Friday, July 4, 2014

Gray Chair

During a recent Tuesday night drawing group, I switched to a heavy-weight colored paper for one of the charcoal life drawings. Towards the end of a 3-hour drawing session I’m usually feeling weary and tired of trying too hard. Then, sometimes, I relax and just draw for the fun of it without caring how accurate the drawing is.

That’s how I ended up with this image. Several weeks later I used oil pastels to add color to the drawing, added a texture to the background, then changed the color of the background and the chair.



The Gray Chair
Oil pastel on paper
30" x 34"


The Gray Chair
Detail






Monday, June 30, 2014

Woman With Umbrella



Woman With Umbrella
From original ink wash drawing



Woman With Umbrella
Detail