Portrait Progression...
Wednesday, August 15, 2012 at 3:53PM Yesterday I shared with you several of my first attempts at sketching and painting faces. I promised to share one today that is my favorite so far. I took a few pictures while I worked so you can see the progression. I started with a page in my small spiral journal. I keep this journal near me while I work so I can clean brushes on its pages. I have found that I like beginning a face on a piece of paper that already has paint/ink on it.
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I began by sketching the face with a pencil and then outlining it with my Stabilo. Next, I scribbled in the eyes and mouth with my oil pastels and then added some white gesso to the face.
In the next step, I added more crayons, acrylic, white paint and pencil scribbles.
I added her hair with my Stabilo and black oil pastel. I also decided after this step that the lips were too big and needed to be modified.
In this last step, I made the lips smaller, enhanced the eyes a bit and added a few more scribbles.
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Reader Comments (6)
UMM....this is amazing! PLEASE do a class on this?!?
This is wonderful!
Love her eyes!
Thank you for sharing your method. Hope you will leave it up or make a link. Would like to give it a try,
I struggle a lot with drawing faces...especially noses! Frankly, it scares me, and I rarely ever have the guts to include them in my journals or art projects! Thanks for sharing the steps of your process because it shows me I can--and should--get brave and try it!
I like how your image "owns" the page. I tend to make my portraits too small and "humble" by taking only half or less of the page.