Below are two versions of one reference photo from my Let's Face It 2022 class - Week 4 module. The first one (bottom) was a fairly quick drawing. The eye on the right looks a bit too large and the nose shading isn't right. I spray set it without making any alterations.
The top drawing was done today of the same reference photo. The now definitely looks better. The eyed look for realistic to me, and shading has been added to help the hair look more distinct.
Both images were done with mechanical pencil (HB lead). Only the bottom involved the use of white Posca pen for the dots on the pupils.
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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