Study of Kestrel
A pastel drawing from a life drawing session at the old Hipbone Studio in Portland. The space was about 20 feet wide and 3 times as long, it was usually jammed packed at the Thursday night long term pose. This nude figure study was completed in one three hour session. Kestral was tanned at the time which gave her skin a faint orange glow against the slate blue wall. I pushed the colors and blended her face with the background. The legs look a bit like red bananas, my nickname for this piece.
Nude pastel drawing done with Schminke pastels on Rives BFK paper.
Written by Daniel
Daniel Gill studied art with Joe Helseth and Bill Ransom in Chattanooga, Tennessee. He began his career as an art director in 1983 and has been an award winning graphic designer-illustrator for more than 20 years. Daniel has taught illustration at the Portfolio Center in Atlanta, Georgia and at The Pacific Northwest College of Art in Portland, Oregon. He was one of the founding members of the Illustrators’ Jam which later became Raw Visceralia, an art experience at PNCA. Pastels were Daniel’s first love. Counting Gary Kelley, Edward Degas and Toulouse Lautrec among his influences. He discovered oils in 2006 and is currently working on the series, Connective Tissue.
Daniel lives in Portland, Oregon.
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