My joy knew no bounds when i was doing this portrait. Perhaps almost the same as a zoologist would feel on discovering a new species. I was trying a pencil drawing of the pic, before jumping to do with pastels directly (you can actually see the pencil streaks as white lines , where the pastel powder didnt stick to the paper due to the pencil grooves :( !!) , as i got bored with the amount of detail i had to put in with the pencil and it wasnt getting interesting. The pencil nib is so sharp that it doesnt leave anyroom for you to experiment or to keep up the painting speed with your racing mind and put it on the paper. You sideline the creative side of the mind, and insist on not missing a single line while you do with a pencil, the same is not possible with pastel, inherently , its rough and thats good , you can race on, unmindful and unbounded. It took me two hours, after office, before my dinner. 12x11.softpastel on paper.
Thursday, December 10, 2009
Pastel Portrait
My joy knew no bounds when i was doing this portrait. Perhaps almost the same as a zoologist would feel on discovering a new species. I was trying a pencil drawing of the pic, before jumping to do with pastels directly (you can actually see the pencil streaks as white lines , where the pastel powder didnt stick to the paper due to the pencil grooves :( !!) , as i got bored with the amount of detail i had to put in with the pencil and it wasnt getting interesting. The pencil nib is so sharp that it doesnt leave anyroom for you to experiment or to keep up the painting speed with your racing mind and put it on the paper. You sideline the creative side of the mind, and insist on not missing a single line while you do with a pencil, the same is not possible with pastel, inherently , its rough and thats good , you can race on, unmindful and unbounded. It took me two hours, after office, before my dinner. 12x11.softpastel on paper.
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