Now available at Every Day Original
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Cryptids
"There is room for a little bit of fear."
6x8 chalk pastel original on paper.
Matted in a wooden 11x13 frame.
Every Day Original
Now available at Every Day Original
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Cryptids
"There is room for a little bit of fear."
6x8 chalk pastel original on paper.
Matted in a wooden 11x13 frame.
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Here is a 60sec sneak peak of my 5min demo video that accompanies my 11 page Process PDF Tutorial. With this Tutorial I explain how to use chalk pastels and demonstrate my method with a step-by-step guide in creating a black and white portrait. This is my June reward for my patrons on Patreon.
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This piece is titled "Fae" .It is a 4x6 chalk pastel piece on BFK Rives paper. It will be framed and matted and available at Every Day Original Sun., July 10th 11am EST. http://everydayoriginal.com
4x6 chalk pastel on BFK RIves paper. Available on May 10th at EveryDayOriginal.com. Check out my Newsletter for the price and frame dimension details.
This was a good challenge for me. I normally like doing portraits with dark hair, because the face is framed nicely with all that dark contrast. With this one I really had to control the values of the skin. I also wanted to have Peter Pan dirty since he was such a wild child, which adds more to the challenge for the skin tone. The old black and white 1954 film Lord of the Flies was very helpful reference for that dirty mud child look. You may also notice that Peter's eye seems to be brighter than the rest of the illustration. With my greyscale pastels, I usually prefer to use cold grey colors. However, with the pupil I used a warm light grey to give it some extra life.
"To die would be an awfully big adventure."
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Geillis is now live for sale at EveryDayOriginal.com!
6.5x5 chalk pastel on BFK Rives paper
10x12 frame w/ matte
$250
Every Day Original was at Society of Illustrator's MoCCA Art Festival in NY this past weekend with my "Furiosa" piece for sale. 4x6 original chalk pastel in a metal frame.
See a quick 15 sec process video here.
Nymph was sold before I had a chance to post about it. But I still wanted to share it. 4x6 chalk pastel in 5x7 frame. Matted with UV Glass for $190. Sold at EveryDayOriginal.com
Rasputina is currently for sale at EveryDayOriginal.com. 4x6 original chalk pastel matted in 5x7 Frame with UV Protection Glass. I love this new glass. It reflects less and the clarity is so much better. Almost looks like there is no glass between you and the artwork.
"Ultramarine" will go live for sale at EveryDayOriginal.com Oct 10th, at 10am EST. 4x6 chalk pastel on BFK Rives Paper matted in a 7x9 frame.
Swift will go on sale tomorrow at EveryDayOriginal.com at 10am EST. I encourage you to sign up for my eNewsletter. Every month I include the piece and its sale price.
I really wanted to just focus on what I enjoy most out of every portrait I create. I love finding shapes that I can mold into a lovely face. I smooth out soft tones that play against hard lines like in the hair. And of course I love punching in those highlights :)
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I start all my portraits off very vague and slowly try to find a drawing within my shapes. Sometimes I find inspiration from music or possibly what movie or audiobook I'm listening to. This past week I caught up on the TV series Outlander (also a great book series) playing on Starz, which features female heroine Claire Beauchamp Fraser. So unintentionally my drawing ended up reflecting a lot of Caitriona Balfe's features. :)