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Published: 2007-05-02 21:02:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 2756; Favourites: 50; Downloads: 2
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A portrait of Vicky. Thanks to Vicky for permission to use her photo! I wanted to capture the haunting look in her eyes. I also loved the "beach at twilight setting." I added a "V" to the pattern in her swimsuit.Colored Pencil on smooth bristol. 17"w x 14"h. Photo by Eric Law.
This piece has won:
1st Place - Livingston Fine Art Exhibition 2007
Original for sale $500 (prints also available)
All of my artwork is copyrighted. This means that ONLY I have the right to copy my artwork. If you would like to purchase a print from me, please visit my Etsy shop. Thanks!
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Comments: 33
wow that's really really awesome, it looks so real!
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wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooow
wooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooooo ooooooooooowwww
wow
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This is amazing! The bright blues you use in your pictures really stick out. Wonderful!
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Thanks a lot - I try to use a lot of vivid colors in my work - sometimes I have a hard time getting them with my camera, sometimes even the professional photographers as well!
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About how long does it take you to do one of these portraits?
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I don't count any more, but at least 100 hours. I just finished one, will post next week, it took about 5 weeks of work. I spent two days straight on it (about 20 hours) to finish it.
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Wow, that's what I call dedication!
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Ne tym, would luv 2 c more of her.
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The skin tones are incredible! I love that slightly impish look on her face, you've managed to capture that mischievous twinkle perfectly. The colors are brilliant, what sort of colored pencils do you use?
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Thanks again! I use Prismacolors. I haven't tried anything else yet...anyway, that is exactly what I was going for - provocative, mysterious, sensual, and what you said!
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Wow really? I have Prismas and love them to bits, but don't know how to mix skin tones nearly as realistic. What colors did you use for her face (if you can remember)?
Truly amazing indeed
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When I drew Vicky, I used (and I have to remember the pencil names correctly, since I'm not at home) Lt Peach for the base, and then Lt Umber on top of that, then I used Lt peach again to burnish, and recently I went back and burnished some more with Rosy Beige (the photo hasn't been updated, but her skin looks smoother now). For the darker areas of her skin, I added dark brown and dark umber to the lt umber, and burnished with lt umber. On my more recent portraits, the process involves a few more colors, believe it or not...
And thanks again
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Wow, so few! I'll have to try it some time, I find skin the hardest to do in colored pencil, my drawings always turn out cartoony
Didn't help that I tried to use a colorless blender on a self portrait... yeah, didn't work out so well
Thank you for the info!
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I tried using a colorless blender once, and even though it worked pretty well, I thought it would add and enhance the drawing more by using colors to blend with, and its worked very well!
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Beautiful work! Excellent job on the skin tones and the eyes.
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As much as I love my portrait, I deffinetly think this is your best one yet. Your eyes are improving greatly! Good job!
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Holy good god dean.. That's incredible..
Another job DAMN WELL DONE!
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Nice I love my Vicky. She's one of my best friends. Props to you for capturing her photo so well.
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Wow this is gorgeous. I really thought this was a photo from the thumbnail. Her eyes are simply beautiful
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