Author Archives: Francis

For a year or so, I’ve been working with oil pastel and felt-tip markers — Still, I have not left behind my long-cherished medium — soft pastel! So, here I go again. The first phase of a new soft pastel … Continue reading →

The oil pastel tulips are done! オイルパステルのチューリップ、完成です！ “Tulips”, oil pastel on paper / 「チューリップ」、紙にオイルパステル JPY 20,000 (approx. USD 174, if USD = JPY 115) * Does not include framing or shipment approx. 409mm (16.1″) x 297mm (11.7″) 20,000円 (額装や送料を含んでいません） 約409mm … Continue reading →

I’ve been working on oil pastel pointillism lately, but when it comes to pointillism, I find myself more attracted to the colors of some felt-tip markers. So, I just created the marker pointillism piece below. Mmmm — I do prefer the … Continue reading →

I’m still working on the tulips shown below, and now it’s somewhere around 70% done. I’ll keep working on it. Work in progress, oil pastel on paper 下のチューリップ、まだまだ続きます。まあ、70%くらい出来たかな。 作業は続きます。 制作中の作品、紙にオイルパステル    

OK, the tulips below are now 50% done, and the work goes on. Work still in progress, oil pastel on paper 下のチューリップ、少し進んで50%ほど出来ました。作業はまだまだ続きます。 まだまだ制作中の作品、紙にオイルパステル  

I was quite busy with some other jobs last week, and just resumed working on this “new motif” — tulips. This is only 30% done, and the work goes on. Work in progress, oil pastel on paper 先週はずっと他の仕事で多忙で、ようやくこの「新しいモチーフ」つまりチューリップの作業を 再開しました。 これはまだ30%ほどの進捗度で、作業はまだまだ続きます。 … Continue reading →

IF you ever joined in a human model drawing session before, you know at many of such sessions, the timeline goes, say, Round 1 (say, 20 min) –> a quick break (say, 5 min) –> Round 2 (20) –> a … Continue reading →

I’m working on a new motif, flowers, in oil pastel pointillism. Below is just the beginning of it. Oil pastel on paper prepared with water color wash, Just the beginning — more phases coming up in the days to come … Continue reading →

The oil pastel pointillism below is done! Here is a better-resolution image of it. 下の、オイルパステルでの点描、完成です！ 解像度の高い画像を、ここに。   JPY 20,000 (approx. USD 174, if USD = JPY 115) * Does not include framing or shipment approx. 457mm (18″) x 325mm (12.8″) … Continue reading →

I’m currently working on the work shown below, which is in progress — It’s a development of the 20-minute croquis (quick drawing), also shown below. A painting in the making, 457mm x 323mm (18″ x 12.7″), oil pastel and water … Continue reading →