More Red and Yellow

Maybe should blend the colours more. But I likes me the yellow.

These pictures of women come off stiff to me, but they are what I've been drawing. I'm more happy when there's a touch of personality or purpose in the pic (even a slightly zombiefied or stupid personality, like the guy in the B & White wash below), not just a schematic face. That's why the sketches from life are usually better, because there's a real person behind them.

But I'm working on inventing interesting people out of my head, rather than just drawing wax-works. A lot of that involves getting away from schematic ways of drawing things such as lips, eyes and eyebrows. Sometimes tricks that make one thing look good get dull when repeated too often.

Well, this blog is about process, and I try to put it up, mis-steps and all.