Another project using col-erase and Bristol board.
As normal I started this project with the easy grid method.
I started adding tone with the hair in the upper left corner. This allowed me to avoid resting my hand on the drawing. Also the hair had some of the darkest tones and so helped to set the range of tones early.
Taking the hair in sections I then continued to build it up keeping the pencil strokes aligned. I also tried to blend the boundary where the hair thins towards the face. There is also a shaded area here so getting the balance right took a few attempts later as more of the hair is added.
The stands of hair were also added, but in smaller sections.
The latex top took a lot of work. I completed this in sections. The sections were chosen from the sections of latex as they would have been glued from. This helped to give areas of consistent tone but in small manageable stages.
The back and shoulder was added, built up from layers of cross hatched pencil and then blended with a circular motion. I enjoyed building this up as it really had a three dimensional fell.
I then added the pale seam and completed the visible upper sleeve, and the hoop detail on the front. I also added the earring as it is in the foreground and was built up in the same was as the metal loop.
To consolidate the skin on the first figure I added the shadow tones from the hair, followed by the lighter skin tone layers.
Leaving the first figure, the back and top strap of the second figure was started. Again I was working top down here to avoid resting on the image, and also trying to show the line of the first figures face using the shadow tones on the back.
To complete the top of the image and to set the tone of the lighter latex material I added tone to the arm and waist band.
The bum area didn't have much tone variation and covered a large area of the images so I started to break it down with soft shadow tones.
The skin tones were built up in layers with the dark tone near the thumb proving a dark reference tone. The shadows caused by the clutching hands were also added carefully to avoid harsh edges.
A final pass over the whole image was make to enhance the darker tones.
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