- A Portrait in Pencil -

I did this drawing last week at The Red Bluff Art Gallery from a small color photo. It's of an artist that shows at the gallery. She is close to 90 years and commutes by car from California to an Eastern state, a couple of times a year. Pretty amazing! I used a 6b graphite stick (wood-less pencil) on smooth bristol board paper, with a felt stump and kneaded eraser.




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MR. FRANK KITCHEN - REVISITED

Using the same photo reference, I tried a new type of pastel set. It looks like makeup in shallow wide mouth jars and you apply it with chammy covered plastic palette knives. The board is masonite that is coated with a tinted sandpaper finish that really grabs the pastel. I spent about five hours on this one, but am pretty happy with it. Let me know what you think of it. Thanks.

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