I have been busy today. After posting the sketch for the Nocturne painting earlier I was determined to move some creative energy. I have two small canvases with a turquoise ground which I want to use for small portraits. I found two beautiful photographs in a glossy monograph on portraits and my works will be based on these. The format of the canvas is tiny - 5" x 5" - and, in prepration, I decided to do some value sketches in exactly the same size. It's been a day of values hasn't it? Many lessons in this session. Firstly, the tiny size cramped any possible rendering of the subtle gradations in the half-tones, and secondly, it was going to be more complicated than I first thought. I thought I would post these sketches here so I can get used to them. I also processed the sketch with a blue tint just to see how the values translate against colour. The light I was drawing in wasn't so good, nor was the photography, but I don't have the correct lighting or camera for drawings. I hope to start on the painting tomorrow.
Preliminary Portrait Sketch5" x 5" - Pencil on Cartridge Paper
Preliminary Portrait Sketch - Blue Tint5" x 5" - Pencil on Cartridge Paper
2 comments:
Anne, I like the mood and lighting you have worked into your sketch and the placement of your portrait adds drama and intrigue. Very nice!
Thanks Jean - hopefully the paintings will emphasise the lighting more. I was working from photographs on this one and maybe I'll put them up so visitors can see what I was working from. :-)
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