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"Astronomer" 11"x14" pencil, "Krista" 11"x14" pencil

"Astronomer" is a study for a painting that I decided to take a bit further and turn into a complete work. It's lit with daylight rated flourescent lamps. My approach is the same one that I learned when drawing plaster casts. I paid careful attention to the variety of textures, the fullness of the individual forms, and the overall direction and sweep of the light. It will need a little  more work in the background before it's completed. The portrait is a block-in study of my daughter which will eventually be transferred to a canvas. I'm really working hard in the block-in to make sure my perspective, anatomy, and shadow shapes are exactly what I need them to be before I start the painting. One more drawing session should do it.