Author Archives: Francis

Way back on January 5, I was working on some “pictorial horizons” — then some other jobs were pushed to me, disabling me from  continuing the “horizon work.” Now, I’ve resumed it. Work in progress Soft pastel on carton board Takes … Continue reading →

I didn’t like the back of the dyed shirt shown below on February 13, after the dyes dried. (Again, dyes change their hues significantly, as they dry.) So, I applied a few more layers of dyes —- Now, on to … Continue reading →

Another 20-min croquis from February 18 — When I have 10 minutes or more for a single pose, I do not immediately start drawing when the “stopwatch” rings. I watch the model and his/her pose and let some images arise in … Continue reading →

I was not satisfied with what I had in the dyed shirt, showed on Feb. 7 below, so I have added another layer — As I said before, dyes change their color hues significantly as they dry — requiring another … Continue reading →

I joined another croquis session on February 18. As usual, 6 x 20-min poses. The model was a lovely lady, with a really elegant body. Probably, this qualifies as a perfect drawing model — to some artists. Well, to me, I … Continue reading →

Well, I know it’s quite messy, but we painters do have such training as well — to learn and represent how things look in quite a short time. A famous quote from Eugene Delacroix goes: “If you are not skillful … Continue reading →

The same shirt showed below on February 7 below. This time, the back side. Probably, I need to add second/third layers —- Shirt dyeing in progress More work to do! 下の2月7日にお見せしたシャツの染め、続きです。 今回は裏面。 おそらく、さらに第2層・第3層を加える必要がありましょう。 進行中のシャツの染め まだまだ続きます    

On February 4th, I joined in another croquis session. As usual, 20 minutes x 6 poses. Shown below is one of the six. Here, I made the “object”, the human model, rather ghostly, lacking in “3D-ness”, while the space around … Continue reading →

I’ve added more layers of dyes to the shirt shown below on February 1, on the front side. One problem about clothes dyeing is that the dyes’ hues, when they dry up, change — usually, turn paler. So, when they … Continue reading →

The same model shown below on January 26, in another 20-min pose. Actually, she was just lying on the floor — yet I wanted to put her in a space of some movement, as you see. Why? She went through … Continue reading →