In my Drawing 1 class, our first assignment was to create a self-portrait using colored pastel pencils. I have never used this specific medium before, so I was very nervous. I decided to choose a neutral dark gray canton mi tientes paper to use as my background, because the photo I was going to use had a lot of dark cast shadows. I honestly was not sure of how my results would turn out in the end, but I am quite pleased with the outcome. Although the portrait overall does not look that similar to the real me, I'm still glad I was able to pull through after the many long days of working with this messy medium (the pastels are similar to chalk and are really dusty, getting all over my belongings and my face!). My biggest downfall was having to put up with how much the pastels fade. Let's say one day I really saturate one section, and the next day when I return to draw my portrait, I find that the very saturated section I just worked on was not as saturated as the day before. I just have to keep reapplying the color, and it was getting very annoying!
Well here it is!!
Here's another landscape piece we were doing in class at the same time with the same medium. Can you guess where it is? haha
Quality isn't the best since I just used my camera to take a photo of the pieces.
I love hearing constructive criticism and comments!! :]
I really admire both pieces, both are stellar in their different ways. One especially stellar component in both pieces is the compositions; they work terrifically!
ReplyDeleteIn the portrait, I love the use of reds and purples, and the excellent use of light sources. The colors create a really nice, extremely homely and comfy feeling. Very pleasing to the eye!
In the landscape piece (that's the Marriott library, right?), there are a diverse array of colors that work well together. The tree in the upper right corner helps to draw your eye in.
Very excited to see more, keep up the awesome work!