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Mind Gamesby ~oponok

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A portrait of John Lennon, from a photo from the White Album insert.

!moriko-tachibana Jan 26, 2010 Filmographer

WOW!!!this is AWESOME!!!

~ironbutterflies Jan 26, 2010

I tried working with them in my high school art class many years ago, but they were so messy that I got fed up and hurried along to something else. Oddly enough, I love working with charcoal (even though I hate having to redo areas that get smudged by my hand), and it's just as messy.

~oponok Jan 26, 2010 Professional General Artist

Brand, unfortunately, is incredibly important in regard to pastels. I suspect they might have been a less-reliable kind, since it was a high school settings. It's like a completely different medium when you're using the dirt cheap kind, as is the case with watercolor and acrylics. Personally, I loathe getting my hands dirty and having to clean up, but pastels are a solid middle ground between painting and drawing, and the feeling of directly handling the colored pigments is unrivaled, in my opinion.

~ironbutterflies Jan 26, 2010

I know what you mean about cheap watercolors and acrylics. I'll have to give pastels another try.

~ironbutterflies Jan 26, 2010

Looks amazing! I hate using pastels, so I don't know how you had the patience to complete it.

~oponok Jan 26, 2010 Professional General Artist

I do street portraits, so it often takes less than ten minutes to do something like this. This means every stroke is important, but after doing it for so long, you get a feel for it.

~aejasso Jan 26, 2010 Hobbyist Photographer

awesome painting

~oponok Jan 26, 2010 Professional General Artist

Thanks!

!MisterMarbles Jan 25, 2010 Student General Artist

too amazing

~oponok Jan 26, 2010 Professional General Artist

Ha. It's been a while since I've done it, so I sort of cringe at how it looks, at this point. I'm glad people are still liking it, though. Thanks for the good words!

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