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Published: 2007-10-22 01:10:32 +0000 UTC; Views: 13499; Favourites: 423; Downloads: 251
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Description Moses

in an effort to constantly become a better artist, I have attempted to merge my contour drawings and my value drawings.

I am very pleased with the result... but why stop here? I have but scratched the surface of what you can do. Though I am proud of this, it hardly stands up to the original Moses statue by Michelangelo.

size: 42"x30"
material: charcoal pencil and white pastel
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Comments: 69

Winnetah [2011-11-15 15:21:14 +0000 UTC]

It;s simply brilliant! I love the effect of the pastel and charcoal...but the background is the simple paper?

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RuBen-S [2011-06-14 22:59:13 +0000 UTC]

good detail!
good job!

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RuBen-S [2011-06-14 22:59:13 +0000 UTC]

good detail!
good job!

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spuzvabob [2010-09-23 09:07:27 +0000 UTC]

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napoleoman In reply to spuzvabob [2010-09-24 17:49:51 +0000 UTC]

thanks!

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YbullStudio [2010-06-19 00:35:37 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful!

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MMKeene [2010-03-20 20:46:44 +0000 UTC]

In a good way.

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MMKeene [2010-03-20 20:46:34 +0000 UTC]

I'm appauled.

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Chriistiie [2010-03-09 18:23:31 +0000 UTC]

very good

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Kvdoglover [2009-12-16 05:51:43 +0000 UTC]

Wow...This is incredible!

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RyanHentz [2009-11-03 05:30:50 +0000 UTC]

This is my absolute favorite piece of sculpture and you've made it look awesome.

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emmarose23 [2009-08-02 01:21:54 +0000 UTC]

i love this.


what kind of paper/board did you use...?

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napoleoman In reply to emmarose23 [2009-08-03 17:03:17 +0000 UTC]

I almost always use Arches Buff Cover paper.

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emmarose23 In reply to napoleoman [2009-08-04 02:00:10 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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Cynic-Al [2009-02-04 21:18:17 +0000 UTC]

This is one of my very favorites in your gallery, great work, congrats!

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rob006 [2009-01-16 03:01:07 +0000 UTC]

incredible. You captured the intense gaze perfectly

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The-Loiterer [2009-01-13 06:42:35 +0000 UTC]

Beautiful

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artdh13 [2009-01-08 01:16:45 +0000 UTC]

great!!!

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TheTreeOfLife [2008-12-18 11:46:02 +0000 UTC]

i love those curves. good work

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genkaku-kun [2008-12-10 06:01:17 +0000 UTC]

It is a more striking image, putting the two together.

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ImmortalCorpse [2008-12-08 16:47:30 +0000 UTC]

You should be very proud of yourself....very impressive drawing....keep it up and one day you may reach Michelangello's skill

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napoleoman In reply to ImmortalCorpse [2008-12-08 23:07:37 +0000 UTC]

thank you!

Emphasis on *may* one day reach Michelangelo's skill... heh. Theoretically possible but doubtful

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McSho [2008-11-24 15:56:02 +0000 UTC]

Your work is amazing and inspiring. What type of paper do you use?

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napoleoman In reply to McSho [2008-11-24 17:35:10 +0000 UTC]

I almost always use Arches Cover Buff paper.

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McSho In reply to napoleoman [2008-11-25 14:32:45 +0000 UTC]

Thank you. I have been so inspired by your work. Do you do any blending, and if so what do you use?

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napoleoman In reply to McSho [2008-12-08 23:10:06 +0000 UTC]

It really depends... since I mainly use vine charcoal I do almost all the blending with my hands... but I do have a paper blender stick. This particular image was different because it incorporated the white pastel or conte... so I really hand to blend it to make it look how I wanted it to. Still... I think I only used my hands on this image... and an eraser...

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McSho In reply to napoleoman [2008-12-09 16:14:37 +0000 UTC]

Thank you so much for this information. The vine charcoal and conte mixed create fantastic tones. I can't wait to try blending with my fingers!

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circathomas05 [2008-11-03 16:52:38 +0000 UTC]

Geez... Amazing.

