H&H2: Composite Drawing

For this week's assignment, I had to combine an image of me with one of an animal. I decided to use a Siberian tiger as my animal reference. I was lucky enough to find a photo of a tiger in the exact same pose as a photo that Greg had taken of me for a self-portrait assignment

And here is the composite drawing that I did using the two photos as references:

Lesson Learned: When combining references, always try to find images with the most similar pose and lighting as possible. It will make your drawing so much more realistic looking.

H&H2: Pastel Portrait 2

This is a pastel portrait that I drew with an analogous color scheme for my Heads and Hands 2 class. I'm really loving doing portraits in pastel- definitely something I will continue to do on my own time after this class is over!

Lesson Learned: Purple and red don't clash! They are next to each other on the color wheel and are therefore harmonious in a color palette as long as you transition between them with a bit of red-violet.

H&H2: Pastel Portrait 1

Here is my first pastel portrait for my Heads and Hands 2 class. I had fun using soft pastels for this life-size portrait from a photo of a model who posed for this class assignment. It was fun to experiment with colors and to explore the different textures within the model's head and hair.

Lesson Learned: Do the underdrawing of a pastel portrait in full-value charcoal. Get a very accurate drawing with all of the shadow shapes carefully blocked in in black charcoal first. Then, when you go over it with colored pastels, the value will be darker and the color duller where the charcoal lies underneath, making those areas naturally fall into shadow to create form on the head.