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Life Size Pastel Portrait by ~Suicidecommand0:iconSuicidecommand0:

Categories Traditional Art > Paintings > People

©2008-2009 ~Suicidecommand0
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Final project for Drawing II. Done life size on a big roll of paper.

Done in oil pastel.

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~yib May 25, 2008, 8:51:37 PM
i really like this:) the sinister facial expression coupled with the threatening colours of the background gives the whole piece rather baleful air - is there meant to be a story behined it?

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~pikajane Oct 12, 2008, 10:12:43 AM
I can only imagine how many black pastels were used on this piece. I admire the sharp contrast that the background brings, well done :D
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~pikajane Oct 12, 2008, 10:13:46 AM
wait a minute-this could have been done on black paper. I did not think of that until just now! lol
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~Suicidecommand0 Oct 14, 2008, 9:46:03 PM
Right the first time. Used expensive nice pastels for the fleshtones, and orderd in a bunch of cheap blacks for obvious reasons.

Thanks for the compliment.
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~Suicidecommand0 Oct 14, 2008, 9:52:17 PM
As far as ideas behind the piece, I like expressive red skys alot because of all the ambiguity it has. It has a sort of apocolyptic feel wich implys the end of all things, or it could be a sunrise, wich would imply the start of something new. I'm holding the letter which I also thought had more than one side to it, as I could be recieving or delivering it. Dealing with the role of the artist, a someone who delivers a message or deals with communication.

Sorry I didn't respond for so long :/
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~pikajane Oct 16, 2008, 3:40:45 PM
what kind of pastels did you use? I love how you rendered the face.
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~Suicidecommand0 Oct 16, 2008, 8:15:25 PM
For the face and hands, and some of the warm backround I used Sennelier pastels. I can't recommend them enough, they were so soft and easy to blend. For the black and a lot of the red I used cheaper Van Gough pastels, that were alot harder and not that good. They would cut right through any layers of sennelier that made an interesting effect sometimes though.
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