This effort is based on Botticelli's 'Head of an Angel' dated 1495-1500. It has been done with mechanical pencil (HB lead) and white Posca Pen for the pupil highlights. I also used a new Artist Chamois to smudge some of the pencil marks, and it worked beautifully!
This was an interesting project in that I started drawing the image from the left shoulder down to the left hand and then up. By the time I reached the neck, there wasn't enough room for the head in full even with the face tilt. That's why the crown of the head and hair is outside the paper frame. Also in my drawing, the figure looks more female than the painting -- that figure looks more androgynous or could be male.
I have some work to do in being able to draw draping with more realism (e.g. the fabric the angel is holding). For this piece, I tried a couple of different ways to represent it--neither worked well. That means some fabric drawing studies under different lighting conditions are going to be helpful.
This was an interesting project in that I started drawing the image from the left shoulder down to the left hand and then up. By the time I reached the neck, there wasn't enough room for the head in full even with the face tilt. That's why the crown of the head and hair is outside the paper frame. Also in my drawing, the figure looks more female than the painting -- that figure looks more androgynous or could be male.
I have some work to do in being able to draw draping with more realism (e.g. the fabric the angel is holding). For this piece, I tried a couple of different ways to represent it--neither worked well. That means some fabric drawing studies under different lighting conditions are going to be helpful.
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