This time I actually requested to sketch this homeless guy for an agreed price for just 5 minutes.
The sketch looked very brief but I worked on the colour transformation a bit more.
Steps
1. I used a canson orange paper
2. Started sketching with watercolour with a flat sable for the basic parts of this portrait.
3. Start under-painting of the whole face and other features with burnt sienna washes of watercolour and olive green.
4. I introduce chalk pastel with broad strokes all over the face and clothes to block in the initial colours
5.I then move on to wax crayons to add expressive strokes and tie up the structure and harmony of colour all over the piece. I love these wax crayons as they are less messy and reveal more of my passion for linear strokes.
6. I then finish up with a soft black oil base pencil to add more detail and recover some of the drawing that gets lost during the expressive wax technique.
7. Call it quits........
14 comments:
A really expressive drawing, Adebanji, and thanks for sharing your process with us. Nice to see a colour drawing from you. It takes a brave man to choose Canson orange paper to draw on :o
Thanks Janet!
Love the color background with all the harmony of those colors on top. It feels as life exploding out of him in spite of his circumstances. I love it.
Thanks for sharing this with us, I love the mixed media you use and the effects. Just wish I could find these oil based pencils.
Nice!
Fantastic. thanks for an guide to your methods and media. Magic!
Very good!
LOVE this! The movement, the colors all meld into a vibrant and delectable feast for the eyes! Well Done!
I came to your blog just when I was surfing on this topic. I am happy that I found your blog and information I wanted.
Great portrait...the mixed media adds so much. I'm surprised how well the orange paper works.
very interesting last couple of portraits here, great work as always
what an interesting blog this is! New follower here. love your portraits....sublime.
Love " Macky". Thank you for sharing on your techniques on painting..very interesting. Will be following your blog for your future paintings.
Great work! Makes me miss the days I used color pencils... Such dynamic strokes, like it a lot.
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