More Tiny Paintings

Folded Tree

3.5" x 3.75"

Charcoal & Pastel

Casey Klahn

Here you go, Jala.

Tiny Paintings

Threes

3.5" x 3.75"

Charcoal & Pastel

Casey Klahn

The field subject has become a source of miniature works for me. Only, instead of getting into minutia, I am trying to stay on the abstract side.

At The Bar

At The Bar - Copy of Degas

@22" x 17"

Charcoal, Conte & Pastel 

Casey Klahn

pas camera 

Color Charts

Sub Text Red 

6.25" x 8.25"

Pastel
Casey Klahn
point & shoot camera

Via Jan Olsen, at Observe Closely, here are the links to online color charts for many of our favorite pastel brands.  I order the hand made charts from Dakota, but sometimes online is just handy.

Now Offering Prints

Here is an opportunity to get prints and framed prints of my still life apples. 


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New Grays

 Homemade New Grays

I have been making new pastel sticks. These are mostly from easel tailings that I collect over time and reconstitute with water.  I make tints by adding white, and I also stretch the recipe with whiting. What results are grays made just to my own liking. Next, I will be manufacturing pure hues from fresh pigments.

Crazy Things I Do; Evil Laugh

Here is a series of photos of using Turpenoid on La Carte.  For some reason, there was a crease along the long edge of my La Carte that only showed up when I applied pastel over it.  One method I tried to fill this crease was a Turpenoid wash.  Observe the crease in photo one, the application of the solvent which leaves a dark area initially, and then I continue to work while it dries. Turns out the method never did resolve the crease, but I may be happier with cropping out that 1 inch of edge anyway.

Sketch and block in.

Problem crease.

Uh oh.  Here comes the Turpenoid!

"Mwahh Hahhh Haaaa - Mwooh Har!"

Let it dry and continue to work.

Finished work.


When I do crazy things in my studio, like putting liquid on La Carte, I have to let out an evil laugh.  Enjoy these evil laugh videos with this post!