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Old 06-07-2004, 10:46 AM   #1
Patricia Joyce Patricia Joyce is offline
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Jimmie,
Thanks for the closeup. I am restarting Christine on Stonehedge (after your advice) and will attempt to work as you suggested back and forth between hard and soft pencils. I have some soft gray. Have you ever seen Stonehenge in white? I know my son and daughter-in-law want their portraits on white paper but I can't find one that I like. The best portraits I have done, in Tony Ryder's class and Brandon, have been on toned Stonehenge. Maybe I should stubbornly stick with what works.

This particular portrait of yours is such a great one for me to study. Your work always inspires me.

Thanks
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Old 06-08-2004, 09:46 AM   #2
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Thank you Sharon and Jean.

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Have you ever seen Stonehenge in white? I know my son and daughter-in-law want their portraits on white paper but I can't find one that I like
Patricia,

I have only used white once, it was for my self portrait.

It may not look so by my picture, but it's much brighter than on screen. I personally would not use it for sensitive portraits, unless I wanted higher contrast. You may want to practice on a small piece of it first before doing a full drawing. I think I bought mine online, (Dick Blick?) some places offer a sampler pack, just ask if white is an option. If they let you chose the paper, try also Stonehenge's fawn colored paper. "katrina" is on fawn, but the color is nicer than what you see here on screen.

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Old 06-08-2004, 10:35 AM   #3
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I've seen (should say studied!) your self-portrait in the past. It is an incredible piece. Good to know Stonehenge does come in white. Think I will look for the fawn color, too.
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