Fragment 4

Piece #4 my drawing series. Decided to break out my acrylics for this one. It just seemed right. I'm not quite happy with how the figures are interacting with the background, but I feel like I'm getting closer as a whole.

Fragment #4, Acrylic & Ink, 12.5" x 10"

I started with a pen and ink skeleton study for the background and worked on top of that with first ink washes, then watery acrylic. I kind of lost the skeleton a bit, which is unfortunate because I rather liked it as a study. It was actually a huge pain to make because I was using a rusty nib - I don't recommend anyone else tries this. It turned out to be extremely labour-intensive and it would have been worth walking 20 minutes to the art store to get a fresh nib. Fortunately, I took a picture of the study before I began ink washes. Here it is, as it was today at 6am (when I went to bed).

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