Monthly Archives: October 2018

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 →