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nogoodnickavailable [2008-11-03 16:05:51 +0000 UTC]

omg that's simply great.
are you studing art?

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napoleoman In reply to nogoodnickavailable [2008-11-03 17:45:13 +0000 UTC]

Yes. I am about to graduate from the UCF art program

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blacksheep303 [2008-11-03 08:26:54 +0000 UTC]

thats incredible! when i saw the thumbnail of it i thought it was a photo...

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napoleoman In reply to blacksheep303 [2008-11-03 17:53:48 +0000 UTC]

thank you

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nexusia27 [2008-10-28 23:08:17 +0000 UTC]

wonderful, i wish i could draw like u one day...

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hakimvansoffthewall [2008-08-26 05:54:34 +0000 UTC]

wowowowowowowwowow
i can almost touch it.
amazing.

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medaimljeka [2008-08-21 08:54:01 +0000 UTC]

great drawing!

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CuervoToT [2008-07-03 21:37:22 +0000 UTC]

aaaaaaa todos mis dibujos no tiene color ...T~T, les quiero dar color o sombra pero no me sale quiero hacerolo a tu estilo, que utilizas, yo trato con colores charcoal pero no me sale, para dar luz, se contamina el blanco y no da el efecto que quiero, porfavor ayudame T~T .... porfavor ayuda a un artista mediocre como yo, dime que utilizas para dar esa luz y esa sombra es goauche o que utilizas para dar color, sobra y luz????????
como le ases pintas primero todo el dibujo con blanco coarchoal y despues le das sombra o como??

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CuervoToT [2008-07-03 21:36:15 +0000 UTC]

aaaaaaa todos mis dibujos no tiene color ...T~T, les quiero dar color o sombra pero no me sale quiero hacerolo a tu estilo, que utilizas, yo trato con colores charcoal pero no me sale, para dar luz, se contamina el blanco y no da el efecto que quiero, porfavor ayudame T~T .... porfavor ayuda a un artista mediocre como yo, dime que utilizas para dar esa luz y esa sombra es goauche o que utilizas para dar color, sobra y luz????????

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LightClear [2008-04-11 22:55:39 +0000 UTC]

E X T R A O R D I N A R Y!

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boredpeanuts [2008-03-28 01:23:50 +0000 UTC]

you should have been born on renaissance
- you'd be a good friend to michelangelo

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AglioPh0bia [2008-03-28 00:50:24 +0000 UTC]

This is amazing. You're really very talented.

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Hkohles [2008-02-29 13:13:40 +0000 UTC]

Now this looks amazing. I am very glad I went and looked into your gallery and seen art like yours. I think its about time I sat down and fiddled with the old charcoal set again lol thank you and good job!

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wynnter89 [2008-01-15 04:29:59 +0000 UTC]

thats incredible !

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GERMZ18 [2008-01-12 19:58:52 +0000 UTC]

AMAZING THIS IS! SO DID U ATCUALLY OUTLINE EVERY ASPECT DETAIL THEN SHADE?

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napoleoman In reply to GERMZ18 [2008-03-28 20:52:28 +0000 UTC]

yeah... this one probably took 20 - 30 hours to do because of the size.

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roxination [2008-01-02 22:35:42 +0000 UTC]

I dig it!

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LychiCambess [2007-12-30 23:27:14 +0000 UTC]

why does moses have bunny ears? :<

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napoleoman In reply to LychiCambess [2008-01-01 06:31:14 +0000 UTC]

They are actually horns. The original sculpture has them as well. It was because of a mistranslation from the Hebrew source. The description of Moses descending from the mountain could have either been talking about horns on his head or rays of knowledge around him. That's why the iconography associated with Moses is usually the 10 commandments and horns.

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LychiCambess In reply to napoleoman [2008-01-01 06:44:18 +0000 UTC]

that's awesome!

I have no way of segueing that to make myself look mature but I like your art

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queenofdachickens [2007-12-11 07:32:46 +0000 UTC]

amazing

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DNAngela [2007-12-11 05:47:55 +0000 UTC]

The details in the shading are so accurate I just can't express the intricacy in words.

Wow.

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