Picture: Plein air. Ramon Casas

Home to the stars and the sky below
The earth in a daze him close.
In great and joyful Paris
All the same secret longing.

The evening boulevards noisy,
The last ray of dawn faded.
Everywhere, everywhere all the couples, couples,
The trembling lips and bold eyes...

( M. Tsvetaeva, " Paris")

Painting based on the work "plein Air" by Ramon Casas. Made with charcoal and pastel pencils according to the sketch ink on linen embossed paper. Halftone colors change depending on lighting. There are gray-blue and blue shades. Pastel is on the verge between drawing and painting and requires very good lighting. Then the infinity of shades appears, the game of translucent layering.