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.

Isis – 25-01-19​

surrealistic nude graphite pencil drawing

Some time ago I saw underwater excavation pictures of Heracleion, an ancient Egyptian city submerged.

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.

Initiatrix – 03-12-18

surrealist nude graphite pencil drawing

The third art work in my new series on Egypt. I experimented with my personal style ‘roundism’ in combination with realism and surrealism.

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.

The brown eyed girl (2018) (sold)

Realistic portrait oil painting

The brown Eyed Girl (2018) (Sold) A commission for a classic portrait. I focused on the complexion of the beautiful young woman from indonesian and dutch origin, showing a great mixture of madder red, burnt sienna, green, purple, yellow and blue hues in her face. I decided to put the stress on the face and […]