11"x14"
Pastel on Stonehenge
When I saw this little boy, he was was shyly standing with his grandmother and he was just beautiful. He posed so sweetly, at least I thought that until I started drawing this pose, making the cheek/neck differentiation was the big challenge here. At the end of December this was the first piece that I was working on after organizing all my pastels by value, so I was working hot and heavy on this portrait
This was an experiment for me, as 1) initially he was quite pale, he has that very light porcelain complexion, but I felt he was colorless. So I got bolder and added more color, especially on the shadow side (appears more in real life) and he suddenly felt like he could talk to me.
I haven't visited your blog for several days and I can see you've done some beautiful paintings. You've captured this little one's innocence. It's really a beautiful portrait.
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