Here she is, my sixth (I think) coloured pencil drawing and this time on gallery wrapped canvas. It is 200 x 200 x 40mm and once I varnish it, it will be ready to hang without framing which appeals to me. I don't have a title for this yet and I am pretty happy with the outcome even though I was ambivalent about whether it was working throughout different parts of the process.I think for the next coloured pencil piece I do on canvas, I will use a lighter colour to prime it as I couldn't get rid of the black base and haven't made my mind up to whether that adds depth or would a figure drawing be better on a lighter background. The only way to find out is to try another one on a light background.
I enjoyed working on this size as I could cart it around with me and ended up doing quite a bit of it in bed before going to sleep at nights (was a change from reading which is my normal wind down activity).
I just need to find out what varnish to use on this now as I have a horror of spraying it and then finding that it dissolves colour pencil and the drawing runs off the canvas. I am sure that is highly unlikely to happen but these coloured pencil pieces take so damn long that I am not willing to risk it so I will be doing some research first.
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I recognize this model as a person from the DeviantArt site. Please respect the model's copyright, and give her credit.
I will notify her that you have used her picture, and give her a link to your blog.
Hi, as I mentioned in a previous WIP post as quoted "The image that I am working from is courtesy from wetcanvas from a virtual life drawing class last year. I will find out more details before I finish it so I can properly credit the photographer".This image came from Wetcanvas as a reference image freely able to be used With all the wetcanvas issues and downtime they have had this year I have struggled to find the right thread to find the person who posted it but I will keep searching as I have never claimed copyright of the photo this was based on and clearly stated that I did get this from wetcanvas where it was loaded to be used in this way. I'm more than happy for the model to contact me so I can give proper credit as it is a great photo and pose and I really enjoyed drawing it.
Found the thread on wetcanvas
http://www.wetcanvas.com/forums/showthread.php?t=380066&highlight=virtual+life+class
All it states is that the model's name was Sophie and that she allowed these to be used as reference images on wetcanvas life drawing classes.
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