Abstracts / March 2023

These abstract designs share very similar color palettes and all contain geometric shapes and overlapping line work. Areas of black were used to separate some of the warm shapes (reds, oranges and yellows) from the cooler background colors (grays and tans) and to add contrast of values. There are hints of a canvas texture in the backgrounds of all three. They were created digitally in Procreate app for iPad.

Several possible triptych arrangements:

Life Drawings / March 22 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

twenty-five minute pose

twenty minute pose

fifteen minute pose

Life Drawings / March 15 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

twenty-five minute pose

twenty-five minute pose

twenty minute pose

Life Drawings / March 8 2023

This week I used Conté crayons, mechanical pencil and ballpoint pen for the life drawing session. All drawings were done in a 9″ x 12″ sketch book. The timings of the poses and the medium used are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose with Conté crayons

five minute pose with Conté crayons

five minute pose with mechanical pencil

first of two drawings of twenty-five minute pose with ballpoint pen

second of two drawings of twenty-five minute pose with mechanical pencil

twenty minute pose with mechanical pencil

ten minute pose with mechanical pencil

Life Drawings / March 1 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

ten minute pose

twenty-five minute pose

ten minute pose

Life Drawings / February 15 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

eight minute pose

fifteen minute pose

twenty-five minute pose

ten minute pose

Winter Warmth

I have a preference for warm colors, red, orange and yellow. Being surrounded by the stark white of the snow on the ground it felt good to bask in the radiant glow of these colors while working on some new abstract creations.

A common method of working in digital art is the use of layering. One can “draw” on a layer and build up an image by placing additional layers above or below. Each layer’s contents can be refashioned as to color, shape, texture and transparency. It’s possible to manipulate colors by overlapping layers to create new color combinations. These compositions illustrate the use of layering in the way they were organized. The transparent layers were “stacked” to form the finished design.

All three of these works were created digitally in Procreate app for iPad.

Life Drawings / January 25 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

twenty minute pose

twenty minute pose

fifteen minute pose

Life Drawings / January 18 2023

All drawings were done with pastels on 18″ x 24″ white paper. The timings of the poses are listed in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

five minute pose

twenty minute pose

twenty minute pose

twenty minute pose

Life Drawings / January 11 2023

This week I was back to using mechanical pencil and ballpoint pen for the weekly life drawing session. Although I prefer working with pastels on a larger format (18″ x 24″) I sometimes need to get back to more deliberate drawing using pen or pencil on a smaller sized sheet (9″ x 12″). I feel that it forces me to draw more accurately what I see. When I use the pastels it seems more like painting on the larger format and with the use of color and broader strokes. The timings of the poses and the medium used are indicated in the captions below each drawing.

five minute pose / ballpoint pen

five minute pose / ballpoint pen

five minute pose / ballpoint pen

five minute pose / ballpoint pen

five minute pose / mechanical pencil

twenty-five minute pose / mechanical pencil

twenty minute pose / mechanical pencil

ten minute pose / mechanical pencil