Hannah in watercolour and coloured pencil.
E from the Museum by Sktchy app in watercolour and coloured pencils.
Rhayane in watercolour and coloured pencil.
I like to know the names of people I draw, even though I’m usually drawing from a photo on the Sktchy app. This is usually fine because people mostly post selfies. But people do also post photos of friends and family and they don’t always add the person’s name in the caption. So in these cases I invent a name.
The inspiration photo for this portrait was posted by Laura and I’m guessing that this person is her partner (but I could be wrong). A way she didn’t note his name so I’ve invented the name Hugh for him. Say hello to the anonymous guy I’ve christened Hugh!
Elle from the Museum by Sktchy app.
This is Taran from the Museum by Sktchy app, painted with watercolour and finished off with coloured pencils. I really enjoyed drawing and painting that fabric but I’ve had enough of trying to work with the paper in this new Moleskine watercolour sketchbook.
I’ve been very happy with them in the past but the paper in this one is different. The paint is drying differently, it’s not layering well, and it’s not responding well to multiple layers as it has in the past. So I’m going to abandon it (something I almost never do) and move on to a new sketchbook.
This was one of those portraits where I just could not get Vanessa’s likeness. I knew absolutely where I was going wrong but no matter how many times I redrew it i couldn’t get it right. In the end I just decided to go with what I had and see if I could correct it with colour. I couldn’t. Some days it’s a struggle.
It always takes me a little while to get used to the change of paper when I start a new watercolour sketchbook, especially if I’ve changed from one brand to another. My last one was a Fabriano Venezia and this is only my second painting in my new one, a Moleskine, so I’m still making that adjustment, but I’m pretty happy with how David’s portrait turned out.
I was playing around with some watercolour brushes in Procreate on my iPad for this portrait of Rines from Sktchy.
First portrait in my new watercolour portrait sketchbook – a large Moleskine watercolour sketchbook.
drawing faces 