by Bob Diercksmeier | Aug 4, 2017 | Gallery Shows, Paintings, Pastels |
The opening for “WATER: The Solvent for Life” at the Fearless Art Works gallery in Carefree, AZ was last Friday night, and I was very honored to be part of this show. There was a nice turnout, and I was pleasantly surprised by several friends who made the...
by Bob Diercksmeier | Jun 16, 2017 | Pastels |
In the past few weeks I’ve completed two more pastel drawings that are based on two pencil drawings I did of the same subjects. My goal for both pieces is to give them a tonalist feel, and have the color, lighting, atmosphere and mood draw the viewer into the...
by Bob Diercksmeier | May 19, 2017 | Pastels |
I’ve completed a few pastels in recent weeks that are based on pencil drawings I created. I do a pastel color study before creating a final oil painting — the goal of the pastel drawing is to work out the color palette I’ll use for the piece. I do my...
by Bob Diercksmeier | Apr 21, 2017 | Paintings, Pastels, Pencils, Sketches |
As I continued to evolve my working process, I moved on from my Kohala series to another subject — trees. This was an interesting subject for me to take on, because I am trying to keep the representational details in my pieces to a minimum, to focus on color,...
by Bob Diercksmeier | Apr 14, 2017 | Paintings, Pastels, Pencils, Sketches |
As I began my latest body of landscape work, I needed to work through what I was going to draw and paint, and the accompanying considerations of my working method. This included subject matter, compositional strategy, how much detail I would include in each...
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