{"id":29886,"date":"2017-03-11T13:45:43","date_gmt":"2017-03-11T21:45:43","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/?p=29886"},"modified":"2017-03-11T13:48:12","modified_gmt":"2017-03-11T21:48:12","slug":"maria","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.clairewolfe.com\/blog\/2017\/03\/11\/maria\/","title":{"rendered":"Maria"},"content":{"rendered":"

After painting rocks (difficult), I decided to do something more natural to me — a face. But to do it in a hard, or at least non-intuitive, way, by working dark to light. So here’s “Maria.” She’s done with colored pencil on black construction paper (yes, the stuff you probably used liberally in the second grade). <\/p>\n

This<\/a> was my reference photo. I wasn’t trying to make Maria look like her; just referring to her for general shapes and patterns. Maria is a slightly shopworn virgin with much on her mind.<\/p>\n

One of the challenges I set for myself was to use just five pencils in different shades of gray. Then I realized halfway through that I could have done the job with a single pencil (white or light gray), merely varying the pressure or density to create lighter or darker areas. Oh well. Still happy with it. This one’s a keeper. Or would be if construction paper weren’t also self-destruction paper. Two hours for this one.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

After painting rocks (difficult), I decided to do something more natural to me — a face. But to do it in a hard, or at least non-intuitive, way, by working dark to light. So here’s “Maria.” She’s done with colored pencil on black construction paper (yes, the stuff you probably used liberally in the second grade). This was my reference photo. I wasn’t trying to make Maria look like her; just referring to her for general shapes and patterns. Maria is a slightly shopworn virgin with much on her mind. One of the challenges I set for myself was to…<\/p>\n

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