Saturday, August 21, 2010

Young Woman Smiling


Drawn this morning from life.

Mixed media on black pastel paper, 12"x16".

8 comments:

  1. Is this the same model? Lovely. You must be on a roll. I'm seeing improvement with your handling of different media. This portrait makes me want to pull out the pastels and bamboo ink pens

    love the eyes

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  2. Shanna, me too.

    PA, good catch. Yes, same model and pretty much the same pose and angle (that's what happens when you're always late--I stand at the back and peer).

    I haven't used pastels in ages, but they were the next things that I unpacked, after charcoal and markers. Just the luck of what was in the boxes, all unhelpfully labeled (by me) "art supplies".

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  3. This is so good, Jean. I love everything in this drawing: the coarse colored lines, the light...
    You are working very hard since your back in blogland, I cannot follow you to post comments.
    I must and want learn to use colors to. I hope I will have the occasion at the academy.
    Greetings!

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  4. Now I'm gushing. (But the reclining woman, can't look at her enough.)

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  5. Thanks, Annie and AH. Playing with the pastels is fun.

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  6. There's a lot of character in that woman's face.

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  7. And also a lot of character in the woman who modeled for this.

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