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Charcoal Drawing |
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Adding a second (and final) layer of watercolour |
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Some charcoal added to the shadow side
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Last Tuesday's portrait night at Don Valley Art Club ended off our summer sessions just right. : )
I drew the model in charcoal, painted it with watercolour then brought it together with a layer of charcoal. The final charcoal, on the shadow side, didn't blend like I anticipated it would, I think because it was sitting on top of the watercolour. I like it, but I think it looks a bit 'rough' and I may save this technique for a male model next time. I'm happy that I played around and tried something different, which I guess is what it's all about...
Your portraits in watercolor gets better and better.... This is beautiful!
ReplyDeleteThank you so much Hilda. : ) Hope you have a wonderful creative summer. Cheers.
DeleteI am a portrait artist myself and I just love all your experiments!! This technique is especially interesting!!
ReplyDeleteThanks so much for saying so. It’s nice to get comments from fellow artists who know the struggle. 💜🎨🙋🏻
DeleteWow this is so nice ! A lovely lady, lots of personnality and well done! Bravo Nora.
ReplyDeleteHi Helen!!! Thank you. Happy Painting to you! Enjoy. 🎨❣️
DeleteExcelent, I love it.
ReplyDeleteI really like this portrait at all 3 stages. The watercolor is lovely, but the charcoal work is wonderful too. Makes me want to try it!
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