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.
March Trees 2, drawing #175 is based on my photograph taken in late winter alongside a back road in Livingston County, Michigan. I was struck by the hazy sunlight streaming thru the faded gray colors of the woods promising the warmth of spring. The drawing measures 26 x 8 inches and was drawn on deep black Colorfix 300 pastel paper mounted on board with Terry Ludwig pastels.
In 2021 “March Trees 2” was juried into the 7th Annual National Pastel Exhibition presented by the Adirondack Pastel Society.
In October 2023, - “March Trees 2” was juried intoIt’s Pastel! 15th Annual National Juried Exhibit, Pastel Society of New Hampshire.
In February 2023 “March Trees 2” was juried into the on-line exhibit Warmth in Winter, by the Alaska Pastel Society.
Also in 2023, “March Trees 2” was selected for the Juried Pastel Exhibit at the Northville Art House in Northville, Michigan.
Also available as a 26 x 8 and 13 x 6 inch fine art Giclee reproductions.
Drawing #106 - Based on my photograph of paper birch trees set against autumn colors on a back road in Kalkaska County Michigan. This 8x11 inch drawing was done on black UArt sanded paper mounted on board with Terry Ludwig and Cretacolor soft pastels over a soft pastel alcohol wash underpainting.
Also available as a full size Giclée fine art reproduction
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.
Drawing #42 - Based on my photograph taken while on a cruise on the Danube River near the city of Melk, Austria. For this 5 x 10 pastel drawing I used Great American soft pastels on black Richeson sanded pastel paper.
Also currently available as a full size, fine art giclee reproduction.