The River of the Dead

I made this artwork for my BFA portfolio that I am pursuing at University of Alaska Fairbanks. I currently don't have a lot of money as many students, so I primarily use pastels that I have purchased off of amazon called Monte Marte. Im working towards purchasing a Blue Earth set to take my work to the next level. That being said this work is about the story of what should encounter on the other side of life. Some near death experiences have described walking along a river, and encountering many others there. On this river they are treated by someone at the end, that asked them a question, many who are you. My process is quickly establishing an underpainting, composing of a hue shifted gradient that establishes my value areas. I then block in colors I wish to use and then finalize the image with Fiber-Castell pencils if applicable. I do all blending with fingers and sometimes paper towel. I worked in a lot of analogous colors with this work. Some complements but desaturated. I used a lot of cool and warm grays to establish the perspective. Cools upfront warms in the back.

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