Pastel portrait of a woman dressed in a Renaissance gown.

Pastel painting 11 inches x 18 inches

Last week at our figure drawing session, I felt like I was creating a sketch for costumes in a new movie or TV show set in the Italian Renaissance. Our model loves this era and has many beautiful costumes from the time period. Instead of doing a close-up pastel portrait, I decided to go with the full view and revel in all the splendor.

Pastel portrait of a woman in a bar wench costume

Pastel painting 10 inches x 14 inches $200

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In our portrait session this week we had a model dressed as a Renaissance bar wench! What a hoot! She has lots of different historic costumes and comes in a different one each week. This pastel portrait took about and hour and forty-five minutes. Just enough to get a quick likeness and not overwork it too much. I love to watch a human face grow from just a few marks on paper. Luckily, pastel painting is a very forgiving medium. If you don’t get the nose just right, you can rub it down and redraw.