Revision done 1/23/2022 (top photo) because the cleavage shading was off in terms of alignment with the garment.
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This practice piece has been done differently than prior drawings in that I'm working dark to light rather than the other way around. It started with a blue watercolor background that had dried overnight.
The image was sketched in pen and more watercolor was added for highlights and shading plus a layer of grey was added to the area outside the figure -- to better differentiate it from the figure.
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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