Wednesday 2 October 2013

Weekly Face on Weds #5

Well this one was a tricky one. It went through so many changes, quite drastic changes. I really wasn't sure where I was going with the whole piece, and in fact almost gave up on it completely.

I started as ever with a sketch.. so far so good, always with a HB pencil.( Nothing special, pack of 10 from my supermarket)


Then using Daler Rowney paints.. I blocked in .. this really is just that, block colours in the relevant shapes. 


Now to start adding depth .. I added thin washes of lighter colours over the dark base colours. At this point I was still happy with it. 


more thin washes, building it up..it was here I started to lose the plot with it..



because look what happened next, she could have successfully auditioned for a zombie movie at this point. 
  I wasn't loving it at all, and was pretty much at the point of ripping it out of the book.



however, i left it alone for a week or so, and then decided to have one more go at it. This time I used Derwent Coloursoft pencils


I smoothed out the face, and worked on the bow, and felt I could rescue it.. 



Lots more pencil work..


and here she is finished, have to say I really like her now. Totally chuffed that I was able to turn around what really was a disaster, and make it into something fairly presentable. 



I could have not blogged those dreadful stages, but it is important to show you that I have bad days, lots of them, just like everyone else. it is good to show mistakes, and to show when things have been rescued. 

I try and be honest about projects, my feelings about them, and whether I found them difficult or not, it helps nobody to always show a perfect end result. 

if you are joining in leave your link in the comments. 

Darcy x




11 comments:

  1. Darcy, I love seeing your process! Love your comments about it, too.

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  2. I'm glad you didn't stop, the end result is beautiful!!! Loved to see all the stages, thank you!

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  3. Darcy I found this blog really useful thank you for sharing. I very often throw away and so found your process inspirational. Love the finished creation she's great.

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  4. I initially thought you making a face for Halloween, those eyes were very spooky - which is not a bad thing in my book. The finished face is wonderful, I'm glad you didn't give up.

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  5. Love the stages and changes you made and the expression transformed as it progressed. The end result is more like a sweet girl ready for a Halloween party, a transformation!
    Jo x

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  6. Thats great, thank you so much for sharing the process.

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  7. This weeks face is hauntingly beautiful, glad you shared your process, makes a difference and inspires those of us with doubts to carry on regardless:-) xxx

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  8. Oh Darcy -- laughing so at your commentaries!! LOL I love seeing the stages -- its amazing how you worked through those zombie-terror stages! lol I love her ... she's amazing!

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  9. I totally agree - I really thought I'd messed up on a CJ entry this month (luckily it's the stay with me one but still...) I really do think it helps.

    Love her totally - loved her at her zombie stage too mind you *g* But really enjoyed your processes.

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  10. I really love how you saved her! I think you did a great job and I love it!

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  11. Darcy Saves the day! :) Thank you for showing the process, it IS very helpful. I actually like all the phases she was in. You did a great job.

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