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Photograph of Marisol

Welcome!

Teeno is done! Teeno was done for commission and was sold at the asking price. Sorry, but prints will not be available.

My new project is of my friend's daughter. Marisol is the girl's name and she is adorable and very photogenic. Just look at how cute she is in the photograph I am going to draw from. I have drawn Marisol before. The finished piece is to the left. Since I usually do animals, this was a difficult project but I enjoyed it immensely. I am going to love doing this new project as well. There is so much color to it! The background is too light in some places and too dark in others so the background will be greatly simplified and modified. The most detail will be on Marisol and the carousel horse.

The sketches below are the cleaned-up versions. I did many sketches with many modifications which can't be seen in the above versions. But the steps shown are accurate. I started with basic shapes and slowly added detail. I also added shading but this can not be seen in the above sketches. All I need is outlines to get this started.

Sketches:

After many attempts, I finally finished a good likeness of Marisol's face. This was very difficult for me. Faces are easy for me to draw but not so easy to make them look like the person I am drawing.

Now that the likeness of Marisol is done, I will transfer the sketches onto the paper. I will most likely be using pastels and Nupastels on white or tinted Strathmore pastel paper. I will do little blending with the pastels as I intend for the pastel strokes to be seen. I like this looser style and it has been successful in many of my recent pieces including Wistful Mare, Annabelle’s Ribbon II, and Teeno.

Bookmark this page to keep track of my progress. Feel free to email me with any comments or suggestions.

Sketched Portrait of Marisol

I transferred the sketch onto an 11" x 14" piece of white Strathmore pastel paper. Once the transfer was complete, I began with the background. The background is simple with very little detail because I do not want to take away from the primary focus of Marisol on the carousel horse. I plan on smoothing out some of the bolder strokes and softening up some of the intensity of the color. (Please note: The below scanned image scanned a little darker than what it originally looks like.)

The next step has been a long time coming due to several additional projects needing to be completed by the end of the year. Check out the second to the last step below. The final step will be compled by Christmas so be sure to visit again!