May 6, 2014
Portable Project in Paisley
I’ve been enjoying my Sunglass Series where I can color pencil the people and marker doodle on something they are wearing. When I spotted this woman wearing her hat I thought I’d draw her next. That wonderful hat gave me a lot of space for doodling.
I wasn’t sure how I wanted to approach this. At first I thought of doing black and white doodles in the hat with the hat-band and the suit in color.
But then I changed my mind.
I didn’t want the band to compete with the hat, so black/white stripes worked well.
Since the underside of the hat doesn’t get as much light, I applied a light brown-gray in watercolor.
This skin took more time than I thought it should, but there are a lot of little variations to the colors thru the neck and the bust that I didn’t realize until I tried to sketch it.
If I would use smooth paper then we wouldn’t see all that grain coming thru the colored pencil portions. But I like watercolor paper cuz it’s thick and can take all kinds of abuse!
Love it Eden! Positively LOVE IT!!
ReplyDelete(Gwen in Victoria, BC)
Thanks so much Miss Victoria :)
ReplyDeleteI mean Miss Gwen!!! When will I ever get this straight :D
ReplyDeleteIt's OK .. I know who you mean!
ReplyDelete(Gwen, who lives in Victoria, BC.)!!
Gorgeous!!! I like that you did her top with a black background too...nice contrasts all round. :)
ReplyDeleteHi Serena! I'm glad you noticed her top and thank you :)
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