watercolor & Arches CP 300gsm, 14" x 10".i did this portrait because i liked the photograph and the pose, but especially because i liked trinity's luxurious, cascading hair.
the drawing is freehand, using a system of skewed guidelines i developed a couple of years ago. the guidelines assert a subtle distorting effect on the drawing, and the coloring is done roughly. the drawing resembles a portrait heroine from a graphic novel.
background is chromium oxide green and cadmium yellow deep, glazed with a layer of nickel dioxine yellow. flesh is raw sienna base, watermarked, with shading in burnt sienna, cadmium scarlet, and benzimida maroon. eyes are dioxine violet and green gold tinted with phthalo blue, phthalo green and cadmium scarlet. hair is transparent brown oxide and cobalt blue deep; the two give a granulating dark brown/gray black color that is tinted with phthalo blue and phthalo green.
2 comments:
Bruce, this is a wonderful watercolor. Good job.
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The hair is modeled beautifully in color. Thanks for sharing Bruce.
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