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- 3,035
- Added
- May 12, 2016
Self-portrait with doves
Blokhin Nikolay- Technique
- Pencil on paper
- Dimensions
- 50 × 70 cm
- Year
- 2016
Graphite portrait of a man's intent face surrounded by four pigeons, two perched on his shoulders and two cradled in his hands.
- Style
- Academic
- Mood
- Contemplative
- Themes
- Portrait · Men · Birds
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About this work
A man's face looks directly out at the viewer, brow furrowed in concentration and framed by tousled hair. Two pigeons perch on his shoulders while he holds a pair of birds low in his cupped hands, their wings and feathers rendered in close detail.
Worked entirely in pencil on white paper, the drawing relies on layered hatching and soft smudged shading to model the face and feathers, leaving the birds' plumage more finished than the loosely sketched clothing. The effect is quiet and searching, an intimate study of a man among his birds.
