Author Archives: Francis

Way below on September 24 and earlier, I showed five sketches for a no-nuke poster. I got a request for yet another sketch, so here is a sixth — The requester asked for something of a “plant motif”, so I … Continue reading →

Way below on September 10, I began and posted a preliminary version of this oil pastel painting, but I didn’t like it somehow — So, I’ve decided to start the whole thing over. Here is Stage 2 of that startover. … Continue reading →

This is Stage 5 and work is close to the finish — — one problem with a painting like this is when to call it “finished”. I could work more on the details, but that might ruin the soft, enigmatic … Continue reading →

Way, way below on January 2, 2018, I posted Stage 2 of this soft pastel painting, titled “Let’s Go Out.” I have been working on many other ones since then, keeping this one at a halt for so long. Now, at … Continue reading →

I’ve updated this website to WordPress V. 4.9.8. I hope the site displays with no problem in the screen of your PC, tablet, or smartphone! IF any problem, please let me, Heeday, know at heeday*jcom.home.ne.jp  (<– Please replace * with @.) … Continue reading →

Here is just another 20-minute croquis in wax pastel with the background added in another 20 minutes later in oil pastel. This time, I painted the model rather “quick and coarse”, to make it fit in the “quick” background of oil pastel. … Continue reading →

So, here is Stage 4. I think this is getting close to the finish. “Hydrangea Phantasia II” Soft pastel on smooth-surface paper Close to the finish こちらが、ステージ4です。 完成に近づいてきたように思います。 “Hydrangea Phantasia II” スムーズな表面の紙にソフトパステル 完成に近づいてきました  

Shown here is another 20-minute croquis of a well-ahem-chubby model. Here, the whole thing is done with wax pastel (crayon). I did the model during the 20 croquis minutes and then, later, added the wax background in 5 minutes or … Continue reading →

Way below on July 25, I uploaded Stage 2 of this soft pastel painting. The work stagnated because I wasn’t sure which way I should move on in this automatistic painting. My imagination brought up some different images to go … Continue reading →

On September 24, I joined another croquis session — as usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. Now, we had a new female model, who was — ahem! — very chubby, if I may. Yet she gave me a bunch of … Continue reading →