Self Portrait – 20-05-19
A quick sketch in pastel and charcoal after I completed my graphite pencil drawing ‘Wijk bij Duurstede – 20-05-19’ this evening.
Pastels
Olympia – 22-03-19
Before last Tuesday’s model session I thought of a great pose I instructed to my model.
Model session – 14-02-19
Last session with my model I wanted to have her pose a little bit more risqué but counterbalance it by keeping the hatched strokes rather rough than to finepolish them into tonal matching strokes that would approach realism too much.
Nude – 02-02-19
The object was to do a pastel drawing similar to ‘model session – 17-01-19’ but to keep the hatched strokes rather wide. I also wanted to combine more complementary colour combinations in order to get a greyish look while on the other hand those hatched strokes look very saturated up close.
Model session – 17-01-19
This pastel drawing ‘Model Session – 17-01-19’ I began last Thursday. My model beautifully arranged in an Andrew Cross composition together with the folds.
Model session – 29-11-18
This evening I had a great session with my main model throughout the years. She is slender, knows what I want and shows dark skin tones, giving my the possibility to fool around with all sorts of colours.
Model session @ Leidschendam – 14-05-18
A classic model study I did yesterday at Leidschendam, Netherlands.
Royal estate ‘De Horsten’ – 02-04-18
A pastel of a treescape at Royal estate ‘De Horsten’ at Wassenaar, Netherlands. This one I did last Saturday for a group of pastel students and limited myself to appromixately 2 hours, synchronizing to the time span of the pastel workshop, in order for them to relate to a quick build-up without throwing too much details like leaves and branches.
Roundism – 18-01-18
Based on my previous graphite drawing ‘Roundism – 11-01-18’ I made this one in pastel, allowing me to study the female body covered in oil.
Roundism – 06-12-17
I was intrigued by the compact forms of the model’s body and especially by the curve of her tibia tot he instep of her foot.
Model – 01-12-17
Some months ago I started attending some drawing sessions at Rotterdam where I did short positions again.
A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Roundism – 29-11-17)
Based on a earlier roundism graphite pencil drawing I made this pastel adding the realm of colours. I wanted the woman appear in a kind of midsummernight’s dream with lots of yellow and blues, girded with some purples and pinks.
Model session @ Rotterdam – 19-11-17 (sold)
Yesterday’s session at Rotterdam offered Gabriëlle, the model of that Sunday afternoon. She had great hip bones and was slender, thus showing great angles and triangles with her body.
Model session 2 @ Rotterdam – 19-11-17
Short positions at live model sketching took me back to reinvent my way rendering human bodies and together with my new found Pastelmat by Clairefontaine I was able to experiment with new ways.
Wouter – 08-11-17 (sold)
A commissioned piece done in an impressionistic style with lots of clairobscur. I had to come up with a solution for depicting his pale skin hues and still rendering them too unsaturated.
Model session 2 @ Rotterdam – 20-10-17
Another 15 min. sketch I made at the same session of October 15th during a live model session at Rotterdam. This is also pastel on Pastelmat.
Model session @ Rotterdam – 16-10-17
A 15 min. sketch I made yesterday during a live model session at Rotterdam.
Model – 18-09-17
A 5 min. sketch I made yesterday at a session at Rotterdam. Fun to do short positions again.
Mildred 2 – session 22-07-17
Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
Mildred 1 – session 22-07-17
An impressionistic approach to live model sketching with one of my favorite models – done at Voorburg. Netherlands.
Into the light – 15-06-17
This pastel drawing ‘Into the Light – 15-06-17’ is something different. Enter the gloom or into the light?
Roundism (singularity) – 05-06-17
This pastel drawing ‘Roundism (Singularity) – 05-06-17 is the pastel version of ‘Roundism – 01-06-17 (Sold)’. Offering the principles of singularity.
Roundism – 29-05-17 (sold)
A pastel version of the graphite pencil drawing ‘Roundism – 26-05-17’. I used the primary colours red, yellow and blue to honor ‘De Stijl’, a dutch art movement that celebrates its 100 birthday this year.
Hélène – session 2 @ Studio Brugman – 20-05-17
Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
Hélène – session 1 @ Studio Brugman – 20-05-17
Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
The widow of Aleppo – 18-05-17 (sold)
I always wanted to do a piece after Rembrandt’s Jeremiah lamenting Jerusalem’s destruction and I could not find a more appropiate subject than the horrific destruction of Aleppo.
Roundism – 10-05-17
A pastel variety on the previous drawing ‘Roundism – 02-05-17’ in which I tried to match the found styled forms to a colour scheme that would match them.
Model – session 2 @ Studio Brugman – 22-04-17
Drawn in one of the monthly live drawing sessions at Studio Brugman, Voorburg, Netherlands.
