The theme for this month is to be inspired by a novel, book or story. Angela Kennedy took a reference photo from a book of vintage pictures and showed us how to create a portrait, starting with a charcoal drawing, then using acrylic inks to add a wash of colour and shading, finishing with black and white charcoal or pastel to add more shading, details and highlights.
My first attempt ended up in the bin, so I had another go today and I'm much happier with the result. I have been listening to Mansfield Park by Jane Austen this week and this is how I imagine Fanny, the main character in the book ...
I really enjoyed using acrylic inks almost like watercolours over the charcoal sketch and then just picking up highlights and shadow with the pastel pencils. Sprinkling salt on the wet ink to add texture to her dress was fun as well.
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