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Hello to all,

These are 2 new drawings I

Oh, Carlos, I LOVE these drawings! They are all that drawings should be: expressive, lively, accurate. You know when to stop before the life goes out of a drawing. These are full of life!

Carlos,

These are truly brilliant. Like Alex said, they are so full of life. I stand in awe and admiration - and a little jealousy - before this great work. You are one my absolute favorite artists on this Forum.

David

Carlos,
it's great drawings.

I like how you weight the value tones over the linedrawing, it gives a painterly quality and emphasizes the beautiful color of the sanguine.

Tremendous work, Carlos. So fresh, and such an intelligent placement of the figure on the paper with the lovely white space - almost as thought the figure and the space were conversing. There's a drawing competition coming up by North Light books and advertised in last month's Artist's Magazine which I think you should enter these into. It seems a great opportunity. It is the second edition of the book Strokes of Genius on the back cover of which a drawing of Chris Saper's was displayed. I will post the actual details in the appropriate section later on today when I have some more time. The deadline, I think, is the end of March' 08.

Yummy work, Carlos!

Carlos,

These are beautiful portraits. I wish I could get this much done in 50 minutes. ;)

Great job.

Carlos
 

Beautiful drawings, full of life!

Sharon, Alex, David, Allan, Thomasin, Richard, and Dan....
Thank you, all, for taking time to view and comment. And all of these from artists of such high caliber, makes me appreciate them even more. What a generous comment, David...I

Carlos, I think this is the first time I see your drawings (I might have missed them if you posted some before), they are just so immediate ! And you stopped exactly at the right moment too, without overworking but really telling us all we needed to know.
I also like the placement of the head very much in both works and the balance between lines and modelling, very beautiful

Ilaria

Great drawings, Carlos !
very expressive : I can almost hear him chatting !

These drawings are beautiful Carlos! I love that you did them from different angles as well.

Thanks Ilaria, Marina and Enzie. More artists I admire greatly. Your words are very uplifting and encouraging.

Carlos,
What a treat! These are wonderful to view and then to study. You said these were done in sanguine. Was it conte crayon or pencil? I guess I want to know how much of a sharp edge you worked with.

Patricia,
Thanks for your comment and for your interest. I used a combination of cont

Thank you, Carlos. I also would love to know what kind of paper you used. I would like to try sanguine.
Thanks for the compliment!
Patty

Patricia,
The first drawing was on ordinary charcoal sketchpad paper (off white, a local brand, very common here) and the second was on W&N Medium surface Cartridge.
I wish I could try other papers...I guess it

Beautiful and sensitive drawings, I love your use of the medium and the composition. Very lively, his character comes across!

This is wonderful how you've captured him in the process of chatting. Hard to do from life. Excellent work.

Thank you Margaret and Heidi for looking and for your comments.
Margaret-- I admire the sensitivity you show yourself in your works, so your comment means a great deal.
Heidi--actually, if the person just doesn

Carlos,

I don't know how I missed this thread - these drawings are strong, powerful and beautifully articulated. What paper or ground did you use?

Carlos, I love that these have such an airy feel about them. Quiet a challenge to draw someone who is constantly talking.

Thank you for your comment and interest, Chris. I used an ordinary sketch pad paper apt for charcoal in the first one (off white) and in the second one it was a W&N medium surface cartridge, also very common but more brilliant in its whiteness.

Thank you also Enzie. Like I said earlier, it is far easier for me to just try and draw someone who is chatting than to tell that person to please stop talking. I have to be very comfortable with someone to request that they stop talking.