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 #253, White Barn, is 6 × 7.5 inches. Drawn on black Colorfix 340 pastel paper. I used Terry Ludwig, Diane Townsend and Holbein pastels over a watercolor wash underpainting. Based on my reference photo taken near Monroe, Michigan in Monroe County.
Drawing #254, Whiting Forest Winter, is 9 × 12 inches. Drawn on Colorfix 340 pastel paper. I used Terry Ludwig, Diane Townsend, Holbein and Earthberry pastels over a water color wash underpainting. Based on my reference photo taken near Midland, Michigan in Midland County.
Drawing #255, Pentwater Barn, is 9 × 12 inches. Drawn on Colorfix 340 pastel paper. I used Terry Ludwig and Earthberry pastels over an acrylic ink wash underpainting. Based on my reference photo taken near Pentwater, Michigan in Oceana County.
This drawing was juried into the 2025 Great Lakes Pastel Society Members’ Show
Drawing #256, Deep in the woods 8, continues my Deep in the woods series. The pastel drawing is 12 × 9 inche and was drawn on Uart 320 pastel paper. I used Terry Ludwig, Holbein pastels and pastel pencils over a pastel alcohol wash underpainting. Based on my reference photo taken in the Grass River Natural Area near Bellaire, Michigan in Antrium County.
Drawing #257, West Virginia Barns, is 9 × 12 inches. Drawn on Colorfix 340 pastel paper. I used Terry Ludwig and Holbein pastels over an acrylic ink wash underpainting. Based on my reference photo taken near Weston, West Virginia.
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.
This pastel drawing was juried in to the 2025 Great Lakes Pastel Society Members’ Show.
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.