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Wednesday's effort is based on a painting by Anne-Louis Girodet de Roucy-Trioson's 'Portrait of Jacques-Joseph de Cathelineau' dated 1822.

I chose this piece to work from mainly to see if I could draw the eyes so a sense of roundness to the eyeball comes through, since the glance of the subject is to his upper right and the face is at the 3/4 position.  I'm satisfied with them knowing that with more practice -- drawing this particular glance and position will only improve.  The drawing was done with mechanical pencil (HB lead) and a Signo White Pen was used for the pupil highlights.  The face is actually shorter in length than the one in the painting.  But as I said, I was more interested in the eye work on this one.  

What I particularly enjoyed was coloring in the garment with my Japanese watercolors.  I loved the ensemble the subject was painted in, and the color choices I made work well.  


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