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Study and Teach Fine Art Techniques Charcoal and Pencil Drawings - Techniques by J.D. Hillberry Topic #317

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mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
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Dec-29-02, 09:36 PM ()

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""Old Lady""

Hello all. This is a work in progress. It's about 1/4 to 1/2 complete, and about 45 hours of time so far. I was on the old forum but I was informed by J.D.H that I would get more responses and exposure if I switched. Thanks for the tip J.D.
All comments or suggestions are welcomed. R.C.D.

Marc Forest

Member since Aug-23-02
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Jan-21-03, 01:56 PM ()

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1. "RE: "Old Lady""

This Drawing is Outstanding!! Really, really Great! I'm assuming it's all Charcoal. You have done a great job capturing her expression. Nicely balanced (Highlight to shadow) 45 hours so far? How far do you plan to take her? What's your final vision for this piece?

Marc Forest.
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mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
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Jan-21-03, 03:04 PM ()

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Hey Mark, thanks for the praise. You do some pretty awesome work yourself! Actually it's 100% Graphite. I plan to finisher her all the way. I'm just now getting into the "Fun" part of her...(all the wrinkles) now that most of the difficult area is done. Her mouth was a bit of a challenge. The more I studied it, the more I began to realize how elderly people's "Lips" appear to be "Painted" on. I figure around 50-60 more hours. I finally have a buyer for it which of course puts it on the priority list. I'll post it as soon as it's complete. Cheers!
R.C. Dominguez

gleninca

Member since Dec-23-02
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Jan-26-03, 11:23 PM ()

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3. "RE: "Old Lady""

This is looking terrific,I love the way the glasses magnify the wrinkles around her eyes, looking forward to seeing her finished.

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Nature is not something that can be seen by the eye alone- it lies also within the soul, in pictures seen by the inner eye.
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mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
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Jan-29-03, 11:13 PM ()

4. "RE:"

Hi gleninca, thanks for your kind words. I'm impressed. Your the first one to notice the "magnification" in her glasses. The unique multitude of highlights and halftones were the main reason I decided to draw her. To me, it's one of the things that seperate likeness from realism. I'll probably be finished with her sometime in March.
Cheers! R.C. Dominguez

dhesse

Member since Dec-27-02
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Jan-29-03, 11:38 PM ()

5. "RE: "Old Lady""

You have such an incredible talent!! You are so awesome when it comes to rendering wrinkles!!

Impressive work as always!

Thank you
D.L. Hesse
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mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
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Jan-31-03, 00:37 AM ()

6. "RE: "Old Lady""

Wow! What else can I say? Thank you very much!

R.C. Dominguez

Bella

Member since Sep-13-02
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Jan-31-03, 10:43 AM ()

7. "RE: "Old Lady""

I have to agree with Dhesse.....I think you have really done an exellent job on the wrinkles.

He who works with his hands is a laborer. He who works with his hands and his head is a craftsman. He who works with his hands and his head and his heart is an artist.
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Rain
Member since Jan-31-03
24 posts,

Feb-05-03, 11:31 AM ()

8. "RE: "Old Lady""

Oh my gosh the detail is so amazing.... Even the glasses are a "work of art" alone...You can tell you spent that much time on it.... Total devotion! I hope to try to draw and elderly person one day and I hope to just come close in adding the lines and detail you have.....Amazing job.

mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
37 posts, 2 feedbacks,

Feb-06-03, 11:17 PM ()

9. "RE: "Old Lady""

Hi Bella, Thanks for the kind words. I hope to be finished with this project in a couple months.
R.C. Dominguez.

mentisman1

Member since Dec-29-02
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Feb-06-03, 11:55 PM ()

10. "RE:"

Wow! Thanks Rain, for the huge compliment. I saw your Jim Morrison and thought... What are you talking about? You're ready to draw elderly people now!
I can understand how someone can be intimidated by considering reproducing something with so many tone & value variations. Then I thought back to the first time I tried to draw a portrait. It was a drawing of my nephew, age 6 months. I took me a little over a month to complete. The one thing I never really considered was how long each piece took me to finish. Until I tried my first elderly person. To me, it was a whole new experience. As humans, we communicate more than verbally. And after looking at my first drawing of an old indian man, I understood the emotion being conveyed by the lines in his face. Lines of strain, stress, pain, joy, and happiness all at once. I guess that's when I became "Hooked" on portriature of the elderly. I apologize if the scan takes forever to load, (if you have 56k) but I wanted to give everyone an upclose view. Trying to keep the fine lighter area's around the eye from becoming dark (graphite dust) was a real pain, but I was optomistic that it would pay off. Unfortunately, to this day, I have not found a way to speed up the rendering of wrinkles. I know of other techniques for other parts of the portrait, but for now I just draw very slow and deliberate, only drawing a very small portion at a time. I frequently stop and check my perspective in relation to the original or photo. Hope I didn't ramble too much. lol
Cheers! R.C. Dominguez

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