Painting with broad spalter brush and bold brushstrokes

Life drawing and painting, focused on painting with a (broad) spalter brush and using bold brushstrokes. Model: Anne, who for sittings always wears one of her many extravagant (huge) hats (see a previous post for another example). The second one got a bit of a Japanese/geisha-look to it. Both unfinished. Acrylic on paper (55 x 73 cm). Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het schilderen met brede kwast, zonder voorschets.

John Scofield

Pleasantly surprised to come across this post in John Scofield's Facebook stream!

Rodney van den Beemd did this. I like it.
Posted by John Scofield on Friday, 29 March 2013

Jump!

Quick sketch with ink and twigs supplemented with wax pastels, roughly based on a photo in the newspaper, which triggered me to do a classic horse-themed sketch. Ink, wax pastel on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inkt en twijgen, aangevuld met waspastels.

Jazz-ink! (John Scofield)

Quick sketch with ink and twigs and some occasional finger smudging and brushwork, roughly based on a photo of John Scofield in the newspaper. Ink on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inkt en twijgen en wat "smeerwerk" en kwast.

Later on in the week I was pleasantly surprised to come across this post in John Scofield's Facebook stream!

Rodney van den Beemd did this. I like it.
Posted by John Scofield on Friday, 29 March 2013

Dance & Expression - Scapino Triptych

Recent ink and twigs sketches based on performances by Scapino Ballet brought together in a tryptich. Ink on grained paper (3 x 21 x 21 cm). Recente schetsen met inkt en twijgen gebaseerd op dansvoorstellingen van Scapino Ballet bijeengebracht in een triptiek.

Links to the individual sketches:
Opéra de Danse
Le Chat Noir - Kranke Katze (Impression) (2)
Danse Baroque

Interlude Chet

Quick sketch with ink and twigs and some occasional finger smudging supplemented with wax pastels, roughly based on a photo of Chet Baker I came across on the internet. Ink, wax pastel on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inkt en twijgen en wat "smeerwerk", aangevuld met waspastels.

Painting in stages, each showing through - Portrait à la Kokoschka

Life drawing and painting, result of second set of sessions focused on painting in four stages and different techniques (drawing brush, transparent layers, opaque brushstrokes, palette knife) with traces of each stage showing through in the final painting. I furthermore focused on achieving an (early) Kokoschka-like mood. Acrylic on canvas (60 x 80 cm). Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het schilderen in lagen (opzet met een tekenpenseel, transparante lagen, dekkende toetsen, paletmes) waarbij sporen van iedere laag in het eindresultaat zichtbaar blijven.

Dog-tired

Quick sketch roughly based on a photo in the newspaper. Ink pen, wax pastel on paper (21 x 21 cm). Also shown is a scrap paper sketch from the same photo I did the previous evening just before going to bed (doodle-time). Snelle schets met inktpen en waspastels gebaseerd op een foto in de krant.

Painting in stages, each showing through - Portrait à la Fauve

Life drawing and painting, focused on painting in four stages and different techniques (drawing brush, transparent layers, opaque brushstrokes, palette knife) with traces of each stage showing through in the final painting. Acrylic on canvas (60 x 80 cm). Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op het schilderen in lagen (opzet met een tekenpenseel, transparante lagen, dekkende toetsen, paletmes) waarbij sporen van iedere laag in het eindresultaat zichtbaar blijven.

Le Chat Noir - Kranke Katze (Impression) (2)

Quick sketch with ink and twigs roughly based on a photo of a modern dance performance I recently visited (Le Chat Noir - Kranke Katze by Scapino Ballet). Ink on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Snelle schets met inkt en twijgen gebaseerd op een recent bezochte dansvoorstelling.

Le Chat Noir - Kranke Katze (Impression)

Quick scrap paper sketch roughly based on a photo of a modern dance performance I recently visited (Le Chat Noir - Kranke Katze by Scapino Ballet). Ballpoint on piece of torn envelope. Snelle schets gebaseerd op een recent bezochte dansvoorstelling op een stukje verscheurde envelop.

Danse Baroque

Quick sketch with ink and twigs roughly based on a photo of a modern dance performance in Baroque style by Scapino Ballet. Ink on grained paper (21 x 21 cm). Original photo: Bert Holtmann. Snelle schets met inkt en twijgen gebaseerd op een dansvoorstelling in Barokstijl.