InnaBG In Inktense Pencil

At last it’s happened. I’ve managed to create a figure painting in Inktense pencil the way I wanted, with lots of white space and with darks that aren’t too jarring. Today’s model is InnaBG, making her second appearance.

I started by putting down a pencil outline. I went with a grid again today, with Anthony Ryder’s blocking in technique not crossing my mind. I did, though, sketch out the photo I was working from, rather than only sketching out value shapes. After putting down the outline, I did use the Notanizer app to help me identify the darkest areas. I played with the sliders and found the best two value plan I could find and shaded in all the recommended darks with Persian red. Then I moved the slider to reduce the dark areas and added sea blue over the top of what would be the darkest bits. Finally I moved the slider again, to a point where there were more darks. I shaded sun yellow over all these new dark areas, overlapping it into the red areas in places. I added a little of the yellow into the hair and added extra yellow in a couple of places where I needed a little more definition. Then I went over everything with a water brush, encouraging all the colours to mingle. And, after rubbing out all the pencil lines, that was me done.

And, yes, I’m happy with this. There are so many invisible edges in this one that the viewer has to imagine. And sea blue works far better with this red and yellow than indigo did last time round. And it’s a cracking pose, full of attitude. Inna is up for sale, with the price to be found here.