It’s been a productive week as you can see. here is my second charcoal drawing for the week, a bowl of pears.
I thought about moving this piece forward and adding some colour layers, however for now it shall remain a charcoal piece. I know learning the art of colour mixing is a necessity but I always feel like I will destroy the picture because I’m not clear on what I’m doing. But I’m trying to get over that so I can grow further and become more comfortable with...
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Here is another charcoal picture, a small group of peaches. I have done two of these…I’m hoping to apply two different ochre under-paintings to each one and then have the two finished pieces function as dual/a pair of paintings. I also figured that this was a simple way for me to see the different effects you can get with various under-paintings and compare it to the same subject having the same tones etc. I will post an update on this one as well once I have done some more work on it.
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My latest, pastel piece, a plate of fruit… completed first in charcoal
Next, I added a bit of purple to the yellow ochre to form the underpainting. I like the soft feel of this piece and how the complementary colours work together. Who would have ever thought yellow and purple could do...
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It has been so long since I’ve posted but for good reason! I’m busy creating new pieces and it feels good! Here is my latest charcoal and pastel piece, a simple bowl of peaches and apples done in...
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