Wax Bloom

I didn’t get as early a start this morning as I had planned to, but here’s what I was able to get done between 10am and 11am:

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″ 

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I’ve taken this week off work to hole up in my studio and do nothing but draw. The “draw-a-thon” doesn’t officially start until tomorrow, but I had a chance this afternoon to get a head start on the first of four drawings I hope to finish before next Sunday. 

Self Portrait V | Colored Pencil on Pastelbord | 9 x 16″

With one (sometimes two)  one-hour sessions a day, it generally takes me a week to finish a drawing, so logic would dictate that if I spend 8AM thru 5PM up in my studio without any other responsibilities, four drawings should be cake.

 This of course assumes that the lure of Civilization Revolution is resistible.  I guess we’ll see! 

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And here’s the finished drawing:

 
Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″

 There’s a third one that I want to do to complete this as a series, but its going to have to wait a bit – I need a break from drawing that jacket. 

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Almost there. The next update should be the finished drawing. The photo doesn’t quite do it justice – the darks are darker, and the jeans really don’t look quite so much like the jacket in terms of color.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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More than a little concerned over the color of the pants…a bit too close to the color of the jacket (which I’ve made more purple to deviate) for my liking…and I don’t recall for the life of me the technique I used for the jeans in “Jump!“…I’ll work it out.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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This is about the halfway point now, I think – perhaps a bit further.

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Progress on the jacket, and a photo in better light.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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This evening’s progress in a desaturated, washed out photo.  I swear, it’s really popping off the canvas here in my studio.

Colored Pencils on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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Initial layers for her hair:

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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