Painting 33

Ref 1019.- Watercolor // Watercolor pencil; as underpainting

This is the final result of this process:

Step 1.- Unless you use very thin paper no stretching is required
Material needed; watercolor pencil; basically violet & black and a wear brush for rubbing
over cold press paper 220 gr
The main shapes are sketched with these pencils, negative painting (basically the background of the figure)with fine scratched marks to conform later on a heavy shading close to the figure is black and then violet to produce the blending effect, which finally be rubbed with the hard brush
                          

Step 2.- Dense layering of black and violet additional pencil lines to be satisfied saving some White paper accordingly

Step 3.- With a fine brush first and then with a bigger I added wáter over the dry main áreas and lines, always I´ve got an absorbent tissue to integrate and fade color over the paper (this will be my underpainting)

 

Step 4.- Let it dry so you can add more color deep with watercolor and a brush,
In the hair you need to do the lines base in the flow and right after start to lift the paint with the contrary side of your brush "the tip", ---- to add more light reflection once is completely dry I scratched some additional lines with a knife in a gentle way

Step 5,.- Final touchs; the face has been made with a fine brush and a little bit of some additional skin colors and again once completely dry I layering again with a violet color and a tissue of paper to integrate additional color accordingly, without touch the White paper zones which are working pretty good so far,
nevertheless I added some permanent White (gouache) to give additional shining brights over the right side (light source)