Felix D'Eon Diary ~ Drawing Steven March, 2006 |
In the photos below, you can see the first part of the drawing in progress. I have laid out the first, foreground figure, and have largely drawn it from the top down. The sheet of paper is much larger than would fit in my scanner, so I have only included close-ups of the actual figure. I usually start with a light brown colored pencil, and in this drawing, I used a dark brown pencil for the shadows. I then added a touch of red watercolor to his lips and cheeks, and white acrylic paint as the highlights on his face. I use acrylic on his face because a brush with a fine tip gives me far greater accuracy than a thick piece of chalk, which is what I used for the white highlights on his body, where less precision is necessary.
In the photo below, I stood in a couple of poses with the model and had photographs taken, so I could judge the height of a standing figure to the seated one, and to evaluate the poses myself. With this photographs help, I could see that my glutes started somewhere below the level of his shoulders, and I could judge how high above his head the head of the other figure would be. I kept the camera next to me while I drew, and looked through the viewfinder when necessary, to help me judge size relationships.
Below, I have set him in the pose for the figure which will be standing to the behind the seated boy which is allready drawn. This is always the frightening part, as I am very happy with the first boy, and the possibility of ruin looms large.
Below, you can see the progress of the second figure. The process is essentially the same as for the first seated boy. I made some changes from the actual model because of certain compositional needs, though. In the actual model, for example, the back leg was heavily lit (as you can see in the photo above), but in my drawing, in order to pop out the foreground figure, I cast the whole leg in shadow. This created contrast and helped separate the figures.
Below is the image as it appeared at its conclusion.
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