Well, I've no excuses for the long absence. We were on holiday for a couple of weeks but even so, I've found it difficult to get motivated and couldn't decide on a subject (despite having taken so many photos in India etc)
I have a cat to do but as there is no urgency I thought I'd start with something for myself till I'm back in the swing of things.
This young lady's parents sell traditional flamenco outfits at a Sunday market in Corralejo (Fuerteventura) and I thought she looked so pretty dressed in one of the childrens' outfits. She was happy to pose (and I had her parents permission).
I'm working on drafting film for this one, using Polychromos pencils and a black backing sheet. I wasn't sure whether to use a black or a white backing sheet (important to decide at the outset as pencils colours appear quite different on each). I think the black works best, as the film is slightly opaque the black shows as grey and I might just leave it like that without adding a background. For the moment this is just a spare sheet of black Canford paper slipped behind the film so I can see how the colours are working.
Drafting film will only allow a few layers of pencil so a slightly different technique is called for to get skin tones right - I'd normally use many more layers and do a lot of blending but here I'm using very sharp pencils and gently crosshatching to mix the colours.
I stupidly managed to drip water on the film when photographing it earlier - my hair was wet after my shower .. just hoping that won't mark the film or I might be forced to add a background anyway!
I have a cat to do but as there is no urgency I thought I'd start with something for myself till I'm back in the swing of things.
This young lady's parents sell traditional flamenco outfits at a Sunday market in Corralejo (Fuerteventura) and I thought she looked so pretty dressed in one of the childrens' outfits. She was happy to pose (and I had her parents permission).
I'm working on drafting film for this one, using Polychromos pencils and a black backing sheet. I wasn't sure whether to use a black or a white backing sheet (important to decide at the outset as pencils colours appear quite different on each). I think the black works best, as the film is slightly opaque the black shows as grey and I might just leave it like that without adding a background. For the moment this is just a spare sheet of black Canford paper slipped behind the film so I can see how the colours are working.
Drafting film will only allow a few layers of pencil so a slightly different technique is called for to get skin tones right - I'd normally use many more layers and do a lot of blending but here I'm using very sharp pencils and gently crosshatching to mix the colours.
I stupidly managed to drip water on the film when photographing it earlier - my hair was wet after my shower .. just hoping that won't mark the film or I might be forced to add a background anyway!
Sue, I like this one already even though it's not finished. So glad you're back painting - sometimes just starting something will up the inspiration to do more.
ReplyDeleteThank you Jan. You're right, of course. The longer I procrastinated the less I felt like picking up my drawing tools again. I enjoyed working on this today and as there's no client to please, or deadline to meet, I can just experiment and have fun!
ReplyDeletelove all the ruffles :D
ReplyDeleteand sometimes you just need to take a break to rest your brain :)
Thanks Jennifer ... you're right, but too long a rest and the confidence starts disappearing!
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