Homesickness
Espero que les guste.
Hi guys, happy weekend.
For a long time I wanted to make a portrait with a veil covering the head, it seems to me something quite nice and nostalgic, but I confess that I do not really like the theme of painting clothes / fabric so I had not done it before, but today I dare to do it because I want to practice a little more and so perhaps, remove a little fear of painting fabric.
The fabric really is a quite complicated texture because if we paint too rough it could give the impression of a too thick or heavy fabric, it has details that you have to know how to work them very well and, although I've been drawing for almost 4 years I'm still not used to this kind of challenges, drawing it in sketch is easy, but when painting is when the headache begins.
Anyway, I wanted something nostalgic as I like, these last days my mood has improved a little, although I'm still very overwhelmed by all the things I have to do, that helps me to motivate me to draw, because it encourages me a little more and also I drain the emotions, focusing and concentrating on finishing the drawing and that it is as close to what I imagine, it really is like a therapy.
I hope you like it.
I made the sketch on a gray canvas, but after finishing the sketch, I began to paint with warm tones the background, using dark browns and a little lighter brown to add certain areas of light, the sketch was simple to some extent, the veil seemed very easy to draw, but I was only thinking about the moment I would have to paint it haha.
For the skin I chose very light skin tones since this time I wanted a pale face, I started to deposit the colors using some brown shadows with cold tones, then I added a new layer and started to put more colors to better form the features, then I started to mix all the colors leaving a softer skin and big blue eyes, for the hair I put a base color of a saturated light brown tone.
I gave more shape to the hairstyle using dark and light browns, drawing in waves to make the hair look wavy, then I started to paint the veil for this one I wanted a dark color, I tried with a black color but I didn't like it, besides it would be more difficult for me to create the folds with that color, so I decided to change it to a very dark desaturated blue, then I took the black color with an opacity of 50% and began to make the folds of the fabric, followed by this I took a color of this same range but lighter and added lights to the folds to give more realism to the fabric, honestly I do not know if it looks real or match the pose of my portrait but you do not know how happy I am for how it looks, in my eyes it looked good and I loved it.
Then I thought that if I wanted to give a more nostalgic touch to the whole drawing I should darken it a little and so I did, creating a layer on top with a "multiply" layer adjustment and a dark brown color, I lowered the opacity of this layer so it didn't look too dark and it looked good to my taste. I finished my drawing adding a blur in the corners and also making an edition where I increased a little more the saturation and contrast.
Tools:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP-PEN deco 01 v2
Herramientas:
- Photoshop CC 2019
- XP- PEN DECO 01 V2
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Tiene una mirada de dolor emocional :( Esta estupendo como siempre <3
tenia muchas ganas de representar eso, muchas gracias💓
Tu trabajo es realmente impresionante, súper. 🥰
Gracias!
muy buen trabajo, con los colores @aleaxa.art , realmente retrataste muy bien los pliegues del material de la tela, y creo que ya habias hecho algo asi antes, no es la primera vez que le pones capucha a uno de tus personajes, gran trabajo como siempre.
Muchas gracias @victoradebiyiart ❤
Es increible lo mucho que transmite y te hace sentir tus piezas. Sus ojos te hacen llorar, y el color es hermoso. No me cansaré de decirlo, AMO tu trabajo
💓💓 Mil gracias @christopherb 😊