Face #16

9X12" pastel

This face attracted me because of the passionate emotion it was expressing and the challenge of accurately drawing the mouth. I decided to use red as the main color, because I wanted to highlight the passion of the expression. The pastel was my chosen medium, because I wanted to try out a new type of pastel paper that is similar to a very fine sandpaper. I am very pleased with the result and am looking forward to doing some more pastel paintings with other subjects.