Pen Drawing - MS «Midthordland»

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I've been working on this drawing for the last few days. It's just a small drawing done with pen (Copic multiliner 0.03). The ship is MS «Midthordland», built in 1947.  My reference picture was a photo from the 50s. The problem with old photos is that they are really blurry  when you get up close, and it's difficult - impossible - to see all the details. I have to use a lot of  additional photos for cross-reference... and then I end up just guessing and making up the last details.

Sometimes I don't want to publish the details, because it looks really rough and inexact up close. But when you see it with this small coin, you might understand how tiny it really is. :-)

 

A few of the reference photos:

Melinda II - WIP II

I keep working on Melinda. Hahaha. Such a tragedy. She's very blue at the moment... I started out with a red background, and her dress was red and green. I had to layer tons of paint over to cover it. She looks so mean!

Melinda II - WIP

Detail - Work in progress - Melinda

Long time, no blogging. But I've been working on this painting lately. It's a new version of my old drawing "Melinda". Been messing a lot! Well... At least I'm trying.

"Starstruck" - completed!

I'm done messing with this one... Just playing with paints (she looks like a horse...). Now I'll be moving on. (Sorry about some shine in the images.)

"Starstruck"

Starstruck - WIP II

"Starstruck" - Work in progress #2

Haven't been painting the last few days, but made some progress this evening. At my age, this may be the best way to spend Saturday nights.

First Painting - WIP

I'm choosing to call this my first painting. It's the first time I've gotten a bit closer to painting something half decent. I still have a lot to learn - and I really messed up her skin. But I will finish this one, and then move on to the next one... I'm learning. :-)

Beauty in nature - Just for fun

This one was made just for fun. I just wanted to test my Derwent Coloursoft pencils, and do some burnishing with colored pencils. I loved this technique, but I did several mistakes while testing. It's really visible where the skin meets the sky on her chest. And the tree is way too thick! Haha... well, as I said - it was just for fun. I will draw more with colored pencils from now. I just regret buying a small set of only 24 colors. I always want more, more, more...