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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

12 sunsets in pastel
#5392721 - 08/29/12 07:02 AM Attachment (30 downloads)

During my 2 weeks holiday in France I sketched every day the sky just after sunset. The sky and the trees were sketched with a set of 12 soft pastels. The farm with pastel pencils. The original are A4-format. I had great difficulty in sketching the trees. The dark green pastel was to light, the black and brown to dark... I tried to mix them, but I'm not always satisfied with the result.
I wanted to present them all 12 together, but due to the limitation of 125 kb I present the sketches in two parts. Hope you like it.

Edited by Jef De Wit (08/29/12 07:05 AM)

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Jef De Wit
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 03/06/09

Loc: Hove, Belgium

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[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5392722 - 08/29/12 07:02 AM Attachment (21 downloads)

And the second week.

Edited by Jef De Wit (08/29/12 07:03 AM)

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frank5817
Postmaster

Reged: 06/13/06

Loc: Illinois

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[Re: Jef De Wit]
#5392749 - 08/29/12 07:36 AM

Jef,

Very nice and a good record of the evening sky on your time in France. You had 5 very clear evenings and several other promising ones. I think I can detect the sun moving back to true West in your drawings.

Frank

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JeanB
scholastic sledgehammer

Reged: 07/11/11

Loc: Montreal, Canada

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[Re: frank5817]
#5392887 - 08/29/12 09:19 AM

Jef,

very artistic. I like all of them. It was a wonderful idea to sketch the same scene at different time.

And I know, drawing trees with pastel is not trivial. I tried and the result leaves much to be desired. But you did a great job especially in the second set.

Jean

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mdowns
Pooh-Bah

Reged: 06/12/10

Loc: Englewood,FL

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[Re: JeanB]
#5393289 - 08/29/12 01:55 PM

Jef,
I really like your impressionistic approach to these sunsets.Very nice!

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Ed D
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 04/30/10

Loc: Sunny South Florida

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[Re: mdowns]
#5393908 - 08/29/12 08:32 PM

Jef, it's really neat how you documented the sky over a period of time. I especially like sketches 8, 10 and 11.

Ed D

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rolandlinda3
Post Laureate

Reged: 01/24/06

Loc: Crozet VA 22932

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[Re: Ed D]
#5393949 - 08/29/12 08:58 PM

Thanks Jef. Great catch, and something that really is fun to do. Try it in the morning sometime just after full moon and you can catch moon sets. Also a fun task.

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niteskystargazer
Carpal Tunnel

Reged: 10/05/09

Loc: 41-43'-28" N 87-42'-39" W

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