Thursday was rainy, dreary and busy. I had a meeting, a luncheon and volunteered at the IMA (Indianapolis Museum of Art) in the afternoon. I took my colored pencils and small sketch book to the IMA since my husband and I were working at the Information Desk and I expected just a small number of visitors.
CP Sketch January 21, 2010
I decided to see if I could bring life and vibrancy to the non-colors black and white. I decided to do a portrait and I wanted the girl to look young, fresh and innocent. I built up layer after layer of color to get the blacks. I know I made many mistakes and I had no reference material to tell me what a nun’s habit actually looks like but I was able to very freely use my imagination. I was happy and wish I had time to do more.
Just a note. I scanned the sketches from the recent posts but the actual sketches are not as grainy and are more “crisp” than they look.
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I can’t draw like this out of my head. You did a great job of young, innocent and fresh. You also managed to get black with your layering. Good job!
Thank you, Leslie. I haven’t used colored pencils much and I really like the look you get for portraits.