Wet Hair

[dxdragon]

Soooooo....I'm finally getting off my ass a little.

Working on a final...I'm rusty when going bigger. It's 24 x 16. I usually blend alot but I'm trying to add value with line work...I personally think I need more work at it because this is looking more blended than I want it to.

Some of you are really good with hatching and cross hatching so any input would be appreciated.

Final will be graphite with Ink/black Watercolor (not sure)



The sketch 5 x 8

[BPS Morganza]

I don't see anything wrong with your line work, you can blend and hatch as long as the end result looks good.

I hope you don't make the hair just black like in your sketch, it's looks odd compared to the technique you are using for the face, I would suggest using long pencil strokes to simulate hair strands as best you can then using an eraser to bring out highlights. But this is not a crit just an opinion.

It's looking good anyways!

[dxdragon]

ahhh....but it's part of me plan.

I'm working on a series mixing graphite for flesh and ink for hair. I have to try it at least once.

Thanks for the comments.

[Walt Barna]

Good work so far


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[shannonh]

Textured rendering and solid flat color does not go well together. But keep experimenting. You could figure out how to make it work and let us know your tricks! I thing gray washes would look better.

I like The pencil work. She's calling to me! Very nice.

[dxdragon]

Textured rendering and solid flat color does not go well together. But keep experimenting. You could figure out how to make it work and let us know your tricks! I thing gray washes would look better.

I like The pencil work. She's calling to me! Very nice.

Grey washes for skin tone? I was thinking about doing variations in watercolor, but I am also trying to do mix media.

[shannonh]

ahhh....but it's part of me plan.

I'm working on a series mixing graphite for flesh and ink for hair. I have to try it at least once.

Thanks for the comments.

Ah. I thought this meant you were planning to stay black and white.

[yomark]

This is really nice. By blending, as opposed to cross-hatching, do you mean, like smudging? I think you've got a really nice balance here. The line-shading is fully evident here, so I'm not sure what distinction you're trying to make.

[dxdragon]

This is really nice. By blending, as opposed to cross-hatching, do you mean, like smudging? I think you've got a really nice balance here. The line-shading is fully evident here, so I'm not sure what distinction you're trying to make.

I have seen fully rendered complete pieces in large format with just straight line work like hatching...I'd like to do something like that...I just never have.

Think Moebius or Escher...not saying I can be that good...bu maybe in vein...

I have a visual goal...I'm just having issues with what I visualize in my head and what I execute.


No smudging .... blending with with different pencils and gradients .

I'm taking off for three days...so hopefully when I get back...I'll be in a better frame of mind.