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'Nina , Italia'Drawing on Canson Paper , pencil 3B to 8B , pencil eraser for light areas on the hair
I just like drawing kids
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Very well done ! Great expression on her face. The hair is beautiful too !
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Thank you so much for such a kind comment , it's really nice of you !
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There is a beautiful softness to this portrait. You can see the youth in her eyes, yet at the same time you can see her growing into a young woman. I love that your pencil strokes are so expressive. Lovely!
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This is such a lovely comment !
You noticed exactly the reasons why I wanted to draw her in first place !
Thank you so much , really !
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Thank you , yes it's true it was the eyes that strucked me first when I find this Pic , I just have to draw it !
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I have that all the time. The eyes decide if I'm going to draw something or not
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beautiful work, i too love to drawing children and babys
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Aw I can understand it very well , kids are so expressive and full of surprising expressions !
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I love the dynamics of your pencil strokes , lovely technique throughout, and terrific contrast!
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Thank you very much , very nice of you !
I like to do a not-too-much realistic work : I mean , I like for the watcher to see that it's with a pencil that the work was done , same I like to show strokes from brushes in the paintings , because I keep in mind that I don't work with a camera after all ! 
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This is gorgeous!
I love all the details you did.
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Thank you so much , it's really nice of you !
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She is beautiful... In a few years she could be a model!! xD
Benyi^^
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She is beautiful... In a few years she could be a model!! xD
Benyi^^
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Yes I bet you're right ... I'll wait for a Pic when she will be 20
Thanks a lot !
Mireille.
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Beautiful piece and your techique is very intriguing.
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Thanks a lot ! 
It's very kind of you , but I surely would kto know why the word 'intriguing' ( don't worry , I surely don't mind to be 'special' , lol )
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Awww, intriguing...yes an explanation is in order. Well, it is really because I have grown accustom to the use of the "smudge" technique in human portraits, especially here on dA. And for your portrait with the clouds in the background having a stormy look and the of course the tree giving that slight lean feel, with the hatching technique you've created a whisping breeze, and to me....I find it quite compelling. I don't believe the smudge technique would have given me that same feeling, intriguing 
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I sincerely thanks you for the attentive look on my work and all the precisions you give me .
It's really kind of you .
I know well enough what you mean about the 'smudge" aspect of all one category of portraits .
I like to treat the materials myself and that's why I don't use too much cotton or Q-Tips ( only on Bristol Paper on some occasions )
I like that all the areas don't look the same because I think the aspects of the different materials give a real relief to the work .
But of course I'm totally open-minded about what every artist feels free to use whatever they can find necessary for themselves .
Thanks again !
Mireille.
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Yes, a relief to the work, that's what you create. Again such a wonderful work.
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Thank you very much , I appreciate a lot , it's kind of you
Mireille.
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C'est tres adorable,
and my french is getting better,
I realy like this drawing!
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I like very much 'c'est trรจs adorable' it's a very nice thing to say lol
Thank you so much for commenting !
Mireille.
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It's hard to say what I like more in this.. I'd have to list too many elements
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Aw thank you so much , because this is what I was attracted for in this pic of the little girl at first sight : exactly what you describe
I guess we have often the same feelings about what kind of faces we like , and it has always a great level of emotion in them anyway
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beautiful! mireille
you so great in technique what you want in critique?
sorry I annoying for this dear...
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Don't be sorry Sas and thanks for the compliments anyway ( I guess my technique improved...but still not with the airbrush ! 
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yep.. I so wonder with your technique so fast!
your faster like use airbrush its true lol
for this work you give same attention in all aspect not just eyes.. like usually.
but the eyes still make me in awe so beautiful
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Mireille, i feel this is one of the best you have done so far...
so detailed, wonderful, beautiful expression...
the way you have done the hair, eyes, nose and the outfit, its too goooooooooooooooooooood....
I love it..
You are churning better and better...
I could see a serious improvement in your drawing...
Keep up your good work dear...
Joe
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Hey Joseph !
Well , you're really nice to me my friend but look what I'm going to write down : I'm not feeling too bad about this drawing , lol
You can see it's a nice change
I'm sure you'll know what I mean if I told you that I felt good from the beginning to the end , and that I was fast and sure about it . It happens to you too , doesn't it ? Aw these sweet moments of inspiration... if we could have that on full time !
We would all sign for it !
Thanks a lot Joe ( I ate my cake , so now we have to wait for MY birthday : January !!! 
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Thats what i like from Mireille!!!!
Only 8 months to go...
I will rejoice your cake...
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Wow this is really beautiful. I love the way you did the hair, it's very dynamic and a perfect frame for her sweet face. The eyes are gorgeous, too, the high contrast creates that depth effect that really lets them come alive and gives her a look that seems much older than her years.
I normally strive for a photorealistic look, but the crosshatching you used here and the obvious pencil strokes in the shading work really well.
Great work!
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Thank you so much for the detailed and constructive comment ( but I'm not so surprised because ...I just read your thoughts about the new Deviant Feature on your Journal
I never let a comment myself if I'm not able to talk of my feelings about the work with more than four words , but I only comment on what I like and it makes things obviously more easy
I just needed one look at the pic of this little girl to know that I wanted to draw her rightaway . I noticed too ( it's what I totally agree with you ) that her way of watching makes her look older than she really is . The eyes are always the focal point to me in each Portrait anyway .
I'm not totally into the absolute photorealistic work as you noticed ...
Well you were nice enough to say that it wasn't an inconvenience so I thank you again !
Really , thanks . It was so interesting , and now I have to discover your own work more closely ( I hope that my bad english didn't prevent me to makes myself clear enough !
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Aww you're welcome 
I actually don't think there's anything wrong with not striving for photorealism, if it doesn't work for you that's fine. I really like the way you draw and shade and it's very appealing to the eye. I think it's close-minded to believe there's only one "right" way of drawing portraits.
And don't worry, your english is fine. I'm not a native speaker myself but I just hope people ignore my little mistakes 
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I'm always so glad to find new people who think that there's certainly not a single way to draw or paint , but with open-minded criterias .
It's relieving !
I'm tired to hear lectures about what things must to be .
I think that creating is a so personal journey that every person has the right to use their own tools about it . And 'sensibility , feelings and sensitivity' are my favourite words for it
The technique has to serve the feelings and not the opposite for me , but I also think that anyone has the right to do exactly what he wants to !
If creation isn't about liberty and open-minded , I don't know what other stuff could be !
Have a good day !
Mireille.
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True words spoken lightly
This is art, it's not mathematics or something were there's only one right solution. I think as long as someone is happy with the way he does things and enjoys what he/she is doing, who am I to tell them it's wrong or they should do it differently? Especially if the result is so pretty
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Thanks again , yes the reality is that if we aren't able to find freedom in art and creation , so where would we be able to find it ?
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Great one... she's very pretty under your masterful hands
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Thank you very much !
She was very pretty anyway so I had to rend her justice it was only fair !
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You sure did... keep up the good work
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Thank you so much !
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