Thursday, September 13, 2018

3-4/29 Faces


I hate to start at the end, but once I post, this will be the thumbnail.
This image started as a stock photo image from a mailer I received. When I drew this and Face #4- Burt Reynolds in my sketchbook, I wanted to throw a watercolor wash, but I noticed the paper was already warped from a wash I did on the other side of the page. If I attempted it, the pigment would just pool in the valleys. So I scanned the page and isolated the pencil scratches.

See the dark waves across the paper? All the color was gonna pool there if I painted it.

I had no idea what I was doing in Photoshop. I've looked at a few Ctrl+Paint videos and sorta have the idea, but I have a LOT of practice ahead of me. I'm rather pleased with the results, but I also know it mostly works because of my understanding of value. My painting technique is pretty meh. LOL!

Friday, September 07, 2018

2/29Faces


I was watching "Better Call Saul" the other night.

I can see that I'm still a bit rusty. I'm annoyed that I can't seem to get eyes down right now, which is weird because it used to be all I did. On the other hand, the planes on the cheeks and jowls were fun to work on and I really wanted to keep rendering. It's like not paying attention to drawing, but wanting to color.

Sketchbook primed with acrylic wash, mechanical pencil, white gel pen and a whole lot of twiddling around with curves in photoshop.

I also did a little bit of gel pen correction in PShop. I kinda scribbled in the hi-lights on the top rim of the glasses and it was too thick and scribbly (and made it really contrasty), so I patched it a little to make it thinner.

Saturday, September 01, 2018

29Faces in September

I've been suuuper scarce here. It's hard to keep current with posting when there's so many social media sites. But at the end of the day, I haven't actually been doing anything that I thought was worth sharing.

OTOH, it IS time for 29Faces again. I may as well try to stay on top of that here. But if you're wondering what else I've been up to, head over to my Instagram. It's way simpler for me to post quick images there.

29Faces is a challenge created by Ayala Art. A human(ish) face a day, every day for an entire month. Last night the prompt "Aretha Franklin" was given. I'm not real happy with how it came out, but I'm also trying to accept what happens, finish and move on. I didn't think I was this rusty.

 

Acrylic wash in sketchbook, colored pencil, white gel pen.