Tag Archives: oil pastels

seated young woman

My goal with this piece was to create something of my own, incorporating things I learned from copying this illustration by Luis Slobodkin. The main similarities are in the central figure. I love how Slobodkin mixes grey and black marks here, how his lines sometimes show just enough detail to give the idea of whatContinue reading “seated young woman”

studying Slobodkin’s illustrations

I love this illustration from the book The Hundred Dresses (page 14). The original artist, Louis Slobodkin, actually studied as a sculptor before finding his way into illustration. I had to warm up with a colored pencil sketch and then a still-not-very-precise study before I was ready to try copying the whole illustration. My finalContinue reading “studying Slobodkin’s illustrations”

two-year progress report

Milestone: it was almost exactly two years ago that I made my first post on this blog. I had planned to keep the site anonymous, and then maybe a year ago I decided to be brave and put my name on my work. My art has developed a lot in these past two years, andContinue reading “two-year progress report”