Corona # 2

Series of cast shadows created by shining light through glass vessels.

8.75 x 8.75”. Oil pastel on grey paper

 First in series  Corona- Glass with liquids.

9 x 12” oil pastel on grey paper

I’ve been drawing glass vessels back lit with cast shadows. The shadows frequently form Coronas of light and color.

Eggplants: study in violet and purple

First post in a while;  10 x 8” oil on laminate board; For sale: $75 (220NIS) FREE shipping in Israel

Split shipping cost to USA ($10?)

These latest images will be about me being reborn as a colorist; or rather, how I should have been painting all along.

Brandon

 I’ve been studying portraiture. very challenging...probably don’t yet have it nailed. 

First a charcoal “gesture drawing to establish large planes of dark and light;

Second:  light charcoal on pastel paper...similar goals, less charcoal; lightly start first fill in of pastel.

Third: final color correction, add details.

I think I should have quit when I was ahead. Oh well

Blue glass bowl with fruit

 Yummy fruits...the Italian plums (from which prunes are made) are courtesy of my sister from the plum tree in her yard.

6” x 8” water soluble color pencils on paper.

Simplify, simplify, simplify...watercolor!

 Small still life...#1 top left; simpler...top right; simpler, bottom left....water soluble color pencil and gouache 

Final: bottom right...watercolor and gouache 

Trying to simplify as I draw...though I don’t know if this is as important as seeing....hum

At First Blush

 Ripe nectarine. This is a drawing I made to familiarize myself with my model...Nectarines can be tough because their dramatic markings can distract from the form defining colors/shapes. I shall probably do more simplified, watercolor studies.

8” x 7.5” 

Water soluble, colored pencils on paper

The stuff of sketchbooks.