Baby’s First Murderlizard
This is a rough sketch in vine charcoal and a little white pastel pencil. The photo somehow loses the true “shadowy” quality and overexposes it a bit, but whatever. This is meant as a preliminary study rather than a finished work.
Unsurprisingly, the part that gave me the most trouble was his mouth.
I’m likely to create a couple more like this before moving on to the actual portrait, which is for a friend of mine and will be done in oil or maybe acrylic. Garak being who he is, I’m thinking of using a black ground for the portrait and letting a lot of it just stay black. Not that he’s evil, he’s just so very elegant and dramatic.
Unsurprisingly, the part that gave me the most trouble was his mouth.
I’m likely to create a couple more like this before moving on to the actual portrait, which is for a friend of mine and will be done in oil or maybe acrylic. Garak being who he is, I’m thinking of using a black ground for the portrait and letting a lot of it just stay black. Not that he’s evil, he’s just so very elegant and dramatic.