Portrait of my brother Xpost colored pencils

[Hawkmoth]

I attempted to do my sister-in-law in colour but it was a bit of a disaster , so I've gone back to monochrome. I don't think I'm ready for colour yet, I need more experience just working with light/shade and trying to make the features look natural.
This one of my brother turned out surprisingly well - it's by far the best I've achieved so far.

I just used one Inktense pencil on cold press watercolour paper. I also tried a wax resist crayon for highlights on the beard and hair. The waxed bits have a slightly 'crusty' look. It looks weird in the beard (like he's frosty!) but I quite like it in the hair. I'll try masking fluid next time.

 

[E.J.H.]

Beautiful portrait. I like the techniques you used, and think the wax resist was very succesfull.

 

[P. Barrie]

Beautiful work! Values, strokes, everything!
What size and what color inktense pencil, and what type of brush?

 

[Artyczar]

Very, very good, as I said in the other thread. It's excellent and I am floored really.

 

[Jane]

This is so well done. It is beautiful you must love him very much. It shows in the work.

 

[Hawkmoth]

Thanks so much for your kind comments everyone, they are very much appreciated.

Beautiful work! Values, strokes, everything!
What size and what color inktense pencil, and what type of brush?

I used Inktense pencil 2000 'Bark', and Pentel waterbrushes (I find waterbrushes work well with Inktense pencils). I use a jar of water with the waterbrush as well as filling it, so it's a combination of dip and squeeze!

Any of the darkest Inktense pencils would provide a full range of tones when used with water, but I particularly like the bark colour.

I think using Bockingford paper also helps with correcting tonal mistakes. Inktense is very difficult to lift or scrub, but the Bockingford seems to allow it a bit more than other papers.

 

[Sylwia J-D]

Beautiful work.

 

[mbeckett]

great values! i am taking notes on how you did the hair and beard highlights!