Thursday, October 2, 2008

Braving the Desert


Pastels on Canson paper, 18" x 24"
NFS
Rendered in a limited palette. Application of pastels move from very heavy to lose, allowing untouched paper to work into the portrait.
I took a lot of breaks while doing this painting as I didnt want to overwork. I simply walked away from it from time to time and as with most of my works, was done standing at my easle. This eliminates the tendency to fuss over unnecessary details.

1 comment:

Anonymous said...

wow. this is an amazing piece, tina.
i would know him in a flash if i saw him walking down the street. how noble looking!