Sketchbooking II

Been sketching a lot lately, to gain more confidence.

Season's greetings

Latest offering here; Christmas card illustration from moleskine pocket sketchbook to final acrylic painting. I went through few different ideas but ended up going for more traditional style. I feel it is some of my better works so far, although I think the girl looked more enchanting in the original sketch. The more stylized the approach the more difficult to execute it. I painted the face twice because the first take ended up being too pink. It was challenging to first dry brush white higlights on terra verte green and then light wash the actual skin colours on top. The last sketchbook page is extra stuff for ya, merry Christmas!

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Sketchbooking