This is a Pastel portrait I ´m very happy with!
The girl is really beautiful in a graceful way and because of that, it was quite difficult and delicate to capture her well… I´ve enjoyed making her portrait and fortunately, I have several pictures taken during the process.
I´ve worked this painting on Canson Mi -Teintes grey pastel paper and I used a lot of my own soft pastels. 
The luminosity of this portrait comes from her regard.
Hope you´ll enjoy this post!
Pastel portrait process of a girl, ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
I took my time to make a careful study drawing as a base for this Pastel portrait. After that, I started to work on the light.
Starting with the light… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Middle tones… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
It starts to look like a mosaic of warm and cold tones…©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Happy with my handmade Bogra soft Pastels… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Happy with my handmade Bogra soft Pastels… ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Building the shadow on her face…©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Building the shadow…©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Softening the strokes a little…©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
My table full of pastels during the work… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Looking for the right grey-blue base for the eyes. ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
It is important to get the warm tone for the lips… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Approaching the details, using sharpened pastel pencils…I’m starting from the light again….
©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Redrawing the eyes… The lashes, the eyebrow… ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Defining the exact shape of her nose and her lips.©photo by Bogra art studio, 2018
The contrast comes with her hair…©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Pastel portrait process of a girl, the hair. ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Working on the darkest part of her hair… I am trying to do this part very carefully, keeping the skin tones as clean as possible.
The richness of the palette starts to expand itself. ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Time to work on the dress. ©photo by Bogra art studio, 2019
Delicate blues and greys. Pastel portrait ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Some more color on the background… ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Making the blue accent of her bow. Pastel portrait painting ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Same blues on the details of the dress. ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
Pastel portrait ready to sign! ©photo by Graciela Bombalova, 2019
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