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I do pencil, charcoal and pastel
I work in public doing charcoal, pencil and pastel. They are 10 minute drawings in pencil and charcoal, and 20 minutes in pastel. Why so fast? Well, the average person can't pose any longer than that. I don't really hurry, that is just how long it takes. If I take longer, the fdwings are just overworked. My philosophy - draw it once and draw it right. Each line is final. I draw in pencil using a sand block to give my pencil a chiseled point.
I love drawing. Some days I will draw 30 or 40 portraits. Charcoal was my first medium in public. It is so immediate. I did nothing but charcoals for ten years, every day, all day. Then I figured out pastels.
Pencil was my very first medium as a child in art sccool. Ironically, it was the last drawing medium to master. My pencil drawings are simple, unsmudged, sanded-tip drawings and take about five to ten minutes.
I hope to learn about portrait painting in oil from these masters in this forum. Maybe soon I will have something to post.
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