Again inspired by Paul Klee's 'The Lamb" painted in 1920...here is a second version of my take on it using a face as subject and incorporating glazing (face, and background base layer) and gradients (background). The gradients have been made by applying brushstroke rectangles in colors ranging from dark (nearest face in a similar color to the face) to light in that value range.
Based on comments from a separate critique group, some shading of the face was suggested and is now a next step. I'll use glazing for it to show shadow on the face and neck.
The first version is the smaller one below---for comparison purposes.
For fun, I've drawn one of my own photos (yes, I was dressed in a clown outfit) and added a wild and crazy background to accompany it for today's practice effort. As part of sketching the piece, it was split into four sections with two opposing diagonal lines. In terms of color choices, I've worked with color gradations for some shape sections. Can you believe, there are five major shapes in this effort? There really are -- circles, squares, trapezoids, triangles and spirals. I think the substrate is Biengfang Watercolor Paper (140 lb.). The materials used were Ohuhu markers, Micron 01 pigment ink pen, some red Stickles glitter glue for the nose, and a white Posca pen (for white dots on the face and to highlight eyes) and a yellow one (for yellow dots in the center of the flowers on the hat). There was no intention in working on this piece other than to have fun...and based on how it looks, I'd say well done!. One thing I learned is that blending with the Ohuhus i
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