Oh if only COMMAND Z worked in real life. Posting these old pictures has been kind of therapeutic. Along with some of the pictures that I like, I wanted to post some that I felt were not successful. Sort of a postmortem. This piece was done when I was experimenting with matte medium. I would do the under drawing in colored pencil, then seal it with matte medium. The rest would be additional colored pencil and acrylic paint over the matte medium. I like the luminosity this technique provided. Unfortunately it did not translate well to film or print. This was one of those pictures that you know something is off, but continue all the way to finish, because of the time invested already. I wasn't happy with the face, the shadows, the background or the detailing. I can visualize how it should have been now. Hind sight is 20/20. I resolved a lot of technical issues with this technique after this piece. All in all it served it purpose as a learning tool.
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