Comme la prochaine exposition est encore bien loin, à une date indéterminée, il est temps de revenir aux toiles qui sont encore ‘en cours’, certaines ont été montrées, elles sont bien prêts de la fin; d’autres sont restées dans le fond de la pièce où j’avais entassé les meubles et objets qui ne servaient pas durant l’expo, c.à.d. ma chambre…ce qui fait un décor magnifique au moment du réveil….:D
Je sais que les paysages se vendent bien, il semble, bon ce sera pour plus tard…..
As the next exhibition is very far from now, it is time to come back to the works that are not finished yet, some were showned, there are very close to be finished; others are far from it and were not seen, in fact they were in the ‘backstore’, or my bedroom who served as a place to store many things that had to be move or hiden during the show, make for a nice set up waking up in the morning….:D
Seems like my landscapes were more in demand, I guess it will be for later…..
Comme tout n’était pas replacé, décidé d’y aller pour du pastel, peu de choses à préparer, et j’en ai profité pour réaménager mon coin de travail, donc la photo du modèle, de la dernière version et quelques photos de mon coin d’atelier, ‘nouveau et amélioré…’
Since not all materials were not at their place yet, I decided to go for a pastel, no big setup required, and I decide too that I should take this opportunity to rearrange my workshop, so the model photo, the last version and the new and a few shots of my ‘atelier new and improved…’
Le modèle/the model
La dernière version, voilà plusieurs semaines….The last version, a few weeks ago
430-03, violet et bottes noires, pastel, 19,5×25,5 po (50×65 cm) 2013-03-11
Et la version la plus récente/And the newest version
430-09, violet et bottes noires, pastel, 19,5×25,5 po (50×65 cm) 2013-05-03
Mon coin de travail réaménagé, plus spacieux je pense….My work area, a bit more spacious than before, I think….
Et comme il y a eu quelques versions intermédiaires, voici le diaporama
And, as you may have guess, there’s been a few intermidiate versions, so here’s the slideshow….
This is interesting to see how you build your picture.
Thanks! it varies a little bit, but basically nothwithstanding the medium being used, I always start very light and then building up…easier to correct mistakes, and there always a few, but as for watercolors I still have to control that…:)
It is your selection of colour patches across the piece, forming a structure of contrast and definition as a scaffold for the definitive picture, that I admire. Its nicely planned, something I don’t do.
I think drawing helps, I did only black and white drawings the first two years,,,was afraid of colors,,,strange; and before that I did quite a lot of black and white photographs, it does help building the way of looking at things, lights, value, contrast, finally I think it is a merge of all those things. Thanks for commenting,always fun to share thoughs.
You have a great studio!
Thanks’ my little ‘heaven on earth’…:)