Lady Henegham

A Hans Holbein, the younger study over one of his pastel portraits, The Lady Henegham. Since I had only a black and white reference of the drawing I went loose on the colors, taking as reference his other portraits and the costumes of the time but not letting myself completely locked by it. In the end it took me so long to choose a color for the dress that I lost interest in the drawing and didn't finish it appropriately.

I used the smooth side of the Mi-teintes paper this time and it was very pleasing. It allows for a smoother drawing without much stumping and I can achieve finer details as well.

Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes, a little larger than A4.

"Maniere noir" study

A pencil study for a maniere noir lithograph.

Jsmael Mengs

Another Mengs study, this time of his father's portrait. I decided not to smooth it out with a brush and left the pigment pure with the paper breathing beneath it. I think I like it better this way.

Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes, a tad larger than A4

Mengs

This is a self-portrait by the german painter Anton Raphael Mengs. Decided to copy a few paintings in between drawing the portraits so to not lose the familiarity with the colors and to study them from old masters too. If you don't look at the original it actually looks decent. Except the head now looks kinda big.

Pastel on canson mi-teintes, a little larger than A4.

Uncle

Another quick pencil study for my next pastel portrait.

Pastel #4

Study started at class then finished at home.
24x30 cm

Couldn't find the name of the photographer, picture was torn from the newspaper.

Katrine

Portrait of a friend that lives in Corsica.

Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes

Gustav Woogsmeister

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