I found this portrait class here where “students” are asked to use dry pastels. In the first lesson you do eyes and the nose. I went out and bought myself five dry-pastels in different skin tones, and tried it out.. I think i need to get used to using pastels. How is it possible to … Read more
Instead of the 200th, i give you the 201st drawing ! It’s a self-portrait drawn on a A3 sized paper before a mirror – with colour-pastels! These were requests that i got from H Schlagen and papict. The latter altso suggested that I use another reflecting object instead of a mirror – she mentioned a broken mirror … Read more
I was drawing this statue by Rodin – the contours were coming along, i did a little detailing with a hard pencil.. And then I realized how tired i was.. So i said to myself, OK – I’ll turn this into one of those quick really sketchy things.. So i got out my charcoal pencil, … Read more
I would have liked to change the tree in the foreground. This is my third attempt at capturing the essentials of a cityscape. It’s impossible to be precise with these things – especially when you draw in a tiny sketchbook. It doesn’t matter though. I’m actually surprised that i can see what’s going on in … Read more
I thought it went quite well while i was playing with the pastels, but looking at Degas’ original and my drawing site by site sort of makes me smile.. Degas’ drawing (painting? What do you call them?) is probably much bigger than mine (I hope) and besides from that, it is more or less my … Read more