Gustav Woogsmeister

Pencil drawing for my next pastel. Portrait of a friend.

Pastel #2

This is my first real drawing with pastels that came before the little boy's face on the previous post. It was based off a Colins Vincent painting but I don't advise you to compare them both. The neck looks awfully long. I was eager to try the colors and didn't finish the drawing correctly first. I used a brush to smooth the colors throughout the entire process but after a while the pigment would just fall off altogether instead of fixate and mix. It was a good start to get the feeling of the medium but I don't intend to finish it. I used pastels of the brand Toison D'or and a regular Canson paper. All of the following pastels (including the previous posted one) will be made with Rembrandt pastels on Canson Mi-teintes paper.

Pastel

I took a Painting class this semester and am going to focus on Pastels. My main goal is to master the technique which I'll try mostly through portraits and move on to live model drawins later. This is my first study with a new set of pastels I got and my second ever pastel drawing. The drawing doesn't look very good but the colors sure are vibrant :)

Live Model

I've just recently began live model classes with a brazilian master painter called Lídio Bandeira de Mello. He taught at the National Academy of Fine Arts and most of my teachers to this day studied under him. It's a privilege to be his student not only because he's over 80 years old but also because he is a great person.

This is my first finished drawing, each session is 3 hours long and each pose lasts for 3 sessions. I couldn't finish shading so I brought it home and tried to darken it a bit, the back and the left leg mostly. I think a little more understanding of human anatomy could have given me a better result.

Pencil on paper, A2 size ( roughly 50x70cm )

PS: still ought to learn how to take pictures of b&w drawings.