After Christmas…..I was itching to draw again….to draw figures. I’ve been doing a lot of marker work lately.
I found this yogi on instagram (KrisenPro)…..and I got started.
My goal is:
- To NOT pull out my colored pencils (until the very end)
- To ONLY use watercolors and w/c pencils. Yikes!
I knew I needed to do a background….since that’s the next level. I thought a mandala would work nicely. But I had one problem, my compass could only draw a 9” circle max. Ugh!! After a youtube search, I rigged my own compass.
I just made a bunch of concentric circles of varying widths.
After I took the compass point padding away, I lost my center for the mandala. So, I had to re-establish it with the green dot.
This has been very fun to do….I get to combine two of my favorite drawing styles…..photo-realistic Figures and Marker Doodling
I started out coloring in the design with sharpies….but the ink in the sharpies looked dull. I had to pull out my liquid India Ink and switch to Faber-Castell black markers since they have india ink in them.
Here is a reference for the size of the picture (22 x 30). I’m kind of surprised I’m going big again, had initially wanted to only do half this size.
Detail work.
More detail work.
I had to complete the background first….now I can continue on with the figure. That background has a huge influence on the colors used for the girl.
12 comments:
Well i have to tell you this is just amazing!!!Love the combination of doodling and realistic.. :) Hugs! deb
Thank you Deb for your continued support and encouragement :)
Wow this is incredible.
Ditto the above! That background is simply amazing.
Thanks so much @Linda and @Christine I appreciate your kind comments :)
You've done it again Eden!! What a delightful serving of eye-candy you've provided for us. So much inspiration .... so little time!
Gwen in Victoria, BC
Hi @gwen, you say the nicest things...Thank You :)
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Hugs! deb
Thanks Deb :)
The black and white background is GREAT! Looking forward to the rest.
Thank you @Amanda, I like black and white too! But I also like lots of color so may try this with a colorful background next, we'll see :)
The mandala is spectacular! Breathtaking, when the size of the painting is revealed. Wow!
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