Phew!..I'm back...It's been a while since my last post...sorry about that...but here is a portrait I did a while ago using charcoal pencils as my base sketch and then overlaying with really wet watercolor washes. The charcoal bleeds and blends a bit and forced me to work a little faster.
Monday, May 2, 2011
Mixing it up
Phew!..I'm back...It's been a while since my last post...sorry about that...but here is a portrait I did a while ago using charcoal pencils as my base sketch and then overlaying with really wet watercolor washes. The charcoal bleeds and blends a bit and forced me to work a little faster.
Nice portrait, sounds like an interesting technique.
ReplyDeleteGlad you area back!
ReplyDeleteGood portrait.
ReplyDeleteLove the drama added by use of the charcoal, Annelein. As always, your work is just beautiful.
ReplyDeleteUse charcoal with watercolor ... surprising and successful, I will try one day
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