six/ ten

yes, charles warren eaton again. i love the grittiness of his paintings — and i love that he painted so many pine trees: i love pine trees. i did not manage to make my trees look like pine trees today. they’re too tight, the entire drawing is. it’s like i wanted to make this drawing in the same way i did yesterdays’s — 

i wish i would/ could stop doing that: i’ve not done enough work to be able to understand what element i liked and why it’s working. not when it comes to oil pastels, anyway. i do like the depth of the dark colours, it's not very clear in this image because the evening light took me by surprise. days are getting shorter. i might add a better picture to tomorrow's post.

one of these days i will spend some more time: i will make more drawings with the oil pastels, more versions of the same value study. 

i really like oils. the textures. the depth of colour; especially the more transparent colours (sennelier) are fascinating.