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.
My profile photo was highjacked ! For those of you who are blogging, be wary. There are some unscrupulous folks out there who may be using or about to use a photo(s) you've uploaded to an online photo-hosting site. At the time I created a blog, having a URL for a photo uploaded online was the only way to insert a photo in your profile or to create a custom header. There had been no problems for a long while. This morning, however, I did a Google image search for my name and found my photo linked to a totally different blog than my own! It is possible I didn't mark my file with the online photo-hosting site as private, but I didn't expect this to happen. I don't know whether marking it private would have actually averted the situation, but I'm not waiting to find out. I eliminated my membership to that online photo-hosting service today and caution anyone to be careful with uploading images to the internet . If you read the terms of agreement at many sites, you'...
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