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Michelangelo's MeThis is a bit different than I usually do. I usually dont use white pastels with my vine charcoal, but I thought it would be perfect to accentuate the muscles on David. I am really pleased with the right arm (David's left). My teacher though suggested that instead of doing something like this, which is totally different than the contour I usually do, that I try to marry the two. I am working on that right now, and WOW.... wait till my next picture
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Wow! Love this one, really impressive, I also made one but your David seems much stronger than mine 
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this is really wonderful! You can be proud of yourself!
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hey look i need ur help, can u jst tell me which kind of pastel u use, and what is the name of this kind of paper, please?
gr8 one btw
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I believe the white was actually a conte crayon. I did this like 2 years ago, so I cant really remember if it was conte or soft pastel.
Besides that, it was done with vine charcoal and charcoal pencils on Arches Cover Buff Paper
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This is excellent! The white pastel really worked to portray the texture of stone. Good paper choice too, gives it a very classical feel
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you should try over 20 hours drawings ... don' t be affraid by time, cause quality is better than quantity.
anyway keep on truckin' it's good study
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Wow! I've rarely seen a drawing that pops right off the paper like this.
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great interpretation!!! You captured the essence of the statue. i love it
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I've seen this statue before and this blew me away with it's accuracy, especially with his hands. They're out of proportion to his body and you captured that and made it look as natural as it does on the statue itself. great work!
lovely gallery as a whole too! you're a fabulous artist.
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thanks! I love how the hands are freakin huge on the statue, but you are right, they look natural.
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no problem! yeah, the hands a feet are monstrous, but not out of place...
when we were looking at it my sister (who hasn't got a SINGLE artistic bone in her body) said "if his hands and feet are that big why is his junk so small???" I almost got kicked out of the museum I was laughing so hard... Sorry - that has no real relevance, just still makes me laugh. : D
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ha ha. I think everybody thinks that... just nobody says it
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haha! yeah, my sister is... unique that way. She says whatever comes to her mind , no matter how offensive or inappropriate.
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aaaaaaa todos mis dibujos no tiene color ...T~T, les quiero dar color o sombra pero no me sale quiero hacerolo a tu estilo, que utilizas, yo trato con colores charcoal pero no me sale, para dar luz, se contamina el blanco y no da el efecto que quiero, porfavor ayudame T~T .... porfavor ayuda a un artista mediocre como yo, dime que utilizas para dar esa luz y esa sombra es goauche o que utilizas para dar color, sobra y luz???????? sobre que dibujas yo lo ago sobre papel maquila creo que asi se llama??? que utilizas??
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great work!! It was a really good idea to use the white pastels, the result is amazing.
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Love your artwork love Michelangelo such a great artist back then never seen the statue in real life but in plenty of books keep up the good work I could never do texture or shading like that but I'm getting there.
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Perfect. It is really hard to avoid using the word 'sculptural' talking about your work but I don't mean it as some cheesy pun, it's just that the forms are so perfectly defined that the images feel three-dimensional. This just leaps off the screen and the unfinished legs remind me of what Michelangelo said about his method of sculpting as freeing the person from the marble.
Brilliant.
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This picture looks absolutely amazing and good job on it
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I've seen the real David at L'Academia in Florence and you've done exceptionally well at capturing his essence. I love it!
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I think you accentuated the line of the bone in the cheek and the line from the nose to the mouth to much, also is the nose smoother(not so much deep shadow) I think.
Just some little things that I saw, because I first didn't saw the head of the David in your head, it's an older David you've drawn with grieve in his heart.
But otherwise good work, must think of using those materials together, must be great.
Very good job.
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i've been there once in italy. really big statue!
amazing work!
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I LOVE the David and this pic captures him surprisingly well. I also like the fact that u used something that u don't usually do with the white pastel. It shows ur not afraid to try something new. ^^ I respect that as an artist.
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You've captured the texture in what I dare to say is darn near perfectly~ I love it~ It almost looks like a photo too~ Wow, just, wow~
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You are right, the muscles have been accentuated perfectly. There is so much power in this statue, and you have rendered that well.
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This is great! Keep at it.
I'm a huge Michaelangelo fan myself.
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