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Listen, jerk, when I tell you to come, you better come. Advanced criticism and professional advice are strongly encouraged.
The artwork featured in this submission is a mixed media rendering of actor Peter Billingsley as the character Ralphie Parker from the 1983 Bob Clark film A Christmas Story. The illustration was rendered on a 12 inch by 9 inch sheet of vellum Bristol, utilizing both graphic pencils and charcoal.
A little earlier, I submitted an alternate Peter Billingsley in Mixed Media as a follow-up to a piece from last year, Peter Billingsley in Graphites. My mixed media was panned by several of you, and rightly so. I had hoped for something better, but the end result was very mediocre. In my efforts to phase pencils out of my tools in favor of charcoal, my work has suffered. I suppose I also had weak source material to work from and a limited workspace.
It is not my desire to become like those who pass off garbage and expect to be celebrated for it. To make up for my earlier failure, I've done this piece as a supplemental. It is my hope that this rendering makes up for my weaker entry.
In the meantime, I am trying to figure out what formulas worked in my better works of the past and how I was able to marry pencils and charcoal. The reasons why I try to phase pencils out of my tools is because of tendency to reflect light, which is an utter burden when I need to scan the work for submission. In previous pieces, I attempted to limit my pencils to only B and charcoals. With this piece, I have returned to using a fair range of soft pencils and charcoal.
I appreciate your visit and I wish you a safe and pleasant holiday.
PROJECT #377
Comments are welcome, but please mind your language.
The artwork featured in this submission is a mixed media rendering of actor Peter Billingsley as the character Ralphie Parker from the 1983 Bob Clark film A Christmas Story. The illustration was rendered on a 12 inch by 9 inch sheet of vellum Bristol, utilizing both graphic pencils and charcoal.
A little earlier, I submitted an alternate Peter Billingsley in Mixed Media as a follow-up to a piece from last year, Peter Billingsley in Graphites. My mixed media was panned by several of you, and rightly so. I had hoped for something better, but the end result was very mediocre. In my efforts to phase pencils out of my tools in favor of charcoal, my work has suffered. I suppose I also had weak source material to work from and a limited workspace.
It is not my desire to become like those who pass off garbage and expect to be celebrated for it. To make up for my earlier failure, I've done this piece as a supplemental. It is my hope that this rendering makes up for my weaker entry.
In the meantime, I am trying to figure out what formulas worked in my better works of the past and how I was able to marry pencils and charcoal. The reasons why I try to phase pencils out of my tools is because of tendency to reflect light, which is an utter burden when I need to scan the work for submission. In previous pieces, I attempted to limit my pencils to only B and charcoals. With this piece, I have returned to using a fair range of soft pencils and charcoal.
I appreciate your visit and I wish you a safe and pleasant holiday.
PROJECT #377
Comments are welcome, but please mind your language.
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Category Artwork (Traditional) / Human
Species Mammal (Other)
Size 800 x 584px
File Size 146.3 kB
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