Original pastel drawings currently available. Please click on image for full size view and additional information for each drawing! All original Pastel drawings have a custom, contemporary metal frame. Please contact the artist at rj.franz1950@gmail.com for purchase or more information.
Drawing #241 continues my “deep in the woods” series. Deep in the Woods 6 v2 is 10 x 8 inches. Drawn on UArt 500 pastel paper mounted on black conservation board. I used Terry Ludwig, Diane Townsend, Rembrandt & Girault pastels over a pastel / alcohol wash underpainting. Based on my reference from the Grass River Natural Area near Bellair, Michigan in Antrim County.
Also available as a full-size fine art Giclee reproduction.
Drawing # 227, Oscoda County Barn, is based on a photograph I took alongside highway M-33 in Oscoda County, Michigan. This 8x26 inch drawing was done on sand colored Colorfix 300 pastel paper mounted on board and drawn with Terry Ludwig, Blue Earth and Cretacolor pastels.
Juried into the Northville Art House Exhibition Light & Color: Juried Pastel Exhibit in 2023.
Also available as a full and half size Giclee fine art reproduction.
Drawing #210 is titled Edge of the Woods 6. The image is 6 x 12 inches and was drawn on black Richeson pastel paper mounted on board with Terry Ludwig pastels. Based on my photograph taken in Hawk Woods, Auburn Hills, Michigan.
Drawing #134, Walk to the Lake is based on a photograph I took on a back road near Grand Lake, Michigan. This 11 x 17 inch drawing was done with Terry Ludwig pastels on Art Spectrum deep black sanded paper. Also available in full size and reduced 5 x 7 inch Giclée fine art reproductions.