new pastel portrait

[daarken]

i did this one on wednesday in my class. soft rembrandt pastels on bfk rives paper 18x24. let me know what you think! thanks

http://www.daarken.com/FlashPage/Paintings/portrait.jpg

[Deth Jester]

dude your control with pastels is awesome... its almost rediculous.... keep em coming..

peace.

how much time did you spend on this one..
also what kind of pastels are you using..

[daarken]

thanks deth! i think this was about a 4 hour pose, but that includes all the breaks in between...so probably only 3 hours working. i am using the 45 set of soft rembrandt pastels.

[MindCandyMan]

daarken this is really life like. Awesome awesome awesome. Great work man...fantastic.