Messy Jam

Quick and rough wax pastel sketch. Didn't like the background, so messed around with it; there definitely seems to be a limit to how much pastel messing the paper is willing to absorb. Ink pen, wax pastel on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inktpen en waspastels.

Ink and watercolour

Life drawing and painting, again focused on quick sketches with ink and reed pen/twigs, this time with the addition of watercolour tones. Ink and watercolour on paper. Model: Gaspard. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op snelle schetsen met inkt en rietpen/twijgen, aangevuld met aquarel.

Backstage Warm-Up

Quick and rough wax pastel sketch loosely based on a photo in a local newspaper. Ink pen, wax pastel on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inktpen en waspastels losjes gebaseerd op een foto in een lokaal weekblad.

Tearing forms, ink, reed pen/twigs

Life drawing and painting, focused on tearing forms from paper to capture mass and volume of short poses, followed by corrections and enhancement with ink and reed pen/twigs. Each pose was held for ten minutes, which consequently gave one just ten minutes to assess the pose, tear a form, paste it to a background and sketch with ink. Paper tearing forms and ink on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op scheurvormen (massa en volume) aangevuld met inkt en rietpen/twijgen.

Sunlit Autumn Woodland (Impression)

Quick experimental (digital) sketch (iPad, Brushes App) from memory and imagniation after a sunny autumn walk through the fields and woodlands where I live, inspired by David Hockney's work that I saw a few days before, during a visit to his "A Bigger Picture" exhibition in Cologne.

Ink, reed pen/twigs and brush

Life drawing and painting, again focused on quick sketches with ink and reed pen/twigs, this time with the addition of brushwork for shadows and enhancement in general. Likeness was rather compromised for expression. Ink on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op snelle schetsen met inkt en rietpen/twijgen en kwast.

Erica

Quick sketch based on a striking photo of Erica which she posted on Facebook earlier today and which was taken for a photo project with the theme "Colour". Ink pen, wax pastel on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Portrait for Julia Kay's Portrait Party on Flickr. Snelle schets met inktpen en waspastels. Portret voor Julia Kay's Portrait Party op Flickr.