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confessional

After reaching the point of no return with an earlier piece, I gave myself a good talking to and started working on being a little more tentative with the pencils. Working in layer upon layer, I stopped myself getting too harsh too early on. This isn’t a perfect piece at all – there are many flaws, but it was great to practice even if it was on shoddy cartridge paper! I have ordered some particularly yummy paper, so might try something like this out on it when it arrives:

confessional
Confessional (study), coloured pencil and graphite, 2009

June 21, 2009 - Posted by Shona | art, artwork, process | , , , | 4 Comments

4 Comments »

  1. Wow!

    Comment by Nick Booth | June 21, 2009 | Reply

  2. I cant write the same as the other comment cos then it wouldn’t be my comment so
    woweeeeeeeeeeeeeee

    Comment by severnyproductions | June 21, 2009 | Reply

  3. Beautiful! I love the colors.

    Comment by kelly howlett | June 22, 2009 | Reply

  4. She’s gorgeous. I love her green eyes and white-blonde hair. Great day’s work there you busy, busy bee!

    Comment by Nicky Getgood | June 22, 2009 | Reply


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