Colour portrait demo by place du tertre "GUEST" artist Stephane Plouviez.

The stakes are high for Stephane Plouviez: if he can impress the place du terte
veterans and the powers that be during his 15 day trial period as 'guest' artist
at the artist's square,then he might just realize his dream of becoming an authorized Montmartre portraitist.New kid on the block he may be,but coward he isn't as he agrees to be filmed drawing one of his debut portraits at "la place du Tertre."

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• colour
• pastel
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• life

[EraserKneaded]

Gotta love Internet Explorer. Pause a vid and start drawing, after a few minutes the window closes, re-opens and the video restarts from the beginning. The browser proudly announces it has recovered the tab. It's such an enthusiastic bit of software. It goes ahead and revovers things no matter how well they're working.

[cardellacole4]

@EraserKneaded, thanks

[cardellacole4]

@EraserKneaded ha ha ,carefull they say we judge others by ourselves

[cardellacole4]

@EraserKneaded yes good idea

[EraserKneaded]

@cardellacole4 Yeah you're right about models' expressions. Sometimes they look dreadful, fashionably dreadful I guess, but ... I don't know anything about the world of photography. I wonder if there's a publication of work by portrait photographers, not the the fashion types, the serious kind.

[EraserKneaded]

@cardellacole4 Maybe I misinterpreted those dark circles, haunted look, furtive glances over their shoulders. Maybe those Place du Tertre types are just terrified someone will publish a documentary about their exploits and escapades. Wouldn't that be something! Probably keep an army of lawyers busy for a decade. :-) :-)

[EraserKneaded]

@cardellacole4 Not shy huh? Well good for her! I hope she does well and no matter how it goes she'll have a lot of fun and get some good experience. :-)

[cardellacole4]

@EraserKneaded yes, but theres lots of different faces to draw , and it helps me if they are beautiful, and yes the unnatural dramatic effect is there and it usually completely covers one eye over which is a bit annoying, but i dont like staring at the computer screen for long, you do have to search, the thing i hate most is some of the models have a gaunt lifeless expression, which ruins the mouth,

[cardellacole4]

@EraserKneaded yes a complete fanatic, will sing anywhere at the top of here voice, not shy at all

[EraserKneaded]

@cardellacole4 I used to draw from women's magazines but I found the lighting was a nuisance. They use it to wipe out shadows completely or they use it for unnatural dramatic effect. It's hard to get the proportions right when there are no shadows to help tell the story, it's like facial features pasted onto an expanse of flawless skin. Men's faces are easier to measure, hard edges make good reference points. Don't worry, it will continue. If you got one right you'll get more and more.