Tuesday, August 08, 2006

Vacation pastels







It has been far to long since I last posted, for that I apologies. Last week however I was on vacation and did tons of new pastels at Salmon Lake in the Sierras. Here is a small sampling I hope you enjoy.

P.S. Thanks for all the comments, I have a long way to go in my artwork, but the kind words are heartening.

26 comments:

wetgraphite said...

awesome dude! i love the gamut of the blue...

J said...

Woah, Noah. I don't even understand the top one. These are phenomenal.
I have a new appreciation for these as I've been doing some pastels of my own recently, with little success.
Great stuff.

Noah Klocek said...

The top one is a study of the water in the lake, moving from a reflection of the sky in the distance to the translucency of the shallows and the way that effects light and color.

Sorry if it's a bit confusing, it was very difficult to dissect the reflection and refraction of light and color.

Thanks you both for your comments, there sure was a lot of blue up there.

Nick Sung said...

Wow Noah.
I'm speechless;
just beautiful.

I think James means that the first image is quite remarkable. Really amazing. I agree. Congratulations.

Annes said...

Hey Noah!
I stumbled across your blog yesterday and I'm so glad I did. Your work has really inspired me to go out and observe colour from life. I had a rather unsccessful attempt at painting out doors the other week, I think pastels might be the way to go!
Keep up the good work.

Gabriele Pennacchioli said...

Gorgeous, gorgeous water sketch!
Can I have it?

Andrew Shek said...

very nice studies, I really like the first one

J said...

Hey Noah,
Nick is right. I meant that its really good, so good that I don't understand how you did it.
Really awesome man. I'm jealous.

Drew said...

These are even better seeing them the second time around. Nailed 'em, quite frankly.

Annie Fix said...

The one on the top of water is my favorite! Beautifully done!

Marmax said...

Yeah that first one is really amazing!

Alina Chau said...

your pastel paintings always blow me always!! stunning!

Bibo said...

Your work is simply amazing!

I could just dive in the top one! Great sensibility and technique.

Gabriele Pennacchioli said...

I'm sorry guys but the water study is now officialy mine.
Thanks a lot Noah.

laurent b. said...

yes,your water is superb.
Looking at these works, one can see the good time you're having in the mountains.

Dave said...

Wow, amazing!

Armand Serrano said...

Beautiful and refreshing pastels as always...especially the close-up of the water. Great job!

alberto mielgo said...

!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
this is beautifull.
Your blog is a great discover.
Yhe first pic , the water one, it's amazing

Stef said...

The water study is gorgeous Noah, there's so much to it, absolutely beautiful, as the other ones, I love this one for it's abstract pattern.

Wynne Chen said...

Those r beautiful!!
I love the 1st one!!

Noah Klocek said...

It seem most people like the first one and of course I spent the least amount of time on that and I got lucky. I'll try and post some more pastels today or tomorrow.

Thanks,
Noah

A. Riabovitchev said...

Your artwork is amazing!But first one the best!It can be in a museum or art gallery!:O)

Ron Bowman said...

Hey Noah. Very cool pastels once again! I think the first one is so popular because you seem to have achieved a very difficult effect. An effect that's particularly difficult with pastels.

With your good observation and rendering skills, you've managed to truly capture the dynamics of the water. Both its physical properties and the light.

It's funny that you thought it was confusing. You were probably too intimate with the piece. If you don't look at it for a while and come back to it, I think you'll see you got it spot-on! It's your best pastel yet!

I love the 2nd and 5th ones too.

Hans said...

Amazing stuff, especially the top one of the water surface! How the @$#% did you do that???!!! It's admirable.

Hans

Gavin Ball said...

beautiful work, especially the water..thats amazing, keep up the good work!

agnes said...

same! amazing water!!
i like your pastel work :)