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.

Self Portrait – 20-05-19

Impressionistic portrait pastel drawing

A quick sketch in pastel and charcoal after I completed my graphite pencil drawing ‘Wijk bij Duurstede – 20-05-19’ this evening.

Olympia – 22-03-19

cubistic nude pastel drawing

Before last Tuesday’s model session I thought of a great pose I instructed to my model.

Model session – 14-02-19

expressionistic nude pastel drawing

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

impressionistic nude pastel drawing

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

impressionistic nude pastel drawing

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

cubisic nude pastel drawing

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.

Julia -28-08-18

impressionistic nude pastel drawing

Yesterday I had famous dancer and choreographer Julia Gómez

Royal estate ‘De Horsten’ – 02-04-18

Impressionistic treescape pastel drawing

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.