I have been working on doing my portraits for various classes. I am currently enrolled in two Suzi Blu classes ("Angels" and "The Goddess and Poet") and "Pursuing Portraits" with Pam Carriker. I finally broke down and ordered a set of the portrait Pan Pastel colors. I love working with pastels and am looking forward to trying these out. My Creation of Adam was done completely in Charcoal and Soft Pastels.




I originally had decided to do the Delphic Sibyl (I love Michelangelo's work) but ended up doing this piece. I had to find a book to take the image from as images from the net sometimes distort the colors. After picking the image, I had to "grid" it out. Once I had the grid done, I then had to make a larger image as the final piece. After drawing the grid on drawing paper, I then filled the grid in to match the original grid of the smaller image. For this assignment, one of the parameters was that we had to use dry media for the color. I decided on pastels. I used many different pastels (pencils and soft pastels) to color it. It took me 6 weeks from beginning to end to finish this piece (and I was still rushed to complete the piece).

Here is the original image of the "Creation of Adam" by Michelangelo.

Here is my second sketch for the class "The Goddess and Poet". All these sketches have been done using graphite drawing pencils (2H, HB, 2B, and 3B). I am really enjoying the class. If you are interested in doing faces, you should take a Paulette Insall and Suzi Blu class.

I am currently taking two Suzi Blu classes "The Goddess and Poet" and "Angels". Here are the sketches I have done for the first week of the class. I also posted some images of features that I have been practicing.