Monday, November 22, 2010

Christophe

I did this portrait in a bistro while waiting for the salad. Christophe Curien is an painter/sculptor from Paris. He was concentrating on watching the drawing, so he has a rather serious expression.



I used two or three water-soluble colored pencils, and I painted the background with a water brush filled with fountain-pen ink.

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Thanks, Christophe and Michael. 
Christophe's website
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5 comments:

  1. tiffannysketchbookNovember 22, 2010 at 2:29 PM

    wonderful portrait

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  2. UnknownNovember 22, 2010 at 2:37 PM

    Wonderful!

    I was wondering: how often do you have to look at your subject while drawing, until the portrait is done?
    In other words: How far does an accomplished portraitist (as you are) have to go "reference-wise?"

    Short intervals? Long intervals?
    Something in between?

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  3. James GurneyNovember 22, 2010 at 8:06 PM

    Thanks, Tiffany. Richard, I don't know, really, but probably every ten or fifteen seconds or so. I think it depends what part of the portrait I'm working on.

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  4. Joseph MillerNovember 24, 2010 at 8:24 PM

    I was curious about the kind of water soluble pencils you use and what colors do you find that you use the most?

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  5. James GurneyDecember 11, 2010 at 11:43 AM

    Joseph,
    I use mainly Caran d'Ache pencils, in black and three or four browns. The water is from a Niji water brush. All very portable.

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