This piece was done in 1 hour on A3 with soft pastel, this work was done as a study on tone and value of the skin, the setup consisted of strong purple light contrasting strong orange light creating a clash of two colours on the skin. The vantage point was chosen due to its large focal point of the terminator line running down the models back.
Overall this drawing’s colour choice works well, limiting the colour choice between a few strong tonal pastels which complimented each other allowed the hue and contrast of the colours on the body work well together and describes the shape of the figure, an overlay of white pastel was used to emphasize the body shape due to the lack of shadows being in a highly lit situation.
Overall this drawing’s colour choice works well, limiting the colour choice between a few strong tonal pastels which complimented each other allowed the hue and contrast of the colours on the body work well together and describes the shape of the figure, an overlay of white pastel was used to emphasize the body shape due to the lack of shadows being in a highly lit situation.
Unfortunately even chose as the main focal point of the drawing, one of the lesser points of the drawing is the terminator line, due to it being a darker tone than the rest of the piece. This catches the eye immediately and looks out of place. The terminator also implies a line which can be mistaken as the back of the model which instinctively makes the body feel out of proportion.
