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Thank you Nate, and welcome to the site.
I had another look at the discarded drawing of the guitar player (above) and decided there was so much wrong with it I might as well start afresh.
Two weeks to Christmas. Around this time I usually draw something from the Scrooge book, such a great character and the best story about Christmas...for me anyway. I've drawn him many times, and you can always do better. Last year I posted a compilation of some of these old pics, here it is again....
A book I'd love is Ronald Searle's version, but it doesn't seem to be in print. Few of his books are...maybe I can find a second-hand one somewhere, but they seem pretty pricey. Ronald Searle is the top dog in my personal pantheon of art heroes.
A book I'd love is Ronald Searle's version, but it doesn't seem to be in print. Few of his books are...maybe I can find a second-hand one somewhere, but they seem pretty pricey. Ronald Searle is the top dog in my personal pantheon of art heroes.
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by Lewis Cooper
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Thanks Bari. Scrooge is one of those characters you can keep drawing, like most Dickens characters I guess.
I started one for this year about a week ago, and went off the boil on it. That's all too common for me, I've had another look and think I'll persevere with it. Here it is as it was when I put it aside...
It'll be mixed media. I loosely sketched it in pencil, then went over it making some changes with a pen. I used a sepia pen, it's waterproof, but easier to lose if I want to when painting. You can see I've blocked in most of the main colours with thin washes of watercolour. It will be finished with coloured pencils.
At this point I stopped. Wasn't happy with the face. It was intended to be in caricature style, but it's not 'caricatured' enough. I worked a bit on the face with coloured pencils...if the face isn't right I might as well start again. Still not happy. So I put it aside.
Having another look, I think it's worth carrying on. There were to be two light sources in the picture, the candle and a source to the right as we look at it. I'll change that and make the candle the main light source, I'll also block in all the other colours, stark white patches don't help assess how it's going. I've made a start, I'm waiting for the washes to dry. I'll let you know how it goes.
It'll be mixed media. I loosely sketched it in pencil, then went over it making some changes with a pen. I used a sepia pen, it's waterproof, but easier to lose if I want to when painting. You can see I've blocked in most of the main colours with thin washes of watercolour. It will be finished with coloured pencils.
At this point I stopped. Wasn't happy with the face. It was intended to be in caricature style, but it's not 'caricatured' enough. I worked a bit on the face with coloured pencils...if the face isn't right I might as well start again. Still not happy. So I put it aside.
Having another look, I think it's worth carrying on. There were to be two light sources in the picture, the candle and a source to the right as we look at it. I'll change that and make the candle the main light source, I'll also block in all the other colours, stark white patches don't help assess how it's going. I've made a start, I'm waiting for the washes to dry. I'll let you know how it goes.Edited
by Lewis Cooper
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Did a bit more last night. Here it is so far...
I've put to two versions together for ease of viewing. I've blocked in all the colours with thin watercolour, I also added shadow to the side of his face and hair, as the candle will now be the sole light source. A very thin wash was put on all his face, this has more or less removed the previous coloured pencil work (water-soluble), that's ok. Now it's a case of working on it with coloured pencil and maybe the odd touch of watercolour.
I've put to two versions together for ease of viewing. I've blocked in all the colours with thin watercolour, I also added shadow to the side of his face and hair, as the candle will now be the sole light source. A very thin wash was put on all his face, this has more or less removed the previous coloured pencil work (water-soluble), that's ok. Now it's a case of working on it with coloured pencil and maybe the odd touch of watercolour.
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Lew it starting to look really good now, it was good before now can see the benefit of the wash you have added already.
And as I said it much easier to see what’s going on without a lot of white to distract, I find that when I’m painting there is a point where it doesn’t seem to be working. I now recognise it as the stage where the white is detracting or distracting .
It’s so good to see you at work and a great learning experience, looking forward to the end product .
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Thanks for having a look Dixie and Denise. I've managed to do a little more today, before normal life got in the way. The previous stage is on the left.
I've put another thin layer on the background to darken it, and at the moment I'm planning to leave the papers on the shelf as they are. I want them well in the background and therefore not distinctly defined, they may require a little more definition, but I'll leave that to the end. I've done a little modelling on the hands with water-soluble pencils (shading drawn in and then dampened with a wet brush).
The face and hair have received some work with dry coloured pencils, before I do anymore (if required), I'll get the rest of the picture to the same state. Once that's done it should be a case of minor adjustments here and there...I hope.
I've put another thin layer on the background to darken it, and at the moment I'm planning to leave the papers on the shelf as they are. I want them well in the background and therefore not distinctly defined, they may require a little more definition, but I'll leave that to the end. I've done a little modelling on the hands with water-soluble pencils (shading drawn in and then dampened with a wet brush).
The face and hair have received some work with dry coloured pencils, before I do anymore (if required), I'll get the rest of the picture to the same state. Once that's done it should be a case of minor adjustments here and there...I hope.
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Yes Linda not much change, I did say I'd done a little more...perhaps it wasn't worth posting. It was mainly the face I worked on, didn't touch the quill. Any difference you can see in the quill is down to the vagaries of photography in these dingy days we're getting. Thinking of having the quill white like a goose feather, probably that won't do. I'll have to have a look at some feathers.