Sunday, August 14, 2011

CHARCOAL AND CHALK PORTRAIT

TYLER

TYLER, DETAIL
This was a sweet young man, the son of one of the artists in our group.  He kindly consented to pose for us when our model couldn't make it to class.  He was shy, slightly embarrassed, and a wonderful model.  I chose a 3/4 view to sketch and grey newsprint paper.  We used a strong light to get enough contrast for a good portrait.  I chose to call him "Tyler", which is not his real name,of course! I am not sure I got his ears perfectly aligned, or even the right size. I am rather pleased with the results, however.

3 comments:

Anonymous said...

This looks a lot like my son when he was 15. Nice drawing.

Anonymous said...

He also favors our friend Janeen. Forgot to tell you that this afternoon.

Rose Altom said...

You're right! Do you suppose my model is related? I did a life study once (that's nude) for a class and the model turned out to be my sister-in-law's twin sister! Embarrassing!!