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.

Transparent painting with spalter brush

Life drawing and painting, focused on transparent painting with a spalter brush. The first result actually turned out more opaque than transparent. Both unfinished. Acrylic on paper. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op transparant schilderen met spalter.

Still life with Jugs - Jugs with Attitude

Painting holiday in the Morvan, day 3: Abstracted still life painting in combination with mixed media techniques (as heavy rain made outdoor painting impossible)

I did several composition studies of a jug standing on the table eventually leading to the sketch in the middle which appealed to me very much and which I used as a base for my painting. Mixed media, acrylic and pieces of wrinkled paper on canvas board (40 x 50 cm). Geabstraheerd stilleven met kannen, gemengde techniek met acryl en gekreukeld papier op doek.

Morvan Landscape - View from Châtin

Painting holiday in the Morvan, day 2: Landscape views

En plein air landscape painting during a short dry but windy interval on an otherwise rainy day, focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne) and achieving depth or accentuation through colour (cold-warm contrast and brightness contrast). Strong wind caused some struggling with easel and canvas from time to time. Acrylic on canvas board (50 x 70 cm). Landschap schilderen tijdens een droge maar winderige periode op een verder regenachtge dag, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne) en diepte- of accentwerking door middel van kleur (koud-warm contrast en helderheidscontrast). Harde wind veroorzaakte van tijd tot tijd enig geworstel met ezel en canvas.

Workshop portrait painting: Painting in the style of Cézanne (2)

Second and final session of a portrait painting workshop focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne) as described in the previous post. The result is still quite unfinished, ran out of time. Acrylic on paper (50 x 70 cm). Tweede en laatste sessie van een workshop portret schilderen, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne).

Workshop portrait painting: Painting in the style of Cézanne

Workshop portrait painting focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne). Acrylic on paper (50 x 70 cm). Workshop portret schilderen, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne).

Opaque painting with spalter brush

Life drawing and painting, focused on opaque painting with a spalter brush (painting in the style of Cézanne). Acrylic on paper. Model: Gertie, wife of one of the art classmates, René, who posted more versions on his blog: rene fijten scetches. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op dekkend schilderen met spalter (schilderen à la Cézanne).

Black and white and grey tones (2)

Life drawing and painting, focused on roughly painting in a large format (100 cm x 70 cm) capturing the light and dark with a spalter brush in black and white and grey tones. Acrylic on paper. The first rough watery sketch rather appealed to me, so I decided to just leave it as it is and made a second version for adding more paint. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op schilderen op groot formaat met grove opzet en vertaling van licht en donker met spalter in zwart-wit en grijstonen.

Black and white and grey tones

Life drawing and painting, focused on roughly painting in a large format (100 cm x 70 cm) capturing the light and dark with a spalter brush in black and white and grey tones. Acrylic on paper. Model: Mart. Portret & model-tekenen/schilderen, gericht op schilderen op groot formaat met grove opzet en vertaling van licht en donker met spalter in zwart-wit en grijstonen.