Some New Sharpie Work

Today, I finished an effort based on a photo of Billie Burke -- best known for playing Glinda the Good Witch in the classic 'The Wizard of Oz' film.

This piece was done on Master's Touch watercolor paper (140 lb.) with Sharpies. The white dot embellishments were added with white Posca pen, and the black line sketching was done with a new Monoline Studio pen (0.5mm). The Monoline pen is lovely to work with.

The two interesting things that happened while working on this. The first was when adding the purple background, the color was way too dark for the face to 'pop', and it needed to be lighter. That's the reason for the white dots, and they make a world of difference! Also, the glove (in the lower left) was originally a light pink color and then covered with the maroonish color in order for the wavy line seams of the glove to be captured.

I really like this piece, and it came together quite easily. That could be due to five studies I've done since yesterday--using different tools and substrates--of the same photo for my 2022 Find Your Voice class.

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