For Käthe

For Käthe. 2017. Charcoal & Pastel. 18.5" x 14." Casey Klahn.


This image was a response to the tonal sketch challenge that is sponsored on the Facebook page, How To Pastel. The idea is to take a leaf from the master German artist, Käthe Kollwitz. I couldn't pass up the opportunity to work in the style of one of my favorite artists.

For the set-up of this, I placed a harsh flood light clamped to my easel and pointed directly in my face. I feel that line and tone are tremendous tools, if you allow them their voice.

Pastellist Interviews

The tireless Canadian artist, Gail Sibley, who blogs at How To Pastel, has collected 19 short interviews of pastel instructors who attended the pastel convention in New Mexico earlier in June of this year. It is a treasure trove. Pour a tall cup of something to enjoy, and do go through these at your leisure. By the way, I am down the dais at video number 14, but I will also post it from You Tube below.

IAPS Interviews, 2017

Colors Have a Beauty of Their Own Which Must Be Preserved

Interior. 2016. Pastel, Graphite, Dry Ground & Oil. 18" x 14." Casey Klahn.


Colors have a beauty of their own, which must be preserved.
Henri Matisse.

Profile SP

Profile Self Portrait. 2017. Pastel. @12" x 9." Casey Klahn.

April Orange

April Orange. 2017. 4.75" x 5." Pastel. Casey Klahn.

April. Apple.

April. 2017. Pastel, Dry Ground & Graphite (Acrylic Varnish). 6.75" x 9." Casey Klahn.

Today's Madonna

Lady and Device. 2017. Pastel. 13.5" x 9." Casey Klahn.

After Degas (from Memory)

The Little Sculpture, aged 14. 2017. Pastel & Dry Ground. 11" x 7.5." Casey Klahn. Memory of Degas.

Mountain High

North Central Cascades. 2017. Pastel & Dry Ground. 9" x 12." Casey Klahn.

White Nude

454/1. 2017. Graphite, Pastel, Dry Ground, Charcoal, and Spray Acrylic Varnish, on Brown Paper Rubbed with Pumice Powder. 8.25" x 6.25." Casey Klahn.

Blue Rainforest

Blue Rainforest. 2017. Pastel. 10.25" x 7.25." Casey Klahn.

AKA Madonna and Child

2 Apples on an Irregular Platter. 2017. Pastel, Dry Ground & Graphite. 11" x 8." Casey Klahn.

Old Europe (The Black Wall)

Old Europe. 2016. Pastel. 15" x 10.75." Casey Klahn.

iPad art

Gray Forest. 2017. iPad. Large. Casey Klahn.

Merry Christmas

Winterscape 2016

Winter Temperatures. 2016. Pastel on Sketch Paper. @10" x 10." Casey Klahn.

Mountain Drawing

Crags and Chute. 2016 

Carbon Pencil & Pastel 

@8" x 11" 

Casey Klahn

In the Bleak Midwinter

These Cello Advent dailies you may follow on your own at You Tube, from Kjell Magne Robak, who is a Norwegian Cellist. I post this one because it's traditional here at The Colorist to post In the Bleak Midwinter at Christmastime.

Enjoy.

Merry Christmas (Cello)

Mirror Space

Top of the Mirror. 2016. Pastel & Graphite. 15.25" x 11.5." Casey Klahn.