WHAT THE ARTIST USED

Photo Reference

I’ve picked the reference for this demo shot outside an hour before the sunset on a cloudy day. As you can see the skin tones and shadows on Christina’s face are very subtle but reveal beautiful colors nevertheless. She definitely knows how to strike a pose and I just used my Nikon D500 to capture the moment. I also liked the juxtaposition of warm green with white in the image.

Materials & Tools

» UART premium sanded pastel paper, 800 grade » Kneaded eraser

» HB graphite pencil

» Tombow mono eraser

» Prismacolor scholar pencil sharpener » Grumbacher final fixative for dry media » Loew-cornell transfer paper