours the park was filled [...]
Archive for April, 2009
Drawing in the Park
Posted in Works on April 26, 2009 | 3 Comments »
After Henry C. White
Posted in Works on April 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Unison soft pastel and Conté pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Pastello paper (gray tone, 9″ x 12″), April 2009.
In my last post, I mentioned enjoying an exhibit of pastels by Henry C. White (1861-1952) at the Florence Griswold Museum in Connecticut. A number of drawings by White especially stood out for me and one in particular, Early November Marsh, [...]
Lieutenant River Sketches
Posted in Works on April 20, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 9″ x 12″), April 2009.
We spent a beautiful spring weekend visiting friends in Connecticut and while there made a trip to the Florence Griswold Museumin Old Lyme. The museum is currently showing a large number of pastels by Henry C. White. [...]
Hudson River Studies
Posted in Works on April 12, 2009 | 5 Comments »
Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 9″ x 12″), April 2009.
Here are three drawings I did yesterday on a very rainy, overcast and cold day along the Hudson River. So rainy and cold, in fact, that the first two were done from a window of the inn we [...]
African Violets
Posted in Works on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (cream tone, 9-1/2″ x 11-1/2″), April 2009.
My wife has been cultivating African violets for a number of years now and has had some success with raising plants from clipped leaves and getting them to flower. Right now she has plants with flowers ranging from violet [...]
More Late Winter Studies
Posted in Works on April 5, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Drawings (from left to right):
Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 9″ x 12″), March 2009.
Unison soft pastel, Conté carres and pastel pencil on Twinrocker Calligraphy Cream paper (light cream tone, 9″ x 9″) April 2009 .
The study at left above was done two weeks ago in upstate New York looking out from my [...]
