My recent drawing on Jennie black pink in colored pencils is maybe one of my favourite so far.I love the original photo reference which emphasize alot on the neon light , reflection on the skin tones. Photo reference is an important factor when comes to portrait drawing. And any significant casting shadow can really make a drawing pop. No matter how your skill set is , when you add some shadows to the drawing, it just make a difference. I am not that artist who can make that 100% likeness and my blending maybe not that fantastic.But what really matter was how I make some features stand out by putting some lighting. Example , forehead,nose bridge , cheeks area. And it all comes back to the fundamental of understanding where does the lighting comes from. I studied the photo reference carefully. This is a good exercise for me to push myself looking and identify where that shadows, mid tones , highlights are. This is so important , to make the drawing believable. NEVER ever try to imagine where that light source from your mind. Our brain sometimes works in a way to trick your eyes to think that that is correct.
I always love the brand caran d’ache luminance 6901 skin tones . I feel that the skin tones that they offered are the closest to the human skins. And I preferred the wide range of reds from the brand prisma premier artists colored pencils.
Caran’ dache Luminance 6901 : https://www.jacksonsart.com/caran-dache-luminance-colour-pencils-90635?___store=jacksonsart_en&acc=af21d0c97db2e27e13572cbf59eb343d
Prisma Premier Colored Pencils :https://amzn.to/3uBk3g5
My drawing video of Jennie is out now on my channel ” yendraws” now as below link .Thanks for your support.
