As I explain in the next post, I wanted to test out what sort of…
Raven S
I was in the mood for drawing today and if I’ve learned anything over the last couple of months, being in (or not in) the mood makes a big difference to the quality of my artwork. So I had to get out the inktense pencils. Today’s model is Raven S, making her debut.
Colour wise, I always start by choosing the colour that I’ll have in my shadows. Indigo? Violet? Willow? Bark? Today I wanted to be different and decided that I’d use a red and a blue in my painting but to choose a combination that I could use together to create my darkest shadows. I went for Shiraz and sea blue: how I chose these two colours is described in a separate post. I also used chilli red, leaf green and mustard.
Here are the original pencil marks I put down:
I was pretty pleased with these and hoped the water would do them justice.
I then added the water, trying to sculpt the body with strokes of my water brush. Everything seemed to come out reasonably well although I identified a few places where shadows could be strengthened. And I did do this with a second set of marks and water once the first set had dried.
This one’s grown on me since the original posting. There are some white areas that seem to reflect the sun, especially on the breasts. And there’s a lost edge on the left arm, which also adds to the sunlit feel. Most of all, though, it’s the way the pose oozes dynamism. The hand and forearm aren’t great but the pose grabs the viewer’s attention so much, they just skulk in the shadows. This one’s up for sale.
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