More drawing and black paint using an Unsplash photo by Ronny Sison on Unsplash. 8×10 canvas.
Young Lady in Grayscale
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More Portrait Practice: Grayscale
This portrait is from a black and white reference photo that, unfortunately, I cannot remember where I downloaded it from — possibly from the curated Unsplash photos here. In any case, I actually drew this one out entirely by hand (in willow charcoal). Not sure why I chose a yellow ochre-clear gesso background, but I did.
I’m reasonably satisfied with this one — at least she looks fairly human. I can list at least half a dozen things I would want to do differently next time, but calling this done for now.
Monochrome Portrait
This monochrome work is the painted sketch on 300-lb. watercolor paper which I already posted about. I used Anthraquinone Blue (PB60) aka Indanthrone Blue. It’s semi-transparent, which works well for the technique I was using: treating my acrylics more like watercolors.
The reference photo is by Ehsan Ahmadi on Unsplash.
Another Sketched Portrait
Another online class I signed up for last year that I’m going through now is “Acrylic Portraits, Watercolor Style” at KaraBullockArt.com and taught by Lauren Rudolph. This time I’m not using the class-provided reference photo, but instead the photo is by Ehsan Ahmadi on Unsplash. This image was sketched on 300-lb. watercolor paper, and I’ll be painting it in monochrome, as per the class instruction.
Walking in the Rain
Two Friends Walking
This drawing — again in Aquarelle pencils — is based off a photo by Jonathan Chng on Unsplash.
Girl Walking
This sketch was done using my Staedtler Aquarelle pencils, and my Derwent Graphitint pencils. It’s based off of a photo by Tyler Nix on Unsplash.
A Couple Walking… #2
The inspiration for this sketch was a photo by Amy Humphries on Unsplash.
Red Rose
The painting below — on 6×8 300-lb. watercolor paper — is based on a photo by Shannon Baldwin on Unsplash; my painted rose leans red as opposed to a peachy coral.
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