Libyan Sibyl from Michelangelo's Sistine Chapel ceiling fresco paintings was one of the first works I tried to copy at a very earlier time in my development as an artist. Recently I have developed a new technique for rendering in pastel, and decided to revisit images that had assisted me in my growth as an artist. I found this personally to be a great period of reflection, and a renewed source for inspiration.
The technique that I have developed is based on a technique Screen Printers use called the four color spot process. The process uses halftones for each color field to screen print a multiple color image. Each color field is rotated so that the half tones of color do not directly line up. The process uses only four colors (Cyan, Magenta, Yellow and Black).
I have adopted this technique for pastel. Instead of using halftones I have used squares (similar to pixels). In each color field the size and rotation of the squares are different, and each color field must be completed before the next can proceed. This pastel drawing is comprised of over 20,000 squares of color, and over 100 hours of work.