Author Archives: Francis

Stage 3 is below on September 3. Here is Stage 4. I’m trying to make this particular work as ” coarse and rough” as I can with “Crayola (R)”. “Excommunicated II”, Stage 4 “Crayola (R)” on paper Work still in progress To see … Continue reading →

Below on August 19, I posted an experiment with “crayon” or wax pastel, by which I found out that crayon is not good for making smooth color gradations. Yet I like the original 20-minute croquis shown below. So, I have … Continue reading →

I showed Stage 2 below, on August 21. Here is Stage 3. This work with “Crayola (R)”, I mean to be coarse and rough — I hope you see that the subject itself a social trend that is “coarse and … Continue reading →

So, I joined another croquis session on August 26 — as usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. The model, I painted in the 20 minutes. Then, later, I added the background. The model’s pose carried an atmosphere of “standing tall”, … Continue reading →

Dear friends, I, Heeday, have been calling my own painting workshop (atelier) “Atelier anastasia” for years — then, recently, I found out there is a cosmetic brand carrying the same name! Though the cosmetic brand sent me no complaint so … Continue reading →

So, as I said just below, I found it quite hard to create smooth color gradations with “crayons”. So, I decided to use them in works that are “wild and coarse”. Now, I wanted a work in progress, “Excommunicated II”, … Continue reading →

So, crayons (wax pastels) can create really lovely colors, as shown just below. Then, how usable are they? I experimented with “Crayola(R)”, probably the most famous brand among wax pastels, to see if I could make smooth color gradations with … Continue reading →

So, here is another 20-min croquis of the same “muscle male” model whose back is shown just below、from the August 12 croquis session. You see, crayons create pale, yet really lovely colors that give the croquis somehow mystical air — … Continue reading →

— yesterday, I made my post just below with my laptop via a WiFi connection, yet the laptop did not have the image below in it. Now my desktop’s connection is back, here is the image, from the Aug. 12 … Continue reading →

At this moment, at 3:52pm JST, August 13th, my Internet service provider is out of service, after a lightening hit my neighborhood. So, please wait till I make my next post of an image — I joined in another croquis … Continue reading →