Over the past few months I have drawn Linda many times. Today I have revisited this face for a new type of art work for me - painting. I would love to write that this part of some great plan but it wasn't. I wanted some large oil pastels and bought a set not realising what I could do with them. However, once I read the instructions, a first, I discovered that these pastels were water soluble so I decided to try this out. Enter Linda.
I first sketched out an outline - which took about 15 minutes. I mention this because when I last drew Linda I never really managed to a good likeness whereas now I can do this within 15 minutes. That is a measure of the progress I have made over the past few months.
So to the pastels. I was a bit tentative at first working from the light to dark. As my confidence grew I started to apply more pressure. Once I had finished it was an interesting drawing but only stage two. Now for the real test - applying water. Again I was really nervous to start off but slowly I got a bit of feel for what I was doing and slowly the painting began to take shape.
Overall I am really pleased with the result. Now I am not saying it is any good but it does give a lot things to think about when I do it again. This is the only way to learn and improve your work just keep working and reflecting.
Simon Marchini LRPS
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