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A Ray

7 Jan 2009
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Comments: 15

This portrait is of my niece Angela Rae. Done with a Conte pierre noire sketch pencil on Canson charcoal paper.


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MaryML wrote
on 8 Jan 2009 12:30 AM

lovely!

artbyjoni wrote
on 8 Jan 2009 6:40 AM

wow this is stunning! Fabulous work!

Anonymous wrote
on 8 Jan 2009 6:46 AM

Great work - excelletn!  5 stars for sure.

lpiper2 wrote
on 8 Jan 2009 7:06 AM

Amazing.  Just curious, did you work from a photography or live?

Raleigh wrote
on 8 Jan 2009 1:11 PM

AWWWESOME

pennye2 wrote
on 9 Jan 2009 2:57 AM

This is really beautiful work.

johanne7 wrote
on 9 Jan 2009 12:02 PM

Wonderfully expressive.  I think the picture is exquisite and you should do more.  I take it that you did this from a photo, little children do not stay still long enough to be able to measure accurately.  This said, is the child's left cheek measured correctly?  It seems that the main cheek muscle needs to come up slightly or the right cheek is a little too wide.  I remember doing a large pastel painting of a child's head (18x24) and when my husband looked at it (he's a retired toolmaker) he said "Would you check and see if that left eye is about 1/4 inch too close to the nose?"  So another 10 hours later sure enough the eye was off and after correcting it I won a first prize in a juried show I  entered it in.  

Deirdre11 wrote
on 18 Jan 2009 1:13 AM

Beautifully drawn, you sure know your craft!

Bambootiger wrote
on 30 May 2009 3:25 PM

excellent details and values, and the hair is great

Brian Parker wrote
on 6 Jun 2009 4:46 PM

very beautifully done!!

on 6 Jun 2009 5:52 PM

My first thought was "OH MY" !        What a wonderful drawing.  What a delightful face.  I absolutely love it.  And just what was she/he thinking about reaching for?

cloriosso wrote
on 23 Jul 2009 5:37 PM

this really stands out from the others. What a delicate hand and careful eye

kostadin wrote
on 26 Oct 2009 8:14 PM

WOW!Incredible!

Margo5 wrote
on 15 Dec 2009 8:31 PM

This is so adorable. Nice gradation, lights, and darks.

on 27 Jan 2012 5:20 PM

Gwen:

Two of your drawings are not coming up on your page...Hal's kids and Lia & Clair.  I thought you'd want to know..  But seeing the drawing A Ray told me all I needed to know.  You are exceptional.  Most people who do not work in graphite do not realize how unforgiving the medium really is..  I, too am a pencil artist and drawing teacher. Let's compare notes.