Category Archives: Drawing

Testing a Media

Posted on by Tracy Bezesky

I would like to use pastels to quickly work out designs for paintings. That is only if it’s quicker. Here I am testing oil pastels. You can’t test them without seeing how they behave on different surfaces with how you would work with them. Here I sanded Arches Watercolor Paper, it sands very nice. I put a layer of burnt sienna watercolor to darken the paper. The oil pastel seems to bond well on this paper. I like the feel of it, but soft and more blended.

These are brown Pastel Papers the top Canson and the bottom is Strathmore, left ones are sanded, and right is raw. I prefer the sanded, and the like the tooth of Canson best. I may have try the watercolor again after doing all 4 of these. I like using a pears, they’re not just round, they’re form is subtlely blockish.

Last Night’s Life Drawing

Posted on by Tracy Bezesky

I tried oil pastels on this pose, called Neopastels. The paper was a bit rougher than I liked, Canson, but the color paper was the best I had available to me at the time. I like the fine color adjustment the oil pastels allow. I like the buttery feel of the media. There are many supports possibilities I could try marking on, and many ways of fixing the surface, I can test.

Salvage Art Chair Sketching (WIP)

Posted on by Tracy Bezesky

I”ve decide to create a Van Gogh chair. The influence of pastels has made we want to paint in strokes also, so it will be a good experiment. I am practicing the strokes on the spindals first, and the I have sketched these color ideas and ready to start painting.

Life Drawing Nude (WIP)

Posted on by Tracy Bezesky

This is how much I got finished after the model had posed for an hour. I rough in the darks with an umber, and where the strongest light is I use an ivory. I will finish the rest at home without the model. I’ll post the final soon. 15×18″ Hard Pastel on Warm Gray Paper.