Wednesday 25 March 2009

Sculptor Jo Part 4: Oil Pastels

The saga of Sculptor Jo continues. The fine features of Sculptor Jo have proven a hard task to capture over the past four weeks. Following on from the modest success of last weeks oil pastel portraits. I decided to use the medium for a second time. In the picture below I'm making an effort to follow my teachers description of the drawing process. My portrait teacher describes the process of drawing in three stages:
Stage 1: Describe the subject as a 3D object using simple line. So if you were drawing a cow this would mean focusing on the out line and shapes that make up the cow.
Stage 2: Using shade and tone to describe the different planes of the object.
Stage 3: Finally you add the bells and whistles. This could be describing the texture or surface pattern of the subject. If the cow has spots you add these now.
I enjoy stage 3 far more than 1 and 2 so have a tendency to leap straight into pattern, with out building the structure first.

A more methodical Sculptor Jo (above) in oil pastels.

16 comments:

GlorV1 said...

The 3 steps given to you by your instructor are great instuctions. I actually don't do that at all but I may follow his instruction when next I paint. I think Sculptor Jo looks great. Thx for sharing.

Tess Kincaid said...

I like the simplicity of the face and lots of detail, almost movement in the hair!

mati said...

I love the depth, the details and the features of the face in profile! thanks

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