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Published: 2010-05-22 19:32:23 +0000 UTC; Views: 1698; Favourites: 22; Downloads: 0
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this is my entry for the contest being run by full info here: [link]The idea is to take a traditional artist or style and add some aspect of 'fantasy' into it-
so I've taken the famous painintg by Leonardo DaVinci 'Lady with an Ermine' [link] and, well added a dragon.
This was actually a really challenging peice for me, as i decided to do something different and break-out my good old pastels and some black paper. I've not worked in pastels for YEARS and never on black paper (least not seriously) so this was a bit of a 'jump right in and try not to mess-up' challenge.
I think i managed.
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Wow, it's great!!! Pastels on black paper are really hard to manage, you did a perfect job.
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wow, this is one of my favorite paintings and you just made it even better. Totally worth a DD
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but thanx!
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hello 
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i saw the lines they let.i have pastels too but they are too thick..i cannot make details
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well, i used the same little long rectangles as i always have...thoguh i must say i think i'd have had an easer time if i'd been working on somehting larger than 9x12
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i have something similar but i work on A4 4 so from this reason
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Oh wow very cool my dear! Great way to stretch yourself!
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oy it was far more a streach than i relaized....9x12 is no size to be trying to get that detail level with pastel....
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Wow JL!
This looks great! I like the way you have modeled the skin and the eyes. It's so hard to go in with a strong enough color scheme in order to cover the black without "messing" it up with fingerprints and oils. I think you did a fine job on this piece. I'm sure you will win!
Thanks for your hard work in TA too!
Zen
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aww, zen, yr so sweet
i very much doubt a prize-win in this contest, there are far better entires, but i did it for the sake of it not to win. I think next time though i will be doing colored pencils on black paper rather than pastel.....
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Sounds good JL!
It may or may not win, but the good part is the feeling you got when you completed another step. You know how much artists need to keep moving forward, if we don't we end up looking back and wondering if it was worth the struggle. It is, and the proof is obvious if you meet someone who wasn't chosen by art.
Zen
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very true, but sometimes i wonder if true skill is never really seen, b/c i'm constantly doing things that are far harder than my ability allows.
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Haha, I know the feeling. Sometimes I wonder why I switch mediums so often and why I get so much better each time I change. It seems that I grow the most when I do what is natural. My curiosity switched me from acrylics to oils, oils to watercolors, and now watercolors with a mix of illustrative line; pen and ink.
Of course my end goal is to get my degree and find a place to teach.
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oy, teaching...once a goal now a nightmare.
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I know that too. A lot of people think they will go in and just be a good teacher. It's a lot of work, long road ahead, but all my teachers contribute to the theory that I would be one of the one's who really sticks to it. I've always been one anyway, not a taught one, but one who shares experience. When I took classes at university most of my fellow students would come to me for help long before they asked the teachers. I spend a lot of my time learning different activities that would help me achieve my goal. Being a critique contributor is one of those things I have desired to do because it will give me experience in the field. Being able to critique work is one thing you really do need to be successful.
Z
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its actually not the students that are the issue i find...its administration.
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true. administration is always "fun" to deal with. There's a teacher I know who has been a teacher for 50 years. About 25 at that specific university. She tried over and over to get the admin to replace things that were broken, or fix issues like the "sparking outlet" in the art lab.
It sucks, but hopefully the university where I will be earning my degree will stand by their agreement to hire me after I earn the degrees. I also hope that they have administration that I can "stand".
Z
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just be carful, and have a back-up plan. i had a good friend go through all the way her doctor's and decided she HATED teaching.
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Aye. Always have a plan B. I'm sure I'll think of one when I get closer to finishing my first degree. I already have bits of experience teaching as a volunteer, and for my odd professors who need an upper classmen to help teach various newbies or sort paper work. I've always tended to dive into books and forums to learn handy techniques and then I usually just "bring my head" back into the class to share what's inside it. That's probably why I want to do it professionally. It's one thing to do work as a student volunteer but a completely different thing to do it with the earned title.
But for now, I am firstly "artist" and second "wishful teacher".
Z
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turning a classic into a classic! nice one
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Great job! I recognized this picture (or the painting it is inspired by) immediately!
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this is realy nice 
you're great with balck paper and pastels
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