Posted in Works on October 25, 2009 | 3 Comments »
Black Conté on Cartiera Magnani Annigoni paper (8″ x 10″), October 2009.
Pastel on Twinrocker handmade paper (light cream tone, 8″ x 10″) October 2009 .
I’ve been busy with a lot of experimentation these days, and much of it hasn’t made its way to my blog yet (and maybe never will since some of it is especially rough). The drawing above in soft [...]
Posted in Works on October 11, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pastel on Ruscombe Mill handmade paper (blue tone, 5″ x 7″), October 2009 .
More Whistler influence, and one of my first recent tries at a nighttime scene. This was done mostly from imagination, although I’m hoping to do more in the coming weeks with at least some of them based on sketching either outdoors or from a window in a [...]
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Pastel on Ruscombe Mill handmade paper (blue-gray tone, 7″ x 10″), October 2009 .
I’ve been studying Whistler’s Venice pastels lately and these drawings are a direct effort to incorporate some of what I’ve learned. This includes allowing the mid-value tone of the paper to substitute for applied color, use of very light “veils” of pastel, and particular focus on the area [...]
