Lee's sketchbook

**Lee W** · February 7th, 2008, 08:26 AM

Dreamworker: thanks

Jakers: thanks

I have done other subjects, I don't know why but for some reason, I just love keep going back to doing portraits ...

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just a pastel sketch ... art spectrum pastels on Ingres paper

**Giorge** · February 11th, 2008, 06:33 AM

very nice , few people chose pastels as their way of expressing art , from what i know pastels are very sensitive to light ... keep your art in a dark place

**Lee W** · February 14th, 2008, 07:38 AM

flamable: thanks

but more people use pastels than you imagine and while its true pastels are sensitive to light, that is also true with other traditional mediums. Even photographs are sensitive to light and will fade with long exposure to light.

Pastels aren't the only medium I use, but is the main one at the moment for various reasons. I, actually prefer using oils, but I don't have the space and with pastels, I don't have to worry about harmful solvents, setting up,cleaning up, and waiting for the painting to dry, I just need to wash my hands.

**Lee W** · February 15th, 2008, 07:37 AM

Figure sketch with Rembrandt soft pastel on Ingres paper

**Dreamworker** · February 15th, 2008, 08:01 AM

Interesting soft pastel studies! I like in particular the girl portrait.
Keep it up!

**Lee W** · February 19th, 2008, 08:48 AM

Dreamworker: thanks

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some more sketches ....

**Fishspawn** · February 19th, 2008, 10:50 AM

Really love the one at the top of this page! Keep it up.

**Lee W** · February 23rd, 2008, 09:27 PM

thanks Fishspawn

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**Lee W** · February 28th, 2008, 06:15 PM

more stuff ...

**pennington** · February 29th, 2008, 03:42 PM

you're so productive! the values and colors are all really good. only thing I would suggest is make sure the initial drawing is perfect before going into the colors too much. like the back of her head is cut off . though that could be because of a lack of margin. keep posting. would love to see your oils.

**Lee W** · March 1st, 2008, 01:09 PM

thanks Pennington

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a couple more ... one being an update of a previous sketch.

**Fishspawn** · March 1st, 2008, 03:58 PM

Really like those landscapes. portraits keep improving too, keep it up!

**Lee W** · March 5th, 2008, 12:04 AM

thanks Fishspawn

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not much done the last couple of days

**Lee W** · March 7th, 2008, 07:22 AM

a couple of minis and an unfinished sketch

**Lee W** · March 7th, 2008, 11:56 PM

another landscape attempt

**teena_mom** · March 8th, 2008, 11:56 PM

cnn't wait to see more

Esraa

**Lee W** · March 13th, 2008, 05:39 AM

thanks Esraa

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A bunch of sketches ...

**Lee W** · March 18th, 2008, 07:36 PM

more stuff

**lefran** · March 18th, 2008, 08:24 PM

hey lee, not stopped by here for a while, loads of improvement- your portraits are looking softer and softer with each post and capturing some nice expressions like in this one http://www.conceptart.org/forums/att...1&d=1204693446
Fran

**Lee W** · March 22nd, 2008, 04:44 PM

thanks Fran

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a couple of things ..

**Lee W** · March 28th, 2008, 03:11 AM

just one sketch ...

**Dreamworker** · April 2nd, 2008, 09:03 AM

I lose some good updates! From my last visit my fav is this landscape
Ciao

**Lee W** · April 5th, 2008, 09:47 AM

thanks Dreamworker

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some sketches

**Lee W** · April 11th, 2008, 05:03 AM

more sketches ...

**life on the sofa** · April 11th, 2008, 10:03 AM

hmmmmmmmmm not bad .

lighting on the woman on the bottom right's face is bit hard =)

**Niva.** · April 15th, 2008, 10:39 PM

Excellent studies, I can't help but be impressed with the medium you're using and the fact these are not digital. Sometimes the faces are a bit off but I really really like this entire thread. Great job Lee!