Olivia
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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Lindsay Blamey
Oh, this is beautiful.. I’m drawn into this image, you have not only painted the person, but her personality as well… I feel like I know Olivia.
modernlifeform replied
Thanks :D
I did my best to achieve that.
Paul Vanzella
i agree with Blamey, however, it’s her eyes that so connect with the viewer – so much! Love it!
Peter Zentjens
Another superb portrait.
Deborah Holman
Beautiful portrait very well done and I totally agree less is more in portraiture with colours
migaloomagic
it’s just brilliant, i love her eyes and her expression, you’ve captured her beautifully
Brian Towers
Really excellent piece of pastel work – the detail, especially the hair, if amazing for pastel and pencil.
Valerie Simms
Excellent and with so few colours you have created such beautiful skin tones. I love it :)
Daniel Chavez
lovely painting. so good
Douglas Hunt
Stunning. Awesome work.
Carlos Solorza
truly beautiful
Hidemi Tada
you are really great artist.
Van Cordle
Absolutely magnificent!! love your style and expertise!!
Alessandro Pinto
beautiful..she looks so real ! Great Work
Colin Cartwright
I agree, just lots of mixes.
Fantastic detail, light and expression.
Humbling, for those us who use a brush.
syd baker
You can sense her intelligence and artistic sensibilities in her eyes, you’ve done masterfully here, much better than a photo can do, your hand is in the work!
Gilly1
Your work is wonderful. Your attention to detail is amazing, yet you would never know how much detail you put in. Excellent!!
modernlifeform replied
:D
thank you, that is really what I was aiming for, glad it came through :D
redqueenself
What a sassy, trouble maker, friendly look you captured!
lilibird
I just stumbled across this, and yes, your work is really beautiful, but what’s really got me feeling odd is, she looks like me! Wierd! Even my son says so! I wonder if we’re related???
Tracey-Anne Pryke
just awesome…you are an inspiration
modernlifeform replied
:) thanks again. That portrait made her cry and give me a big hug, which is completely out of character for her, usually really professional. SO I was happy with that :P
Linda Callaghan
amazing work …...jaw dropping…what a talent!!!! fabulous portfolio
modernlifeform replied
:)
thank you
TheBlindHog
This is fantastic. She must have been very, very pleased. She is a lovely lady, as well.
ashesofgold
fantastically done….very good….looks so much like a pic…..all the best