PORTRAITS W.I.P 2

Day 1                

Today I make the first setup on duifjes paper 
The size of the drawing  will be 40 X 35 cm 
The most important thing is to decide the composition
I made scetches on small pieces of paper till I find the 
right composition.
First I draw the most important lines in pencil of each 
person.

After I made the first setup that same day.

I began on the top left with the mother.
With pen & ink I draw the first lines I need them 
because later I will color it with pastels. 
Everything looks hard and some proportions
I had to recalculate them.

Day 2  

After applying the pastel colors I'm working over and 
over with combination of color pencil and black and 
white pencils. 
So I get the right face on paper and the person who is 
behind that face.
Small adjustments will be made by a fine scalpel.
I decided to do that later. 

I finished very late that night (11:30)

Day 3 

I decided to go over to the father on the top right of the 
drawing.
I made first the pen and ink lines. After that I fill in the 
pendrawing with color pastels. You have to find the right
color of the skin because this will be the layer I will 
come back later by finishing the drawing.

Day 4 

This day every thing is going well and I finished the father. 
Small adjustments will be made later. 
I never look too long at one person.
If you do that you get problems of over working that 
drawing. 

Day5 

Finishing some small parts of both of the two persons. 
Still I'm not satisfied but will correct this later. 
I will get the persons complete!

Today (still 5th day)

I started with the third person, the girl in the middle.   
I have to make the balance of her soft face and the 
hard eyes. 
The eyes have to tell everything in a person but 
sometimes It looks a different person around the eyes. 
After setup the line drawing
I know tomorrow everything will be going smooth.

Day 6

Yes it is going fine.
I found a way to make this girls eyes one and
I began with different
color pencil.

Same day 6

I have to put her eyes exactly on paper because they are 
beautiful and full of life.
What to do with the face? Make it harder?

Today it's enough and monday I will finish this part.

Day 7                

Back to the girl I find out I have to put first her hair around 
the face.
That way I get a perfect balance between the eyes and the
rest of her face. 
This day I spend the whole day on her. 

Day 8 

My other problem is the boy left under. By study this boy 
I find some technical problems. This boy is around 20 but 
has some marks of an 
older man. 
I have to draw him but try to bring the old face characters 
on the background. 

Same Day (8)  

The first step was: put the pastels as background on the 
perfect spot. 
With a gum I made some lighter spots for later.