Paste portrait of a young male.

Pastel painting 9 inches x 12 inches $100

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Finally made it to a figure drawing session this weekend after weeks of playing hookey and painting plein aire landscapes instead. We had a new male model with an interesting face so I decided to do a pastel portrait. We only have 20 minutes to capture a quick likeness. I worked on some deep purple, textured stock that our advertising agency had received from a paper company. You have to kinda work in reverse when you are drawing on dark paper. Its good practice for seeing the lights and darks of a subject.

Pastel portait of an young soldier.

Pastel painting 12 inches x 18 inches $200

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This week’s model was a handsome young man who had just signed up for military service. His pose seemed very strong and assured for someone so young. It was a 2 hour pose so I had time to layer color and build up a textured surface on this pastel portrait. I worked on leaving some of the drawing loose and unfinished so the viewer’s eye would be drawn to the soldier’s chest and face.