It seems like I only post stuff here when the 29 Faces Challenge is going on.
So okay. Day #1
The background is a page from my sketchbook. I was doing something else with Dylusions spray ink and used the sketchbook to catch the stray ink. Photo grabbed from the internet, sketched in pencil, then painted in watercolor. Then I tightened up the drawing a little more in pencil. Hot spots were dotted in with a white Gelly Roll pen.
And here's Day #2
Background is acrylic wash with a random gel plate thing on it. Photo grabbed from the 'net - it's a vintage mug shot. Sketched in pencil, inked with Tombow Fudenosuke pen. The white is Gelly Roll pen. This guy had the most amazing finger wave that I just couldn't capture. Oh well.
5 comments:
Marvelous faces. Thanks for explaining your methods.
Great faces, so expressive and fine.
Great sketches, I keep thinking of trying men!
Beautiful colorful faces. The bottom one has such a sinister look.
Thanks for the compliments!
Fran, the one on the bottom is from a vintage mug shot. I think he was literally mugging for the camera. Unlike the other photos I saw posted with his, his crime was rather minor. He was a thief and possibly a con man. I imagined that he had to play the part of a criminal mastermind to survive being around more violent offenders. Or maybe he likes being photographed. Who knows? But his photo definitely stood out from the others.
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