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Here is another 20-minute croquis from September 9, with a quick background added later in 10 minutes or so. 20-min croquis (wax pastel) + background (oil pastel) added later in 10 minutes or so Wax pastel and oil pastel on … Continue reading →

I think this is “close to the edge” in painting something “coarse and rough” with crayon, so it’s close to the finish. Obviously, the painting’s focus is on the homeless person in the lower left, who is “excommunicated” — “Excommunicated … Continue reading →

I’m currently working on some sketches for a no-nuke poster of an Anglican Church organization. I plan to make five of them in all, and on September 13, I got two sketches done. Just color pencil sketches —  three more … Continue reading →

I joined another croquis session on September 9. As usual, 20-min x 6 poses. This time, I worked with wax pastel (crayon) during the 20 minutes. and later added a background with oil pastel in 10 minutes or so. Shown … Continue reading →

Below on September 7, I posted an “outline alone” of this — Now, I have developed it somehow, as shown here. Still a long way to go — Work in progress Oil pastel on paper For more of my paintings of … Continue reading →

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 →