Charcoal studies

Couple of charcoal studies, first from life, two friends I study with, done with vine charcoal and charcoal pencil. Last is a Hans Holbein copy done with charcoal pencil.

Pastel Portrait - Fernanda

Took me about 3 months from start to finish, mainly because of the blouse pattern which would have me simply not do anything for days until I regained courage to continue. Some WIPs of this over at the portuguese version.

Pastel on paper, 50x70 cm

Jurgen Gustav Woogglesforth

Portrait of a friend.Wish I had used the smoother side.


Pastel on Canson Mi-teintes, a tad larger than A3.

New Lithographs

A more refined and a more experimental approach for these 2 lithographs I did this semester. I wanted to experiment all the way but I could only manage to give up the details when I had almost no time left, which resulted in the man with the guitar. The tusche wash didn't come out as I'd hope it would but it was a very fast work so that's a victory to me at least.

The first one was inspired by the Carl Sagan book The Demon-Haunted World, representing science as a candle (or lamp) in the dark. More works on this theme will come on a different technique, copperplate etching and engraving.

Digital Woodcut

A digital illustration for an independent CD cover. I was supposed to simulate a Woodcut.

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