Creating Into the light - 15-06-17

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Darkness and Light

This pastel drawing ‘Into the Light – 15-06-17’ is something different from what I have done before. Basically, it all boils down to a question: Enter the gloom or into the light? I wanted to delve into the darkness and bring a woman back into the light. With a little help from my friend Look J. Boden for the excellent photography and the top class model that stood for us.

Color Approach

The model actually is a good friend of mine and I was inspired by the picture to turn it into a special pastel drawing. The method of divisionism was back on the menu. Through the placement of consecutive red and green strokes I got the desired greyish effect such complementary colors induce. The effect is different from up close and from a distance. Therefor the specactor can enjoy the artwork differently. When you step back it all converges into the right image.

Gloom

Not for nothing did I use the word ‘gloom’ because I rather liked the dark fantasy the picture implied. It depicts almost a bad schoolgirl with only her stockings on, put in the corner. Of course, besides all color theories ad described above, it is all about the tonal range in this pastel. The tonal rhythym from left to right is what causes the plasticity of the scene and therefor brings forth the penetrating impression.

Later Variations

After this pastel I abstracted it in my roundism style through a graphite pencil drawing Roundism -04-07-17 that on itself became the prestudy for an oil painting 11-02-18.

Pastel drawing on Canson Mi-Teintes Touch paper (50 x 70 x 0.1 cm)
Artist: Corné Akkers