Adrina In Inktense Pencil

After that last painting, I wanted to have another go at painting Adrina in this pose, so it was back to the inktense pencils. Ā It’s quite good painting indoors while it’s so hot outside and while the local pub has live music playing.

For colours, I started with willow in the darkest places then added baked earth in some middle value places, remembering for once that baked earth is a light orange rather than a dark orangey brown. Ā And, because I thought this left things looking a bit brown, I added some leaf green in the darkest places, hoping this would add a little colour to the browns. Ā I normally like to add reds and greens but was feeling a bit coloured out after this morning’s painting.
I’m reasonably happy with the final result. Ā I’ve left plenty of white, including some missing edges. Ā What I have of the face isn’t a disaster. Ā But maybe I need to be a bit heavier with the willow in future. Ā Or use bark instead. Ā Those darks aren’t as dark as Iā€™d like them to be. Ā Anyway, this one’s up for sale and I feel like I’ve done Adrina justice now.

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