Work in Progress

I made a promise on 43things about stuff I would like to do in life. Well, two of those are done now, completing a half marathon, and a trip to Goa. More about that in another post. One thing I did note down however, and did nothing about, was to Sketch Regularly. Doodling I did frequently (after all, I do have to sit through lengthy meetings), but all my sketching pencils were gathering dust in the drawer. That’s when I saw this photo of a friend which looked very pretty, and that helped me to at least start on my promise about sketching..

This is what it looks like right now:




















I am using a heavy, large grain paper borrowed from my room-mate; lots more suited to water color than sketching – it has a very rough texture, and would not allow much blending. More important to me was to get the shape right; there were not too many tonal values in the master copy, anyway. However, the alignment of the left eye has gone all awry, will try to set it right at my next sitting. The hair warranted a much darker black, but my 5b Faber Castell is not giving me the desired results on this paper either. Hope to post updates on the work pretty soon, till then any suggestions would be very welcome!