New Artwork...

I finished this up about a week ago.

Various colored pencils and Neocolor II water-soluable crayons (wings only) on Museum board, approx. 14" x 18". I really agonized over this one for about 3 weeks before getting the Art Nouveau inspired design and colors that I was happy with. For those that have followed this blog at all, you might recall the graphite portrait of my art-friend Brandy that I did a while back... well, the model for this pic is her equally beautiful sister Rachel and I'd like to thank them both for sharing the photos and inspiring me to do this piece, I'm really pleased with how it came out!

New Artwork

This past week I took a much-needed break from my "Billiard Bitches" (as they have come to be affectionately known) and colored pencils and did a graphite piece, a portrait of my 'art' friend Brandy Perez (http://brandyperez.blogspot.com/) . Both she and her husband like my work and seemed pretty excited at the idea of me doing her portrait! She is quite a beautiful woman with a unique profile and HUGE eyes so it was fun to try and capture all that on paper!

Tech stuff: It's on a piece of 18x24" strathmore 64lb tinted charcoal paper, done with derwent 2H and HB pencils with white charcoal pencil for the highlights. I started it on Friday night, worked right through the weekend and finished it monday. It's a pretty good likeness I think, and I had fun designing the earring and playing with the hairstyle a bit, but that braid, grrrrrrrrrrrrrrrr, that was tough!!!

Anyway, it's back to the "bitches" now . . .*sigh*

edit: I worked on this a bit last night, fixing some problems with the nose and overall profile that just bugged me too much to leave alone. This is an updated scan 2/23/09.