Henna colored figure on pearl paper

Last figure from this latest batch of colored pencil figures that I’ve been posting. This one was done with a henna colored pencil on pearl paper with white for the highlights.

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Figure leaning forward

Here is another figure drawing done in burnt sienna colored pencil, with white and cream for the highlights. I also worked in some henna colored pencil where the light comes out of shadow to give the figure some life. It looked pretty lifeless with just burnt sienna.

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Another Colored pencil figure

Henna and white colored pencil on pearl paper. The henna colored pencil is a lot more pink than you might expect.

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Last Batch of Figure Drawings For A While

Here are the final figure drawings from this semester’s figure drawing class. I do like these two drawings because I was finally comfortable doing something a little different. I went back to conte for these last drawings because I have really enjoyed the range of values that I am able to get with a conte [...]

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Drawing from the Figure

Warning–this post contains pencil sketches of nude figures for education purposes. After five sessions, my Illustration class has concluded its unit on drawing directly from the figure. Prior to drawing from a model, we learned from a model skeleton about the correct proportions of the human body. We were given bony points to look for [...]

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