Roundism – 2017-12-06

Cubistic nude pastel drawing

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 – 2017-12-01

expressionistic nude pastel drawing

Some months ago I started attending some drawing sessions at Rotterdam where I did short positions again.

A Midsummer Night’s Dream (Roundism) – 2017-11-29

cubistic nude pastel drawing

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.

Roundism – 2017-11-24 (Sold)

Cubistic nude graphite pencil drawing

A new graphite pencil drawing in the roundism series in which I experimented with deformations of body shapes with the purpose of keeping the forms as ‘open’ as possible, so all forms can breathe, flowing from one into another.

Model session @ Rotterdam – 2017-11-19 (Sold)

Expressionistic nude pastel drawing

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 – 2017-11-19

cubistic nude pastel dawing

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 – 2017-11-08 (Sold)

Impressionistic portrait pastel drawing

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.