"Chepren, the living Horus" Original Egyptian sculpture Art charcoal drawing

7" x 8.5" charcoal on paper
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I've always been fascinated with Egyptian Art and its mythology, this drawing was based on the supreme statue of Chepren, one of the great masterpieces of art, it represents the image of the ideal man and of God incarnate in man.
Behind his head there is a falcon that embraces the head of the king, this falcon is the God Horus, as you can see I've only included a part of his head in the drawing, maybe I'll do another with the full rendering of the original sculpture.

Red dress - female figure pastel drawing/painting on paper

7" x 8.5" charcoal on paper
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Most of the drawing here was handled with vine charcoal and an almost used up charcoal brick, the red dress was done with a Rembrandt soft pastel.

"Dawn" female nude study pastel drawing/painting

7" x 8.5" pastel on paper
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The figure here was lit by two light sources, one of them was warm daylight and the other a cooler difused light, they produce an interesting effect when combined plus I wanted to get a sense of anticipation from the model and the light helped with that since she's looking in the direction of the bright sun light.

Profile of a man - charcoal portrait drawing

6"x8" Charcoal on paper
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Girl reading a book - original charcoal drawing on paper

7" x 9.5" charcoal on paper
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This was started as a sketch recently but after some time I thought it needed a little bit more work especially on the values, the subject was lit mostly in close values so I thought I'd push the contrast to get more intensity and volume, after a few additions, I'm quite pleased with the end result.

The vase pose - female nude pastel drawing/painting

6" x 8.5" pastel on paper
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I've done a couple of charcoals in a similar pose before but this time I used hard pastels mostly with some vine charcoal in the background, I like poses like this that suggest objects with a lot of curves and its just really pleasant to look at something that's very soft by design:)

Man with a fedora - male portrait with a hat charcoal drawing

6" x 8.5" charcoal on paper
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"Violet dress" female nude pastel drawing/painting

6" x 9" pastel on paper
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I used a bunch of different pastels in this one and it came out as a nice color study, some of the hard and soft pastels don't really blend that well but if you spray the surface you can continue working on it since after awhile the paper gets filled and it doesn't take any more pigments/pastels, especially since I use the smooth side of the paper not the one with a tooth.

"Searching" male nude study charcoal drawing

7" x 8.5" charcoal on paper
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It's really intriguing how a certain pose can generate more movement then others, this was a more dynamic one and I used much stronger linework to indicate the more important parts in the drawing, at the same time the values are crucial and I want the drawing to 'read' properly.

"Hibiscus with peach" still life charcoal drawing

7" x 8.5" charcoal on paper
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