Naked ladies. Naked
ladies are cool. I do love the ol' body.
So this study started
as a quick nude sketch in pencil. I used a heavy, soft charcoal mix
graphic style pencil to give her a sort of mysterious softness which
I really liked. I then put more emphasis on her tattoos so that they
catch the eye first, keeping her face enigmatic and hidden under her
hair. I then began to develop her from a sketch into a full image,
using a palette of autumnal colours and nostalgic textures. I wanted
to create quite a gritty and gothic image, with implications of
writing and letter stamps layered across our mysterious girl.
I was quite chuffed
with the final image, as an experiment I feel she came out well. This
is a little different to what I have been doing over the past year,
as I feel it is so important to keep on pushing yourself, experiment
with materials and techniques and even subject matter. You never know
what you may accidentally stumble across!
