Broadway's Sketchbook

[Bookend]

Okay, the awesome, great thing about this study, is that you nailed the general size and shape of the hair. And, I mean, the colours are all there, you just need to apply them, so you've got the work mostly done on the hair, really. It's just down to the tediousness of the brushstrokes, which isn't really necessarily what you need to do if this is just to pin down the values and shapes.

I think I see where you got caught up on the face/head, though. It's not that important, since that wasn't the point of the study, but I think it's because you needed to bring the jaw out more. If you were interested in nailing values of the face, you could take note of the line between her lips and the pupils of her eyes (Pretty close to black).

But, yeah-- this was a good study, man. I think it may really help when you take Rusalka to colour. It may be really interesting to take more note of the fabric in the water, because I think that hair tends to act a lot like fabric in the water, and you could probably play that off of each other for a neat, ethereal technique.

ANYWAY, the long and short of it is: You rock. So keep going! I really can't wait to see what you accomplish with this CHOW. I think yours might be the best preliminary sketch I've seen so far.

Don't forget to post your WIPs in the WIP thread!