I think I'm done. I worked on it Thursday night (the end of which is the last photo) and focused on the layers on my shirt. Friday night is the fifth photo and I finished my shirt and set up the gradient in my hair. The second through the fourth photo are from Saturday afternoon to Saturday night as I finished all of the wash and then added contour lines and hatching with the dip pen. I ran out of the blue ink but I found that for the contour lines the blue and black ink which I had looked exactly the same so I just switched. Michael's only sells calligraphy/drawing ink as online then deliver orders which is really strange so I kind of didn't have a choice anyways. The dip pen dropped a really large drop on the back of my neck area (which I did last) so that's why it's really dark hatching (to somewhat mask it). This morning all I had left to do was add white highlights with the acrylic paint. The ones on my shirt are the most obvious but there's some on my face and neck as well. I'm a little disappointed since it didn't turn out how I thought it would but I'm glad I got it finished on time.
Today I finished my face and neck completely and I laid down the first two layers of my shirt. I’m saving the hair for last since I don’t know how I plan to do that yet. It’s going a lot more quickly than the old master’s copy and faster than I thought it would. I think it’s because I don’t have to actively work to copy something already exists. I’m bringing it to school tomorrow so I can rip the extra edge off during lunch without ruining the deckle.
I finally started on my home project yesterday. I sketched the figure and some shapes of major shadows yesterday, so today I toned. It’s a light blue that isn’t quite a midtone but a little lighter. The grid I didn’t really need after I sketched the shadows so I went and rolled it out with a kneaded eraser.
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