Chisel Tip Marker Experimentation

This study involved the use of the chisel nib end of my Ohuhu markers with the goal of making a face. Additional tools used in a more limited way included a Micron pen for the sketch and frenzied hair marks, and gold and silver Pen Touch pens for ornamentation/earrings.  The substrate was watercolor paper.

Chisel tip pens are limited by their very size.  They can make a reasonable line though lines made this way will be thicker (e.g. the darker gray-colored random marks in the hair).  An advantage of their size is that you can pull them across the substrate and do repeating lines to create designs (like in the dress and background).  But to do intricate details and coloring on a face -- these pens are really hard to work with and the results show that.  

Doing this piece was a total experience of asking what if's:  

• Can the light green be used successfully for shadow in a lighter area of pink or tan?  
• What colors work best to give an impression of shadow (for under the hair line, under the chin, etc.)?  
• Can I blend multiple colors to appear seamless?  The answer to that --  is not really.  The best I came up with was the helmet that comes across as rounded because of the choice of colors used (5 of them) in a gradation/reverse gradation to achieve the effect.  But you can see that the colors didn't really blend if you look at them more closely.  
• How would an off-center vertical strip of color work as the background and what color would work best?  I chose a fat vertical strip of green that didn't work because the green was too dark. So, I played with the remaining greens to figure out which one to use to complete the undone look of the vertical strip.  I ended up adding the lightest green over the entire background.  (This particular green complemented the color used in the face.)

Overall, I consider this effort one of pure exploration and learning.  I'm finding the range of my marker colors is not large enough and their blending capability is limited.