Pastel portraits faces

View the intricacies of painting skin tones with this portrait gallery of pastel portraits by Alain Picard.

Cuong Nguyen- This artist is amazing! He almost never blends his strokes and uses oranges and yellows to get realistic skin tones!

I made this portrait a few weeks ago. It was a request from a very special and charming woman, who is in love with her little granddaughter. The photos were “homemade” with a sidelight coming from the window. Sometimes it happens! We capture something special with the lens of our camera and this is what […]

This is a Pastel portrait process of a very charismatic girl...She was quite difficult and delicate to capture her well. I´ve enjoyed making her portrait...

I started this portrait as a class demonstration, in order to let the students understand the color in a colouered light source condition. As for this portrait, it made more complex and fun with it's light source from the bottom and the texture on the mordel. To simplify the texture contents based on understanding the inner structure is one of the importance in paint/draw a portrait. Photo Ref: Yulia Shur

I made this portrait a few weeks ago. It was a request from a very special and charming woman, who is in love with her little granddaughter. The photos were “homemade” with a sidelight coming from the window. Sometimes it happens! We capture something special with the lens of our camera and this is what […]