Charcoal Portrait

[Mischa Milosevic]

Simon, that is a weary nice thing to say thank you. I get quite attached to all my work and hate to part with any. Each time a commissioned peace leaves my home a part of me goes with it. I have visited your page and believe you know what I'm saying. Excellent work Simon!

[Ilaria Rosselli Del Turco]

Mischa, this is beautiful and velvety, and absolutely not kitsch despite the sentimental subject. For me the latter is the most difficult accomplishment, which I think is due to the perfect handling of the charcoal.
Just great work
Ilaria

PS; Micha,despite all my good intentions I only worked on one Bargue plate this summer, and must confess I did not enjoy it at all. I think I'll pick it up again. How do you reproduce the plates ?
I had photocopies not up to standard. Also what I found long and pointless was to claculate the placement of different drawings on the same plate, for example that one of the eyes.

[Mischa Milosevic]

Ilaria, thank you for the nice compliments. I will do my best to stay humble.

In answer to your Q: It is not easy to get a good reproduction from the book. I think the best way to do a good reproduction is to go to a print shop that has a professional quality scanner. The size if the reproduction should not be to big A4 size paper is fine. The fut, that is on my web page, is only 19cm tall. So, the reproduction should be the best that you can get in order to see the tonal values, half-tons, reflected lights and details.

If you care to join Paul's thread, or start one your self, I would be happy to walk you through the process.


Tom, I appreciate you taking the time and for sharing your observations with me. A sincere Thank You.