Portrait Class Week 3

This week Pina showed us another technique, where the whole paper was ground in charcoal and we either rubbed away or used white conte to indicate the light bits and darkened the shadows. This is similar to most pastel techniques, as pastel is usually done on coloured paper, as the mid-tone. She also wanted us to focus on the dramatic lighting. Our model was Claire from Glasgow. Claire is travelling the world and making some money through modelling. She is petite but has a lovely face with high cheekbones. Her accent is typical Glaswegian but after having visited numerous times now, I have no trouble understanding her. Claire also has lovely neck/ shoulder bones (really should have paid attention to their anatomical names).