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@Stephen Bauman which paper are you using here. Which paper is ideal for pencil drawing like the ones you do. Could you share specific brand and paper speciation as well please

Hi, I wanted to ask which pencil you use for making such portraits

Hello Stephen, Great job. I just finished watching the entire series of real-time videos and I got a lot out of it. You gave lots of good ideas about technique and things to think about while creating a portrait like this. But... at the very last moment of the final video, there's a bit of a surprise. In the image below, the left side shows how your drawing appears throughout the real-time videos. Then, on the right side, we see the final drawing in the "Thanks For Watching" screen and it is much darker with more contrast. Can you please tell me which one, left or right, best represents the final image? I actually like both, but I'm about to try this portrait myself and I want to mimic your approach as much as I can. But now I'm not sure what my end-state is supposed to look like. Thanks Rich

Can I apply your course if I work acrylics?

hey so...what is the difference between the course Classical Portraiture Techniques and Concepts to this one?

Hi, for people who have both this and the realistic portrait course by Stephen, what are the main difference between the two?

Once upon a time I thought it was to be a gallery artist but after a while being one I discovered that there is very little feeling of autonomy in it. My dream then became: anything that begins and ends with my vision. This doesn't exclude partnerships and collaborations, only that the success of the endeavour rests on my shoulders rather than relying on someone else. At the moment I suppose that I am doing my dream art job only there is always the desire for less admin and more painting. What's your dream art job @Stan Prokopenko ?

@Stephen Bauman A little late. But, finally finished this one.

Well @Stephen Bauman, I am probably not really finished - but emotionally I have taken this as far as I can... it has taken a few more stages than you show in your videos, because as I stepped back to admire my finished work a couple of weeks ago I thought - "Oh no, that eye just isn't right", so I had to come back in to remodel it and was oh so close to just scrubbing it all out with black paint and giving up - however I resisted the temptation and kept refining and this is where I have ended up... I have really struggled to eliminate the shine off the surface in my photograph, so to do this I have ended up with an image that does underplay my half-tones a bit - in the real thing she is a darker value on the right hand side. I would be keen to hear your thoughts as to how I have got on. I attach my Grisaille and also my pencil sketch