This is challenging. I am just a bit confused about the dark half tones. .... when I squint they seem to fall for me into the shadow area rather than the lights. I did work from a laptop though which consistantly seems to change things. But my black and white printout also darkens the halftones. Does the darks end then at the darkest edge?......The colour vibration is very interesting. I would like to explore that more. Thank you Morgan. It was a precious class. (photographs taken in different lighting.)

This is my first attempt to a pastel portrait. I have very limited colour choices and mostly hardish pastels., but enjoyed the prosess very much.

I have always experienced young mature lady portraits to be the most difficult to do, and this one confirms my believe.... I tried again but what a struggle.

I really struggled alot with the lady. It went through metamorphosis a few times. It is the best I could get it being as off as it is, but I will try again. Don't know if using a stump is a bad idea. But I really used it.

Hi, I do not have ivory black paint yet and am keen to start painting. Could I use paynes grey and perhaps burnt umber mixed or ultramarine and burnt umber? or will it not work the same?

I did the observational drawing on drawing paper, but decided to stick to the grid for my painting, which I must admit, did not find easie,r for some or other reason. My acrylics feel a bit plastic like so I struggled to get the drawing done. Hope my oil paints sticks to this.

For the vase I use 2 outside vertical lines and 1 center line. I also had to turn it upside down.....scary to see what one can miss when you do that! It is not perfect but tried to use as little help as possible. For the head I did use a few measurements for some key proportions. Tried to eye as much as possible. needless to say, I did have to use my eraser here and there. further I used black matt graphite pencil, a mono zero eraser and a home made stump. I did struggle to get the darks dark enough.