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LucaTedde β Marilyn Monroe WIP_01
Published: 2008-03-16 19:59:45 +0000 UTC; Views: 3043; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 67
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Here I am, today I've found some time for myself and started Marilyn Monroe's portrait.Back to white paper again
Since I will show it on an exhibition in town, it should be finished within a month. Stay tuned.
* Staedtler Clutch pencils (HB and 2B leads)
* Faber-Castell black watercolor pencil
* Arches hot-press watercolor paper
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I use brushes to blend graphite
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wow, your grid/the way you grid is very.... different
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Yeah I know.. it's a little weird but I like it
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We already can see that, that's is Marilyn eye.
Good work and good luck for the exhibition
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a month? No, i want it within a week! pronto! hahahaha
love the eye. cant wait for the rest.
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thank you so much! I've already sketched the second eye, as I work on its tones I'll submit it here
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Already looks like her and we have a time limit for your finish...
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yeah I have a deadline!!!!!
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Looks great so far
I have not forgotten your suggestion of sending Mariah a copy of the portrait to sign but it appears that Mariah is, yet again, very very busy. Next time my mother talks to her agent, I promise I'll let you know, but I don't know how soon that will be.
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it's ok.. she must be really busy - her forthcoming album is ready to be launched
thanks for not having forgotten about it!
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The eye alone could stand as a completed piece. I recognized her eye even before reading the title.
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Ahh...finnally, your Marylin Monroe potrait. It's looking good! I'm marvelled by your technique. 
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Thank you so much! I'll submit a new update in a few days
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owyeah, I hope its another ref then the drawings we already know
wonderful start
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eh eh I know dA is over-saturated by Marilyn's portrait.. but I needed a very recognizable subject for the exhibition.. She and Mariah will be the leader pieces
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It's cool man. I cant wait to see the finished pic
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thank you man! I'll try not to disappoint you all
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i can see her features already from her eyes ..good work
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thanks
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giΓ da questo si capisce che sarΓ un capolavoro come al solito!
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beh.. Γ¨ solo l'inizio.. perΓ² giΓ piace molto anche a me
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As always... I'll be watching. It looks amazing already!
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Yes I always use a grid over the reference picture and on the paper. It helps me to keep proportions so I can focus my skills on the rendering without being too much distracted by measuring distances etc. I prefer to spend some time on a preliminary grid instead of being continuously checking if I'm doing this or that feature the right size.
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Do you have a special ruler to make a grid?
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Absolutely not 
It looks complicated but it's not!
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I tried it once but the squares didn't have the same size in the end
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A month huh? It shouldn't be any problem *cough*
Looks great so far dude!
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yeah *cough* yeah.. eh eh
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This it's gonna turning out amazing! I hope you all the best at the show
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Luca........I just love that softness, it really works as a piece on its own.......I am always amazed at how you pencil artists can work and complete a small area at a time and the whole just comes together at the end................I always need to work overall.....balancing, adjusting, reworking........rebalancing etc, etc........
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Thank you, there are pencil artists who work just like you.. creating a sketch, adding contrasts and details as they go on with the whole composition. And that is what they teach you in an art academy eh eh eh.. but I haven't got an art training so
I work like I feel comfortable with
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I never had any training either......sometimes I think it is so much better than having influences forced upon you.........keep working in your comfort zone....look forward to the finished piece............
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yeah sometimes I think it's better this way so that we can express ourselves and use the technique we want without having been too much influenced by a style we doesn't recognize as our "own".
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