I am continuing to enjoy filling the Russian book with faces. Made up, and observed from photos are about equal. I like both for different reasons. The made up ones because I love how I don't know what they will look like-though all my made up faces do seem to have a straight ahead serious stare-with slight variations of eye position. The observed ones are fun and make me draw faces in different positions-smiling for example! I like how this one turned out. I used gouache and watercolour, and the writing only shows through in a couple of spots which I also like.
This lady in glasses is from a photo-I bought a few in Camden market the other weekend. In the photo she is sitting with a man in front of a small tent. They look like a couple enjoying a picnic on a sunny day. She has quite an angular face and it is hard to really make out her features. Maybe that is why she is painted in thin watercolours-indistinct.These two are so sweet. I just love the baby's chubby face and thick dark hair. And also the boy's blunt and crooked haircut-presumably by Mum!
I just drew these two with a fine pen, and used a little watercolour to add tone.
Guess who this is? The Queen! It didn't turn out to look much like her! I was concentrating on the shadows and when I looked at the whole thing I didn't see the Queen. This is not from my journal, but it is a face so I included it. It is Cassie on a tag. I can't decide if I prefer it before I put the centres in the eyes or afterwards. She doesn't look very happy either way!