Wednesday, May 15, 2024

Calamity Jane


 This Speakeasy Girl renamed Calamity Jane is from a bonus tutorial by Karen Campbell at Awesome Art School. This is the second time I worked on this tutorial. I wanted to have her in my Strathmore Toned Tan Sketchbook.

It started out just fine using my Faber-Castell brush Pitt Pens. But then I went off track and gave her face several additional highlights! Nothing I tried got rid of them.

Desperate to save this lovely girl, I resorted to paint! Paint is a no no on this type of paper! I have a Jane Davenport Matchmaker Acrylic paint set, that lets you customize skin colors. I mixed some skin tones trying to cover the white areas, with a limited amount of water. It helped a bit. Now she even has dark eye shadow.

The brush pens didn't work as well as I expected, so I painted her chest and shoulders also. I used Molotow pens for the black outline and the flower in her hair was done with the new Sharpie Creative Markers. I enhanced the shadow areas with Prismacolor pencils.

I'm very happy that I didn't give up on this lovely girl!

Challenges:

https://avenue613.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-w-optional-twist.html

https://hereisaplacetostart.blogspot.com/2024/05/may-2024-anything-goes-woptional-twist.html

https://craftygalscornerchallenges.blogspot.com/2024/05/challenge-255-anything-goes-woptional.html 

https://allsortschallenge.blogspot.com/2024/05/week-780.html 

6 comments:

María said...

A fantastic drawing. I love how you've played with the different tones to create the hair and all those shadows on the skin. Thanks for joining us at A Place To Start. Hugs, María.

Gail L said...

WOW! Good job! You have patience! Something I lack! She's fabulous! Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week!

coldwaters2 said...

Gosh what a striking image she is gorgeous love how you have coloured her thank you for joining us at Allsorts
hugs
lolo x

Rainey's Craft Room said...

A beautiful piece of art. Thanks for joining us at Allsorts this week.
Lorraine

Judy McKay said...

Beautiful portrait. Love the colouring. Thank you for joining us at Crafty Gals Corner this month. Hope to see your beautiful art work back here again soon. Judy DT

Judy McKay said...

Here I am back wearing a different hat. The face is beautiful. Thank you for joining us at 613 Avenue Create this month. Hope to see you back here again soon. Judy DT https://avenue613.blogspot.com/