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Still Life Demo by Jia Wei

Austin Pastel Society

Jia Wei enjoys the historic tradition of painting self portraits, portraits and figures from life. His self portraits are accomplished by looking in a mirror, for accuracy in colors. Wei enjoys using Yicai sanded paper, produced by the Ming Gallery of Art. His painting, Self-Portrait, won 1st Place Portrait & Figure in the 21st Annual Pastel 100 competition, and is featured in the April 2020 Pastel Journal.