I’ve received a number of questions recently from friends about the handmade papers I use and decided to add a page to my blog specifically about paper. I’ve included notes and photos of my favorite papers there. Please feel free to add your own observations or to post questions about both handmade and mass-produced papers. While I’m most enthusiastic [...]
Archive for November, 2009
New Pages with Information on Paper and Pastels
Posted in Works on November 29, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Iona Island Triptych
Posted in Works on November 28, 2009 | 7 Comments »
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (gray tone, 5″ x 7″ each) November 2009 .
A more expansive version of my recent compositions, this time in three small panels. I’ve provided larger images of each of the pastels below. Here I worked at a more restrained value range (light to dark) than the previous versions of this composition, striving for a [...]
More Iona Island Studies
Posted in Works on November 21, 2009 | 6 Comments »
Pastel on Twinrocker handmade paper (light gray tone, 6″ x 9″) November 2009 .
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (cream tone, 8″ x 8″) November 2009 .
I’ve been working on more studies of Iona Island in an effort to move towards more expressive and abstracted images. These are a step in that direction but not quite there yet – more to follow.
Iona Island
Posted in Works on November 8, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (cream tone, 8″ x 8″) November 2009 .
Iona Island is one of my favorite spots along the Hudson River. It’s home to a bird sanctuary and beautiful marshy inlets like this one. When we visited last week it was drizzling and foggy and I barely got my easel set up when the rain forced me [...]
Long Island Field Revisited
Posted in Works on November 8, 2009 | Leave a Comment »
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (gray tone, 8″ x 8″) November 2009 .
For this study, I went back to drawings I had done on site of a field out on Long Island during this past summer. The late afternoon had just turned misty when we found this field and I set up beside the road and did some fast sketches. These recent [...]
Repost with Changes
Posted in Works on November 4, 2009 | 4 Comments »
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (gray tone, 8″ x 8″) November 2009 .
This is the same pastel as in my previous post, and I’ve reworked the lower third of the drawing here based on feedback from a friend. She suggested lightening the most distant part of the field so that it feels more like it recedes toward the background. [...]
More Sagano
Posted in Works on November 1, 2009 | 2 Comments »
Pastel on Larroque handmade paper (gray tone, 8″ x 8″) November 2009 .
I’m continuing to work through a series of pastels based on the spot in Sagano, Japan, that I wrote about in a post last week. Progressively, I’m trying for more feeling and greater abstraction with this simple composition. Here, I really enjoyed working with the texture of this [...]
