Today's effort is a sketch based on Richard Westall's painting titled 'Emma Hamilton as a Bacchante' dated 1805.
This was done with mechanical pencil (HB core) with Signo white pen highlights on the eye. The biggest challenge was with face and keeping the features small and doing them in a way that they look like the painting. Overall, I'm satisfied.
Update: Added the scarf behind her which I neglected to do earlier.
Netflix has been advertising this limited Korean series recently added to the site's line-up. The title peaked my interest. So, I started watching it with no expectation other than knowing it was about two pianists. I really liked how this Korean production was dubbed in English. The English speakers (voice sound/tone/character) were terrifically cast as well as the timing of the spoken words' consistency with the mouthing of the Korean actors on-screen dialogue. This series' storyline has a number of facets: bullying, wealth vs poverty and access to arts training, musicianship, stage fright, competition, friendship, rivalry, sabotage, lack of confidence, revenge, etc. The music is primarily classical and is lovely. Four Hands, Two Sonatas is an off-beat show. That said, I really enjoyed it (and the piano playing is terrific too)! As a prior musician--there are many topics it brought up that I understand. Overall, the...

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