Jan Olsson

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Works from the exhibition | La Ruche | Paris | June 13-23, 2019

Beginning with the smallest works: beach drawings from last summer. The medium is oil pastel and graphite. They measure 3.5 x 5…

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Posted on June 6, 2019 by janolssonart in Contemporary Art, Drawings, Figure drawings, oil pastel, pastels, Uncategorized

Vacation Watercolors | Aquarelles des Vacances

Small watercolor studies done during a week’s vacation in Brittany. Quelques petites aquarelles faites pendant les vacances en Bretagne.  

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Posted on August 5, 2018 by janolssonart in Aquarelles, art contemporain, Contemporary Art, Drawings, Figurative Painting, Mixed Media, Uncategorized, watercolors

Figure drawings | Dessins modèle vivant

June 2018 | drawing sessions with artist friends in the space Alfred Boucher at La Ruche. Oil pastel, watercolor and graphite. Juin…

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Posted on July 21, 2018 by janolssonart in art contemporain, Blog, Contemporary Art, dessins d'après modèle vivant, Drawings, Figure drawings, Mixed Media, oil pastel, pastels, Uncategorized

Figure drawings | Dessins du modèle vivant

Oil pastel, graphite and watercolor drawings | Dessins au pastel gras, graphite et aquarelle

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Posted on February 23, 2018 by janolssonart in art contemporain, Contemporary Art, dessins d'après modèle vivant, Drawings, Figurative Painting, Figure drawings, Mixed Media, pastels, Uncategorized

Louvre Favorites: L’Astronome | Jan Vermeer

The Astronomer by Jan Vermeer, 1668 Etude en crayon, encre, lavis | Pencil, ink, and ink wash study  

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Posted on August 7, 2017 by janolssonart in astronomer, Drawings, Dutch painting, encre et lavis, Figurative Painting, Jan Vermeer, l'astronome, Louvre Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Peinture Hollandaise au Louvre, Vermeer

Louvre Favorites: La Pourvoyeuse

Jean-Baptiste-Siménon Chardin, 1739.

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Posted on August 2, 2017 by janolssonart in Chardin, Drawings, encre et lavis, Ink wash drawing, Jean-Baptiste-Siménon Chardin, Louvre Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paintings, Peinture Française au Louvre

Louvre Favorites: Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes

1797-1800 | Portrait de Mariana Waldstein (1763-1808), neuvième Marquise de Santa Cruz. Etude en crayon, encre et lavis | Study in pencil,…

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Posted on July 31, 2017 by janolssonart in Drawings, Goya, Ink wash drawing, Louvre Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paris, Uncategorized

Louvre Favorites: El Joven Mendigo

Study from Bartolomé Esteban Murillo’s The Young Beggar | Le Jeune Mendiant (1645-1650) in the collection of Spanish paintings at the Louvre. Pencil, ink, wash,…

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Posted on July 24, 2017 by janolssonart in Bartolomé Esteban Murillo, Blog, Contemporary Art, Drawings, Figurative Painting, Louvre Museum, Musée du Louvre, Paintings, Paris, Uncategorized

Summer drawings | Dessins d’été

Sketches from the model done with a group of artist friends at la Ruche. Croquis d’après modèle vivant dessinés avec une groupe…

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Posted on July 20, 2017 by janolssonart in art contemporain, Drawings, Paris, Uncategorized

Nudes | Nus 2015

2015 sketches from models in oil pastel, pencil and watercolor on paper | 2015 dessins d’après modèle en pastel à huile, mine…

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Posted on April 14, 2016 by janolssonart in Drawings, Uncategorized
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