work progress – skin blocked, and beginning detail

0 comments By Kevin Filed in Uncategorized Tagged with colored pencils, flesh, Gia, gouache, oil pastels, paint, pinup, skin, work progress August 14th, 2010 @ 9:45 pm

I started the day blocking in the skin, this time trying watercolor pencils instead of colored pencils (no wax, so possibly better blending, plus a different variety of colors to work with). I used the pencils to rough in the color and contour of each section, then applied oil pastels (mostly white and light flesh) over them, blending together with my fingers…
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These areas weren’t too big, so I was done fairly early in the day, so I began detailing some of the areas. The face got the most work, nearly finishing it tonight. I also darkened the hair once I saw how it matched to the skin, and worked on the tie. I mixed a pink, red, gray and white gouache and painted the tie in light coats, building it up darker and darker. I’ll finish it tomorrow, likely with colored pencils, giving it a subtle design. For now, I added a cherry icon to its bottom…
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