Calum in pastels

[Margaret Ferguson]

Just finished this one for his parents.

[Thomasin Dewhurst]

That's very nice too, Margaret. I like the way you have shaped the hair and the super drawing as well as the solidity in the face and neck. There's a real beauty to the line of the left cheek and chin and under right jaw. Lovely!!

[Margaret Ferguson]

Thank you..I had an interesting experience with this one; thought I'd better apply fixative as the picture had to travel.
For the first time in my experience, it reacted poorly with the surface (Sansfix paper) and formed globules.
I had to spend another evening fixing it...here's a photo of the retouch. Just wondered if others have similar problems.

[Carlos Ygoa]

Margaret,
I was immediately attracted to how the blue in the background is reflected in the white of the boy

[Margaret Ferguson]

Thank you, Carlos for your comments.
I know what you mean about regarding the image as a whole.
I was advised to use a touch, even a dot, of a main colour in different sites on the paper , to pull the image together and create a flow.
It seems to work!

[Alexandra Tyng]

Margaret,

He has so much expression! Something subtle but very nice happened to his mouth in the re-touch. I like it even better, which is not always the case in situations like that. Thanks for posting the close-up. What remarkable skin tones! I agree that the blue color in the eyes is a brilliant touch. He seems to be visually absorbing his surroundings and reacting to what he sees (though we cannot see what he is reacting to).