[x]

Browse More Like This

More from *6re9

View Gallery · View Prints

Featured in Groups:

#ThePencilClub
Pencil Artists Unite.

#justportraits
YOUR PORTRAITS ONLY COMMUNITY

#TraditionalDeviants

#Drawers-Life
We own the clever hands

#Portraits-Drawings
Drawing Painting Artist Portrait

#faces-blackandwhite
black and white portraits

Details

Submitted: May 10, 2011
Image Size: 685 KB
Resolution: 2628×3573

Link

Thumb

Statistics

Comments: 12
Favourites: 31 [who?]
Views: 904 (0 today)
Downloads: 134 (0 today)

Camera Data

Make:SONY
Model:NEX-5
Shutter Speed:1/30 second
Aperture:F/4.0
Focal Length:20 mm
ISO Speed:250
Date Taken:May 10, 2011, 1:24:33 PM
Software:Xara Picture Editor @DSC00160(cropped).JPG.xpe

Shop For This Camera

[x]

Greta Scacchi - Pastelsby *6re9

Traditional Art / Drawings / Portraits & Figures

Greta Scacchi in pastels. I think the original picture was from FHM (not sure!).

As with my previous pastel, I used caste-off oval mount card 'middles' to draw on, hence the shape.

I used Schwan Stabilo pastel pencils. About A3 size.

~smiledidnthurt May 27, 2011 Hobbyist General Artist

awesome

*6re9 Jun 4, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks

~tamis83 May 27, 2011 Student Artist

This looks so natural like a photo this is great work.

*6re9 Jun 4, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thank you

~caseyfrench May 26, 2011

i like it

*6re9 Jun 4, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I'm glad you like it

~Stefaniam May 22, 2011

This is amazingly done, The collar bones look extremely real, it is a master piece

The hair looks amazing, i can never get the hair to look quite as shiny

*6re9 May 23, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks for the comments. I guess the trick is don't be afraid to use lots of contrast and when approaching the highlights in pastels don't colour all the hair using the base colour. Make sure you leave areas of paper untouched for highlights for the very light colour (I used white pastel), then do some bold 'flicks' into the darker colour starting from the uncovered paper. Then do some 'flicks' of the darker colour into the new light colour in the opposite direction. Try playing and experimenting without actually drawing any portraits just to get the effect. Not sure if any of that made sense, but I tend to practise an effect I want on lots of plain pieces of paper and scraps with the firm knowledge that this will not turn into a picture before I try to incorporate the effect. On the collar bones and blending I used to put the main colours down and then blend with my fingers, but you need to make sure you're not eating any doughnuts!

~Lougirlou May 11, 2011 Student

Well done ! Good expression !

*6re9 May 11, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

Thanks

More from *6re9

Featured in Groups:

Details

Statistics

Camera Data

Greta Scacchi - Pastelsby *6re9

The Journal Portal

Polls

What is your preferred drawing software?

deviantART [dee·vee·un'nt·ART]

Keep in Touch!

Deviousness

Add Media

Style