Supporter ♥︎ Sue
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Studio Points
Emerging Artist
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Charcoal Portrait
This is a portrait of my first Grandson. It is also my first attempt with charcoal in a portrait. I had fun doing this one. It was a lot less stressful and time consuming than the ones I do in graphite. Definitely room for improvement, like working on midtones but im pretty happy with the outcome.
Vyshnav, Virat and 4 others2 Comments-
Suzanne this is such a beautiful and gentle portrait. You captured the softness of the face and the peaceful expression so well. For a first charcoal portrait this is genuinely impressive. Charcoal is not easy to control but you handled the transitions with a very calm hand.
And yes midtones will naturally get smoother as you keep… Read more -
🥹Wow thank you, such beautiful words. Thank you
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A recent portrait
This is my most recent portrait done in graphite, im terrible at drawing hair i dread it i feel it ruins my portraits, and drawing every one bald doesnt go over so well.
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Hey Suzanne! 😊
You did a really lovely job on this portrait. The features look soft and expressive, and you’ve captured a warm feeling in her eyes.
And don’t worry about the hair at all. Hair is one of the hardest things for every artist in the beginning. The trick is to think of it as groups of shapes, not individual strands. Once you start… Read more -
Thank you Ali, for your kind words and encouragement! This is a picture of my friends daughter who passed away 3 years ago . I presented her with the portrait last night and she cried. She said “ my baby”, and broke down in tears and hugged me ☺️.
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