
This is one off my latest, completed in yellow ochres and with purple hues...
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Here is one of my latest pieces, a little baby sucking on her hands. Below is the first charcoal layer. At first I was not sure what colour to do the under painting and then began leaning towards something neutral like ochre, similar to the apples I did previously.
I decided on a coral ochre under painting to the charcoal for a soft finish.
And here is the finished piece below. The pink ochre gives the piece a warm and soft feeling, And it’s amazing how the combo of pink and brown pastels...
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I think I have reached a point where I know understand (to a sufficient degree) how to read the values in a photo/source material so that I can replicate it, in my style, using charcoal. The concept of reading values (lights, darks and their intensities) has been quite a learning experience. To a degree it’s not something I paid attention to much before because I tended to make up that part… and making it up seldom has the same effect as knowing how to replicate the real thing…
With that...
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