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| 3/13/14 Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tone pencils, Stillman & Birn Alpha sketchbook |
I’ve tried many times to sketch this photo of my mother when she was a teenager, and even when I sort of
manage to capture a likeness, what eludes me is the innocent, wistful expression.
In this version, she does look somewhat like my mom, but somehow older.
As I did yesterday,
I used Koh-I-Noor Tri-Tone pencils, and I again tried to shade in the shapes of
the tones first before refining the details. I resisted the urge to define the
shape of her face with a contour line and instead put the green background in
behind it.
I’m really liking the subtle changes in colors these pencils
make. Since the three hues are mixed together in the lead, you can’t really
control which color you get at any particular time. I like the continual surprise.
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