Today's effort is a drawing based on George Gower's 'Sir Thomas Kytson' dated 1573.
The face was drawn with Muji pen; shading was done with mechanical pencil (HB lead); pupil highlights were done with white Posca pen; the garment first layer was water-soluble crayon and second layer was black Posca pen decorated with gold PenTouch marker and Golden's Iridescent Pearl; and, the hair and aubergine color framing the face was done with watercolor.
There are a couple of lines that don't belong, and the neck is a bit too big in circumference. That said, overall I'm satisfied with the result. Plus, I'm learning more about how to draw the neck ruffle--not that this one is perfect--far from it, but it is a bit better than others I've done.
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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