Hello,
Here is my first pass at one of the pretty ladies
This is done with soft pastels on ‘back of cereal box’ paper (just did not have the confidence to waste good art paper)

C & C are welcome
Thanks Lauren for hosting this Potraiture Challenge!!

Look forward to working on the others as well..

Thank you, Lauren, for starting the challenges again. I have been looking forward to them and was worried it wouldn’t come back.

Sunil, good try on the cereal box. I used to do all my soft pastel work on cardboard boxes too when I first started and they last well.

First one is pencil and second one is Mungyo oil pastel in 6×9 inch Fabriano Artist Journal.

Thanks Lauren for posting the challenge… after a few months hiatus, I’m trying to get back to drawing and painting on a regular basis and this was a fun way to do that!

Sunil and Sandra, in both of your pastels I particularly like the colours in the dress.

Here’s my attempt at Edith in pencil. Even though I didn’t really get her likeness (and aged her 10 years :P) I’m pretty happy with how it turned out. I struggle with how to “fade off” a drawing though, and think that could have probably been done better. C&C’s welcome.

Cindy

Cindy, you did a good job on Edith’s picture. I’d like to draw her too, but it is not an easy one. She does look a bit older and I think you’re right when you talk about softening the lines. Esp. those around the mouth and nose. And what about rounding her left cheek just a bit more ?
Your handling of the fur and sweater is beautiful, I love how you hatched the darker part of her cloth and how you left the fur rendering hardly touched by the pencil.

My first post on Wet Canvas and I’m excited to be involved. Always kind of doodled but decided to learn oil painting a few months ago. Here is my first preliminary sketch to add to the mix. A few size/proportion/value issues of course but I like the source material. Will do another with corrections and then an oil sketch.

Graphite 4″x5.5″

Cedargrove it’s a delicate drawing true to the feeling of the original work. I especialy like her right hand, her fingers are so elegant !

Donna, it looks promising. Thank you for teasing !

Whow! Interesting interpretations. Great work.

Here’s my progress report. Much more to do, but I think there has been progress.

Also, I like to learn a little something about the artist while I’m doing a copy. I could not find much on this one. But the artist has different spellings for last name and is better known as Yuri Yakovlevich Leman. This original is known as
Handicraft, was painted in 1887 and is at Tretyakov Gallery, Moscow, Russia / The Bridgeman Art Library. http://www.bridgemanart.com/en-GB/asset/137574/leman-yuri-yakovlevich-1834-1901/handicraft-1887-oil-on-canvas?search_context=%7B%22url%22%3A%22http%3A%5C%2F%5C%2Fwww.bridgemanart.com%5C%2Fen-GB%5C%2Flightbox%5C%2F2001011%5C%2Fdefault%5C%2Fview%22%2C%22num_results%22%3A1%2C%22item_index%22%3A1%2C%22search_type%22%3A%22lightbox%22%2C%22lightbox_id%22%3A%222001011%22%7D