Saturday, April 22, 2006

More Mouths - Practice with pencils.

Still working from the "portraits with pencils" book. Here are some more of the practice exercises. I am looking forward to moving on to the ears. The grey paper images are done using layering and the others are done using burnishing. I much prefer the finished effect of the burnishing method but am using up my prismacolors at an alarming rate!!

9 comments:

Sioux said...

these mouths are wonderful!

martha said...

Love your mouths:)

Robyn said...

Keep up the practice, Shelley. You are getting very good at mouths.

Cheers,
Robyn
Scratches & Scribbles

Lin said...

GORGEOUS MOUTHS!! Each so different and yet so luscious!

melissa said...

These are fantastic. I really love how you've worked the color on such a wide range of papers. Wow!

Marilyn said...

These are very impressive. I haven't worked much with colored pencils. Your blog is great!

Mindixy said...

WOW - these are just amazing! Loved your Nina portrait too.

starrgirl's world said...

Nice studies - the pencil on the gray paper has a beautiful tone. I've never practiced just drawing a certain feature - it seems like a great idea!

Karen said...

great mouths, shelly! I especially like the use of highlights.