Catherine De Ryck

2 février 2008

The Letter / La Lettre

Here is my latest drawing, a preliminary sketch for my next watercolour. Its title comes from the mail that the figure is holding. The landscape, at the window, evocates the symbolic distance between the reader and the author of the letter. "La Lettre...

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14 janvier 2008

The Eye of the Tiger / L'Oeil du Tigre

To illustrate this new label, "Mixed Media", I present you "The Eye of the Tiger". This work was made using mixed media. The mixed media is the combination of different types of media and methods in one complete artwork, rather than only one medium. Because...

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22 décembre 2007

Meet Maxim / A la Rencontre de Maxim

Maxim. Pastel sur Mi-Teintes Canson / Pastel on Canson Mi-Teintes drawing paper. 20 x 30 cm. 1999. Collection privée / Private collection. Here is one of my earlier pastel portraits, using the Conté Sketching Crayons. These crayons give accurate strokes...

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13 décembre 2007

Making soft pastels / Fabriquer ses pastels secs

Making soft pastels requires a lot of time but it is an excellent way to create, by yourself, the accurate colour and softness that you want and that you have not been able to find in art shops. It also allows you to custom the size of the sitcks to your...

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7 décembre 2007

George's Dragon (Brighton Royal Pavilion)

Original article : 28th October 2007. Update : 5th December 2007. SERIE : The United Kingdom in drawings / Le Royaume-Uni en dessins. Here is the first drawing of a new serie. A lot of people often ask me why I like the United Kingdom so much. Well, they...

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4 décembre 2007

L'Ecluse / The Lock

Painting with pastels : Here is my first landscape, using the pastel technique (It was made in 2001). I worked with Rembrandt Soft Pastels. Pastels are usually worked using the dry technique . It means that the artist begins by drawing with pencil, charcoal...

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24 novembre 2007

Iced Fire / Le Feu et la Glace

"Iced Fire" / "Le Feu et la Glace". 30 x 20 cm. 2006. Toute reproduction, totale ou partielle, strictement interdite. Any (total or partial) reproduction of this picture is strictly forbidden. Here is another one of my drawings, made in early 2006. It...

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8 novembre 2007

First colours for Edale / Premiers jeux de couleurs pour Edale

On 6th September, I showed you the sketch of a future oil painting : "Memories of Edale". Here is the result of the first steps of my work. I use the "fat over lean " technique. The sky is, at first, a blue wash. The drying takes one or two weeks and...

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6 novembre 2007

About oils / A propos d'huiles ...

Oil painting is a painting process that binds pigments with medium of drying oil, especially linseed and poppyseed oils, in order to obtain a more or less heavy body. A basic rule is to paint fat over lean. This means that each additional layer of paint...

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3 novembre 2007

From Ground to Heaven / De la Terre au Ciel

"From Ground to Heaven" / "De la Terre au Ciel". 30 x 20 cm. 2006. Toute reproduction, totale ou partielle, strictement interdite. Any (total or partial) reproduction of this picture is strictly forbidden. Here is one of my previous drawings, made in...

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