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Sketch #321 (#315 revisited)

I thought I would try another digital makeover, this time of sketch #15 from back in June.

Sketch #320 (#319 revisited)

I made some more (digital) modifications to the sketch posted Wednesday, perhaps the most significantly of which was re-drawing the eyes.

Sketch #319

Ok, here's one with relatively more graphite and less digital editing than the one most of those I've been posting lately.

Sketch #318

I redrew the sketch on which the previous two posts were based then did some more digital editing, so I guess that makes this one a cousin to the other two.

If you'd like, you can see the what the redrawing looked like before I went all digital on it here.

Sketch #317

Here's #316's blonde sister :)

Sketch #316

Similar technique, shorter hairstyle. I am definitely gravitating towards doing more of the editing on the computer - It's hard to resist the allure of all of the digital editing tools, not the least of which is the ability to undo mistakes with far greater ease :)

Sketch #315 "Julia Set Julie"

Once again I chose grayscale for this portrait. I find it somewhat liberating to be able to concentrate on chosing the right shades without having to concern myself with the colors. There was a whole lot of digital editing involved in this one. There were some things I liked about the original sketch, but also many that I felt needed changing. Here is a portion of the progression from the original sketch to the final edited version.

For a finishing touch I added a little Julia Set lighting, hence the title.

Sketch #314

Grayscale seemed to work best for this one. Once again, I did a lot of digital editing. Here is what she looked like originally.

Sketch #313

Less digital editing on this one, but I did make a few minor alterations here and there.

Sketch #312

Here's another "woman in the woods" sketch, with some substantial digital editing. You're welcome to take a look at the original drawing if you'd like to see what it looked like earlier in the process.

Sketch #311: "Woman by Seaside Castle"

After scanning in the graphite sketch, I did most of the work on the castle/sea background digitally.

Sketch #310

I like this sketch better than the one I posted last Wednesday. The eyes are better positioned and the overall expression is better. Also, this time I did (somewhat) better resisting my all-too-frequent urge to overdarken the eye area.

Sketch #309

This is the first face sketch I've done in a couple of weeks, having been distracted with some other projects. It wasn't too hard to get back into it, but I did do a little more erasing and redrawing perhaps than usual, being somewhat out of practice.

Sketch #308

Here's a third imitation of the Edward Burne-Jones study which I used as a reference a couple of times earlier this month. She strikes me as a younger sister of the woman in my sketch of April 14.

Sketch #307

I couldn't quite get the sketch the way I wanted it on paper, so ended up going all out with the digital editing, resulting in the picture to the right. The original sketch can be viewed here.

Sketch #306b (in color)

I decided to see what the previous sketch would look like with some digital color added. I think red hair suits her :)

Sketch #306

This woman seems to be interested in something off to the left ... maybe I'll expand the picture at some point and bring in the object of her attention.

Sketch #305: "Caught in the Breeze, Version 2"

Here's a somewhat different take on the same windswept hair theme as that the sketch I posted on April 12.

Sketch #304: "A Second Attempt"

The sketch that I posted on April 4, though almost certainly better than it would otherwise have been for my having used a classic Edward Burne-Jones study as a reference, fell short of what I wanted it to be, so here is another based on the same reference.

Sketch #303: "Caught in the Breeze"

I suppose this might be more typically thought of as a fall scene, but we get some pretty good breezes in April too.

Sketch #302

I drew more lightly than I usually do for this sketch. One of the advantages of this approach is that it makes correcting mistakes easier - not that I caught them all. The chin line, for one, looks a little off, but I still think I like this one better than any of the others I've drawn recently.

Sketch #301

This sketch is loosely based on one by the 19th century English Artist Edward Burne-Jones (study for the Queen in Death of Arthur, image obtained from ArtRenewal.org). Although not as well-known as say Renoir or Rembrand, Edward Burne-Jones is one of my very favorite classical artists. He did a lot of excellent fantasy paintings.

Sketch #300: "Eve and the Apple"

I thought the Garden of Eden would look a lot more appropriate in color (gray apples aren't very tempting), so I made the necessary digital enhancements to the original sketch.

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