Wednesday, October 18, 2017

Self at 58

charcoal and white conte crayon 25" x 16"

I was intrigued with the idea of being quite honest about getting older. So here I am.

I used two small mirrors to get this view, and boy, was it hard to keep my face in the same position! I had to keep moving my head to check my drawing's progress from a bit of a distance. For a long time it seemed I was drawing sections of my face that didn't line up with each other. 

3 comments:

  1. Taryn - this is a really nice sp. We are all getting older and we must embrace that! You did it!

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  2. Beautiful, emotional drawing. Interesting to me that no matter the medium, an artist's style comes through. I love the feel of charcoal and conte, but can't get used to pastel.
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