Rachel

This portrait of Rachel, an alpaca, was done in oil pastel.  While backlighting the subject is not usually recommended, in this case it does work.  The only problem is that the white of the ears was totally lost on white paper, so an abstract background was added.

Details:
oil pastel on gessoed paper
8"w x 10"h
in the collection of Lucky Stars Farm Alpacas

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