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01-06-2006, 07:57 PM
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Many thanks for your comments, everyone! Very, very much appreciated.
 Beccarain - The time I spend on each drawing varies so much... That last one of Ricky I did in one sitting of about 7hrs, if I remember rightly. Others can take much longer... This one I'm still working on for instance. I have no idea how many hours I've put into it and it still isn't right. I'm not happy with the eyes, the ears, the shading... AAAARRRGGGGHHH!!! it's driving me mad! (This is all I could scan of an A3 image...) |
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01-07-2006, 10:23 AM
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You are trying to render a lot of detail with these pastels. You obviously have the ability to do this, but inherent in the pastel medium is a certain softness of line and blending of colors at borders, this is making your renderings, which are otherwise dead on, seem blurry, which is not so appealing. I think rather than tryin to capture reality with pastels so much and ending up with something blurry because of the nature of the medium, perhaps you can try and become more expressionistic with your renderings, embrace the medium rather than fight against it. Just some thoughts. I think these would look even better done in some good markers or color pencils.
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01-08-2006, 06:29 PM
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You have real talent, although I'm sure you've heard that time and again, at least I hope you have.
It's the eyes, I think, that really "bring them to life", they're so vivid. Absolutely fantastic.
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01-08-2006, 06:59 PM
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I do spend lots of time trying to get the eyes right in any portrait. If I discard a piece of work for some reason, it's usually because I can't get the eyes right. I like the eyes in this one... It's a bit grainy, being a scan of a photocopy. Again, I could only fit so much of an A3 pic onto my scanner... I did this one with dry oil-pastels. Last edited by Slippery Slope; 01-09-2006 at 03:40 AM.. |
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01-22-2006, 10:14 PM
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Thanks flyman! Couple of years back, I framed that one of the
tiger, and my local pub hung it where they used to have a dartboard. I must admit, it looked pretty cool with the old spotlight on it. I don't normally like showing anything that I haven't finished in case I can't complete it. (usually 'cause I give up too easily when things don't go to plan) But I thought I'd post that last one of Ricky thinking it might "force" me to pull me finger out. |
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02-02-2006, 06:10 PM
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Many thanks for your comments, Lewis. I've never been fully
happy with the background/surround with the others. I usually end up saying "that'll do" after messing around for ages, but I'm really pleased with the way this one worked out. ..ish... I've been working on the shading a bit... I think I'll stick it in a frame pretty damn quick before I muck it up as usual.  |
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