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Hey all! I’ve been working on and off for the last couple of months on this. I had a random graphite portrait in my sketchbook from awhile back, and decided to just have a play with it. The idea was to make three different faces and associate them with different emotions, sticking fairly close to the original sketch.
I’m not sure why I thought this was a great idea for a project but it got my hands dirty again with OP’s, so I started.
These are all done on Arches oil paper, 12x16”. I used my Neopastels, Mungyo Gallery Artist Soft, and Sennelier OP’s.
First, the graphite sketch:
Here’s the first one. This one is to represent the most confident, happy one of the trio.
In the Pink:
The next one, I made some minor changes to the mouth and brows to change the mood. This is the tense, unhappy one of the trio.
All Kinds of Blue:
Finally (and since I couldn’t really decide on an emotion to capture), I went for a little bit more intense, maybe off-kilter emotionally.
Not everything about her is exaggerated, but quite a bit is.
I’m the least confident about this one because I’m not sure I pulled that off, but here she is.
Dream Date:
A couple of random WIP pics and close-ups as I worked:
All comments are welcomed and very much appreciated.
Thanks for looking!
I’m not sure why I thought this was a great idea for a project but it got my hands dirty again with OP’s, so I started.

These are all done on Arches oil paper, 12x16”. I used my Neopastels, Mungyo Gallery Artist Soft, and Sennelier OP’s.
First, the graphite sketch:
Here’s the first one. This one is to represent the most confident, happy one of the trio.
In the Pink:
The next one, I made some minor changes to the mouth and brows to change the mood. This is the tense, unhappy one of the trio.
All Kinds of Blue:
Finally (and since I couldn’t really decide on an emotion to capture), I went for a little bit more intense, maybe off-kilter emotionally.
Not everything about her is exaggerated, but quite a bit is.

Dream Date:
A couple of random WIP pics and close-ups as I worked:
All comments are welcomed and very much appreciated.
