From a series of nude sketches in pastel. I use a rub out technique taught to me by the late Lee Bomhoff, an Atlanta artist. I pull the pastel back off of the surface, giving the figure a very luminous quality as the paper itself is showing back through the layers of pigment. I’ll be doing a tutorial on this method in the near future. Sign up for my mailing list to stay informed.
A pastel drawing done with Schminke pastels on Rives BFK paper.
Daniel Gill studied art with Joe Helseth and Bill Ransom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his career as an art director in 1983 and has been an award winning graphic designer-illustrator for more than 20 years. Daniel has taught illustration at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the Illustrators’ Jam which later became Raw Visceralia, an art experience at PNCA. Pastels were Daniel’s first love. Counting Gary Kelley, Edward Degas and Toulouse Lautrec among his influences. He discovered oils in 2006 and is currently working on the series, Connective Tissue. Daniel lives in Portland, Oregon.
