The piece of art you see here is pen and ink on coquille board. The technique is stipling, small dots of ink used to shade and form the illusion of dark and light. Highlights are left untouched and the background of the board comes through. Planning and pre-drawing are the artists best friend here, you can't take away a dot but you can always add one. This portrait is of no one important, just an exercise to work on technique. The one spooky thing is the eyes. They seem to follow you wherever you go. Just something to think about. Enjoy!
Please make note of the winners to a contest that I sponsored at Fine Art America - our online art gallery. The Subject was Pencil with Mixed Media and we had 67 artist participating. The voting was very tight and the winners are below:
1st Place - "Pomeranian" by Kelly Brown
2nd Place - "Himalayan Duo" by Sherry Shipley
3rd Place - "Sci Fi" by Yelena Tylkina
Thanks to everyone that participated and to see more of these artists work go to Fine Art America and enter each one's name in search and peruse their art. Thanks!
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