Just for figurative practice I took some newspaper images and played around with my pastels, imagining that I was back in the life room and trying to work at pace – as if I had the time limit of a session. I liked the way this figure gripped their cane, with his bottom hand facing upwards, presumably, around the bulb of the cane.
On this, the melancholic gaze of the subject looking down drew my attention. This pose is accentuated by the top of the eyelid and the underside of the eye socket being illuminated from an elevated light from their left. The right side of her face is completely black in the photo, but I hinted at her eye and the edge of her nose and also put a bit more colour in, to lift the mood perhaps.
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………………Graham,
a new portrait of you on my blog.
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Very nice studies
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Very nice work, Graham!
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Your subject, lighting, and color palette made the second portrait striking to me.
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Thanks Eduardo. The second sketch has much more tonal contrast than the first and packs a greater punch so demanding attention.
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I like the contemplative look.
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Thanks Kingkang, it also has an air of mystery, so long as there is the right lighting
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