KathyB

There’s not much to say about how I put this one together, must of it being along the same lines as Charlie’s Back.  The only real difference was that I held off for even longer before using the points of the pencils, only using the edges of the leads.  After doing this, I think I now understand the limits of how much colour the paper can take on.  I’m going to be upgrading to heavier paper at some point this week.  As well as being short of colour capacity, this paper can be smudgy when rubbing out the pencil lines – there’s a smudge on this one, just above Kathy’s head.

I think this one’s a success.  I’ll definitely be continuing to use the edges of pencils to add layers on figure drawings going forward.  Saving the points of the pencils for a bit of burnishing at the end and maybe some linework and detail.   So this one’s up for sale.  I really want to see how this works out on heavier paper though and to understand whether the paper’s holding me back or masking my deficiencies.