Category: Pastel, Conté & Chalk
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Eye Candy for Today: Prud’hon’s Portrait of Constance Mayer
Portrait of Constance Mayer, Pierre-Paul Prud’hon On WikiArt, large version here. Original is in the collection of the Louvre, though I can’t find a listing for it on the museum’s new website. I had the pleasure of seeing this drawing in person at a show of Prud’hon’s work at the Metropolitan Museum of Art some…
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How to Sharpen a Pencil for Drawing – Karl Gnass
At first I though this would be superficial, and though it does go through the basics we all think we know from art school, I’ve been sharpening artist pencils for more years than I can count, and I learned a few things. Karl Gnass transitioned from a career as concept and storyboard artist into teaching…
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Eye Candy for Today: Richard Wilson chalk drawing
The Arbra Sacra on the Banks of Lake Nemi, Richard Wilson On Google Art Project; high-resolution downloadable file on Wikimedia Commons, original is in the Yale Center for British Art. Noted 18th century landscape painter Richard Wilson, who spent much of his time in Italy, gives us a beautifully direct observation of a tree at…
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Liz Haywood-Sullivan
Liz Haywood-Sullivan is a pastel painter who creates landscapes and cityscapes with an eye to the vibrant color and graphic textural qualities the medium makes available. Depending on size and subject matter, her approach can either be more refined or more sketch-like, with an emphasis on that fascinating area where the qualities of pastel cross…
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Sylvie Daigneault
Sylvie Daigneault is an illustrator based in Toronto. Her clients include Tetley Tea, The Royal Canadian Mint, Publix, American Express, Bell Canada, MTA, The National Ballet of Canada, UTF University of Toronto, Harlequin, MacMillan/McGraw-Hill and Harper Collins. Daigneault works primarily in colored pencil, with finishes sometimes modified digitally. She uses to advantage that medium’s strengths…
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Eye Candy for Today: Gainsborough chalk study
Study of a Lady, Thomas Gainsborough In the Morgan Library and Museum. Image is also available on Google Art Project and Wikimedia Commons. A beautifully economical and gestural chalk drawing by Gainsborough; in white and black chalk on colored, prepared paper.