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About Me
- Pierre
- Long, long ago, during the last century, I attended PSU in Portland, Oregon and bounced around in different majors. I thought I would be an artist for a while but science captured my interest. I eventually landed in Engineering and spent my career designing various mechanical things. I've returned to my artist roots and have been drawing portraits. For now, I'm only working in graphite. I'm also just drawing from photos. That way, I don't have to be concerned about my subject getting too tired to hold a pose. I like doing candid shots of strangers because it makes for a more interesting subject. --- My wife and I have moved to Phoenix, Arizona from Oregon to be close to our kids and grandkids. What a weather change! Our children grew up in the Pacific Northwest around rain and green but they all congregated in Phoenix. The moss on our backs has dryed up and fallen off. We're slowly getting accustomed to dry and brown.
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6 comments:
The pear glows.
Pencil? Crayon? Pastel?
Colored Pencil. Thanks.
Lovely. Where do you start? Do you outline the entire pear, or do you start in a corner, or with the glow? Or do you start with the space around the object?
I'm just now learning colored pencils and this was an exercise out of a book. Here's the sequence:
Working from the outer edge start with yellow, then three different greens and burnish with white. Start over with the greens and a couple of oranges. Then a redish brown and blue for shadows. Burnish with colorless blender. Takes a while.
Looks wonderful... good job.
Lovely!
Thanks for your Christmas wishes, Pierre. It's always good hearing from you.
Hope you had a special time with your family.
Happy New Year!
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