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Wednesday, 30 November 2011

Prepared paper and pastel

I was not able to buy coloured paper for the art class, no time to go to the art shop. So I took some leftover aquarel paper, let it dry in a wooden frame (to avoid wobbly paper) and pre-coloured it with acrylic in ochre, red  and burnt sienna.
During art class I made this life portrait with dry pastel and black oil pastel. I kind of like the effect of the underground. It took me an hour to make the portrait; 40x60cm.
Portret, droge pastel en siberisch krijt op geprepareed papier.
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3 comments:

  1. schilderijenfoto30 November 2011 at 23:53

    Lekker, vooral die highlights met wit, ook aan de schaduwzijde.

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  2. Balaji Venugopal1 December 2011 at 09:21

    Nice portrait...the highlights on the nose and the left side of the model's face are very effective.

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  3. Rene Fijten2 December 2011 at 21:34

    Bedankt, Thanks. At first I thought I added too much white, but as afterthought, I think it was all right.

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