Cubistic Nude (03) – 2013

cubistic nude pastel drawing

A very mild cubistic approach to this one. I wanted to see if a realistic view could be combined with some abstraction.

Reclining Nude 02 – 2013

impressionist nude pastel drawing

This pastel drawing ‘Reclining Nude 02 (2013)’ is made during a live drawing session at Studio Brugman at Voorburg, Netherlands.

Romy Schneider – 2013

cubistic nude pastel drawing

A cubistic prestudy for an oil painting, depicting moviestar and celebrity Romy Schneider.

Cubistic Nude 01 (Prestudy) – 2013

cubistic nude pastel drawing

This is the prestudy for ‘Cubistic nude 01 (2013)’ on pastel. I used velours paper and Schmincke pastels so I could fill up planes easily and make a swift progression, keeping up with the ideas that I feared would be lost if I would set it up to slowly.

Portrait of a Lady – 2012 (Sold)

Impressionistic portrait of Nicole Kidman pastel pencil drawing

It’s not that often that I like to finedetail a drawing but in the case of portraying Nicole Kidman I liked to see how far I could push my own style of hatched strokes with my Derwent pastel pencils (I hardly use).

l’Odalisque – 2012

realistic nude pastel drawing

Many have painted a l’Odalisque but this one is based on a photo by Eugène Durieu (1850’s). I thought even Delacroix used this picture as a reference photo.