Sunday Sketches

Here is todays sketch and the portrait for today, I figure it can do double duty.В I used Inktense pencil on В everything except the skin.В At first I was just going to leave it the color of the paper and then changed my mind.В For the face and neck I used chalk pastels.В I had not used them to do a face before and I like the look they give.I have a bonus sketch today. I have to work on a traveling book and the theme is patterns so I thought I would do some paisleys for my pages.

Since I have never drawn a paisley I started a practice sheet.I have one of those dover coloring books with paisley in them so I used that for inspiration.At first I drew them on white bristol board and then added a wash of watercolors.Then I added some over the watercolors.I am not sure which way I like best.I kept adding more and more paisleys. It just like doing a zentangle, very addictive.Doesn't this look like fun.I had lots of fun with my sample, now I need to tackle the book pages.

To see what other sketchers ar doing today, head over to Sophia's blog

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