I now know I can color-sketch legs….but the question is….Can I color-sketch faces?
So, I opened up by External Hard Drive (where I store all my digital pics) and looked for a picture of my son to draw.
I spotted one that I think I can handle:
- has good color (other than the shorts)
- has a face (familiar face, since this is a scan of an old picture, it doesn’t have all the detail of a digital print)
- Color sketch skin tone
The skin tone I had to figure out…. Used the following pencils
- mustard
- very light pink
- pink
- tan
- brown.
I’m getting more relaxed with my sketching….I was told that it’s best to use the picture as a model, but to not feel like I have to replicate it exactly. This has free'd me up to work with the pencils in a way that I can figure out where I should place the shadows as the drawing unfolds as opposed to where they are in the instant of the shot. Does that make sense?
2 comments:
Your colored pencil sketch from the other day inspired me to pull my pencils out. I haven't used them in close to a year. Thanks for reminding me how much I enjoy working with them. I like the slow meditative rhythm of applying layer upon layer of color.
Thanks Stephanie! I really like colored pencils too! Just wish they came with erasers! It is very relaxing to work with :D
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