The sketch I posted yesterday, I've been working on today. It is based on Rossetti's "Proserpine" dated 1877 and is now done.
The sketch has been painted with acrylic paint including glazes using the same. The pupils were filled in by black Muji pen, and the white highlight was made with a Signo pen.
I like how the ivy and its background creates interest, the pomegranate and her hand holding it, and her mouth/lips that look closer to Rossetti's muse who modeled for his piece. The only thing I may change in time is to add strokes in the hair to show its waviness. With or without them, I'm satisfied!
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'...
Your use of graphite, matte color, and contrast is beautiful!
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