As you can see by the date, I took a little hiatus from drawing. It does feel good to be back at the drawing board again... refreshed! :) The fingers in the drawing are starting to be mapped in. They will be out-of-focus for the most part. The hand is pretty tan, so once the blending starts, I will be deepening the shadows and skin tone more. It was tempting to start on the crisp clean lines of the turtle first, but I decided to try a left to right approach. Part of this decision was due to it being such a pain in the last drawing to put the background around the already drawnYorkie. Also, I wanted to make sure that I could get the right amount of blur in the fingers first. My mind has a terrible habit of directing my hands to draw out-of-focus objects in focus. This little talent comes in handy when working with a bad photo, but not so good :( when I am working on a blurry background. I will complete the work over the top of the turtle before adding him in. He has little bits of sand on his body that should make for a tedious challenge, and I do not want to risk smudging him. ;)
4 comments:
the hand really makes you aware of the size of the turtle.
Hi Andrew... I hope the size of the hands will make the same impact in the drawing as it does in the photo reference. It is amazing how small this little guy is.
Once again, your patience and attention to detail amazes me!! Looking forward to the next step!
Thanks for stopping by Laure... I feel the same way about your watercolor. :)
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