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Published: 2008-07-31 05:12:05 +0000 UTC; Views: 3645; Favourites: 86; Downloads: 94
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Pastel and a small amount of colour pencil (used to make really minor adjustments to tones) on Art Spectrum Colour Fix paper. 70cm X 50cm (A2)Comissioned Portrait of the Olivia who represents my work on the sunshine coast. I personally think its a good sign if you dealer buys stuff from you, at least you know they really do like it.
I'm quite pleased how minimal this is, I used the following list of colours.
1. Raw Umber
2. Burnt Sienna
3. Yellow Ochre
4. A really light tone of Raw Umber thats allmost a pink.
5. some sort of pink I had lying around.
6. some sort of blue I had lying around. (been though the desert on a pastel with no name...you know the ones)
7. black (for eyelashes)
8. White.
I used pencils of the same colours to bring tones up and down ever so slightly when I needed too.
SO yeah you don't need 500 colours to make it work IMO
Wheee..
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Comments: 58
Great that your dealer has commissioned..........gotta be a really good recommendation..........
I always think a limited palette keeps the work unified......anyway David, an amazing use of the media........
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This is exceptional pastel work
Completely beautiful
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thank you kindly, I'm starting to get the hang of pastels at last
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This is amazing - excellent shadows and skin tones. Great realism
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nice commission ... seems to fit well with your current drawings - a good controlled pallet will usually yeild a more uniform work, i feel
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cheers,
and yeah I totally agree with you there, I'm allways tempted to go back to black and white, but never quite manage to bite the bullet..
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well, I hear ya - i got one planned for color here in the near future ... so will see if i stay committed to that or not!
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Stunning work!
Her seductiveness and expression makes it well worth looking at. Good job in bringing her so much life!
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she was very happy with it, so thats the main thing
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Beautiful work. I love that delicate shadow from her hair. This piece has beauty and depth
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thank you.
she liked it, so thats the main thing
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You are very correct - one does not need an immense palatte to achieve quality. Very nicely done - I hope your rep is pleased.
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thanks
and yes she was 
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Very beautiful! You've really captured this person's grace, and the sparkle in their eyes. I also really like that she is not your typical "17 year old model" beauty, she is a "real person" sort of beautiful.
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thanks.
I do aim for that with all my stuff, probably helps that I only paint people I know.
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you're very welcome
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better than nice. well done. and yes it is a good sign if your dealer is buying from you..
keep it up.
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she was very happy with it, so I'm relieved about that
First time in ages I have some free time for art so gotta think about what I want to do for myself
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mazal tov...
yeah that free time can be an elusive thing...
and then when we get we don't always know how to use it to it's fullest.
good luck.
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Np, obviously I blended within an inch of its life, so there's really a bigger range then wha I put on the page
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