Model session – 31-12-19

impressionist nude pastel drawing

Last day of the year and completed a work in progress I started during a live session with my regular model. With just two simple LED reading lamps I got the atmosphere right

Tristan & Isolde – 09-12-19

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

It so happened that I was instructing a knight on horseback to prance in front of me so I could do a live painting on him, then all of a sudden this beautiful maiden was ruling us both.

Model session – 23-11-19

Last Thursday 21th of November I had my regular model over again in my studio and it was a good session. I placed two led light sources next to her, creating a nice razor light over her body.

Roundism – 19-10-19

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing in the roundism style

It was time to return to my roundism style and the position of this one inspired to me show the flow her hips suggest.

In hoc signo – 14-10-19 (sold)

Surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

I am always looking for inconventional vantage points as to looking at a model and this position seemed both sensual and integrous as implicitely explicit.

Model session – 26-09-19

Impressionistic nude pastel drawing

Model sketching time again. My mind was occupied with many other projects but live model sketching always has priority. Whereas skecthing often is called the primary process, live model sketching I consider to be primus inter pares.

Catwoman – 24-09-19

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

No doubt about it: cats are portals to the other side and through the vortices of their curly tails we are directly drawn into it.

Yeast – 18-09-19 (sold)

surrealist nude graphite pencil drawing promotion

My model came with this pose Modonna used for one of her albums. Originally it was intented to do square sized pastels because I happen to have 4 spare square frames but today I saw a greater scheme I had to work out first.

Roundism – 10-09-19

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

I saw this great vintage picture of a nude on the roof top of an open van and I liked the styled planes it already showed: the squares in the open door, some round ones in the model and some great diagonals. The woman has great nipples and I guess I will not post this one on some of the social media.