“With a Blue Streak”
Portrait #17 of my 30 x 30 Portrait Challenge. “With a Blue Streak” 7.5″x11″ graphite.
This is a preparatory drawing for a watercolor painting. I thought I’d post some progress photos.
Stage 1
Stage 2
First I did contour drawing of the shadow shapes. See “Stage 1′. I shaded in the shadow shapes, either on or off, white or light shadow only.
Stage 3
I then brought in smaller, darker shadow shapes. And voila… out pops the image. It never ceases to amaze me how a face shows up on a blank piece of paper.
Between Stage 3 and the final stage, I made some adjustments to the eyes and mouth.
Click on images for a larger view in a new tab. Next up painting. Stay tuned to find out about that blue streak?