Barbara

Barbara
8 x 10 "
pastel on tinted paper

Barbara
apx 8 x 10"
oil sketch on gessoed paper

The top piece is a pastel drawing of a model from the life drawing group where I used to live. She was an excellent model, curly red hair and freckles (which you won't see here). I like doing these kinds of drawings on toned paper and just a touch of white. I've always wanted to be able to paint from these drawings, but it's easier to paint from life and I always like the drawings better than any of the paintings I made from them. Since I have a lot of these drawings and not so many models these days (which is why I'm doing more still lifes), I thought I would occasionally use them as a resource for a small piece, painting directly on gessoed paper, making it more like a sketch. I'll see how this works out.