Time Traveler Class--Another 1920s Figure and Fabric Patterns

I decided to add another sketch to warm up 3. Not perfect, but I'm kind of pleased with her, except for her hair being too tall. I used a Zig calligraphy marker (I may have penciled her in first).

Then I went over her some with a water brush pen and used a white Conte pastel pencil to cut the top of her hair down some. Much better! Moving on to a sketchbook exercise now...

Some practice in sketching design motifs and painting fabric designs. I sketched the motifs with a Tombow marker, and since I don't have any gouache paints, I used India ink as one background and acrylic inks for the others. Not a good idea, because the dried ink was kind of slick, and the colored pencils I used were difficult to use on the backgrounds, so I only did the basic design, with no tiny details. I got the idea though!

The solid black background above wasn't really solid. It was supposed to have a pale pink design in it, but I couldn't get to my large set of colored pencils, so I used a light red, which didn't show up in the picture. I went over it with a white Conte' pastel pencil, and now it's almost pink (below)!

These motifs and fabric designs could be addictive too, especially if you made up your own! I "borrowed" these images off Pinterest just for practice. Hope I don't get into trouble!

Now, on to the first painted project, which is a lesson in colorist portraiture! It's a lady in black, wearing a black hat, against a dark background, in acrylic paints, and it may take me a while to finish and post her. Stay tuned for the next adventure! 😊