Conté carres and pastel pencil on Cartiera Magnani Velata paper (light cream tone, 5″ x 7″), July 2009.
After my recent Alaska drawings, I felt like I wanted to draw locally en plein air, and on a small scale with a warm color bias. When I got home from work last night I found a quiet spot along the river a couple of blocks from our apartment and finished the first drawing just before sunset. This morning, I managed to complete three more studies near the same spot. I’m hoping to do more of these local drawings in the coming days, stepping up my productivity and exercising my drawing-from-life skills. I’m also trying to utilize a full spectrum of color here with pinks, purples, reds, and red-browns to offset the dominant greens and blues. I got a bit muddy with the color in some of these drawings and will need to practice my approach to try to keep things fresh. The small scale I used here was nice but I think I’d prefer a longer proportion, maybe 5″ x 9″ next time…
Nice color, especially in that last one!
Thanks, Jala!