A special girl

Commission
Size: 30 X 20 cm
Technique:
Pen & ink in combination with Caran D'ache color pencils   

Soft pastels from Talens   


Paper: Schoellershammer 200R  

Step 1
The first lines in pencil
You need them for guidelines to have the right proportions.

Step 2
The eyes, The most important part in a drawing.
The eyes tells everybody how and who the person is.
I do it this time with small dots because I decided to make the drawing different from others.

Step 4
After the eyes we make the shades around these eyes.
Look for the darker parts and place the points more against each other.
The light parts you can do with a almost dry pen.
Mostly with a full pen with ink I start with the dark parts and as the pen 
is almost dry I go to the light parts

Step 5
Now I working on the rest of the face.
Its important before you begin with nose and mouth.
Later I began with the nose.
Balance is important,  balance between the light and dark parts.

Step 6
After the nose I finished first as nuch as possible the whole face.
So I get a total view of the dark and lighter parts.
Now I start with the mouth with some thin lines to get the lips 
first dark parts when I start later with my points

Step 7
Now the mouth is almost done.
Now its time to spend more time to get the face in balance.
With placing point everywhere. 

Step 8
The face is now almost done and I started with the hair.
So you see if the face have problems in the proportions or details.

Step 9
Only a few small details have to change after today.
I finished the complete face, haire and neck.
Its almost done now.

Step10
Keep seeing small details I have to change.

Final drawing
Yes. the final drawing with the background made in soft pastel.
Now I put the drawing for several days in front of my table.
So I can see if I have to change more things.
Next week I bring it to my customer.

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