Wax Bloom

The quality of the scan in the last post was really bugging me, so after working a bit longer on it I took a photo – even a photo in poor lighting is better than what that scanner is capable of producing.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 8 x 14″ 

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Many more layers on the face, but still a crappy scan that doesn’t convey the luminosity of the drawing. I’ll have a better image in the morning now that I’ve found the camera.

Colored Pencil on Pastelboard, 8 x 14″ (detail) 

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Jeans about done, all thats left now is the addition of the sidewalk. Next update should be the finished drawing!

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″ 

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A better photo of last nights progress in daylight, with a bit more of the jeans finished.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″

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Now with a leg and a foot, which makes jumping easier, so I hear.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″ 

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Jacket about finished, and starting on the pants which I am trying really hard to make sure have a different texture and feel than the jacket.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″

 I also want to share this one to give you an idea of the scale of this piece, since several folks that have seen it in person have commented that they thought it was much larger, having only seen it online.

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More progress on the jacket, along with the darkening I mentioned in the last update.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″ (detail) 

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More jacket, but I need to tone down the highlights a bit in the shadowed part of the jacket.

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″ 

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A bit more from this afternoon: 

Colored Pencil on Pastelbord, 7 x 14″ 

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