This was really welcome after the quick sketches; generally quick poses are my favourite but I’m still finding my way with ink and wanted to play around with building layers.
I decided for this one to try just using brush and watered down ink (over a charcoal sketch) – I’m looking forward to adding dip pen but wanted to see how it works without that element first.
Overall I’m pleased with how this turned out, I think it’s quite a sensitive study and has a nice sense of stillness and peace appropriate to the subject matter. I think where it falls down is probably the hands – they’re actually much better hands than I usually manage but they’re both on the small side making both of the arms disproportionate too! The foot looks way too small too so they’re things to watch out for next time. I like the composition as a whole though and building layers worked nicely to give a three-dimensionality and sense of light and shade to the body.
Flora OCA drawing 1 