More copies

This is a copy I did of Hopper's work, after doing a small study of his work in my personal study. I like the way it makes the viewer wonder what has happened to the woman in the picture, as she is alone in an impersonal room, but seems wrapped up in her thoughts. I did this picutre in oil paint on canvas paper, which I find the easiest medium to work with, as oil is malleable and allows me to create subtle tones not available with acrylic.

Etchings

I continued to do some etchings from the pictures of Catherine I took. Although the face didnt work so well, due to the fact it is etched to darkly under the eye, I think the shirt and the flowers draw the viewers eye away from it. I am pleased with the flowers because they add interest to the picture and balance out the large figure on the left hand side.
I think if I were to do these etchings again I wouldnt put any shading into the face, and would add depth with the oil instead.

I then experiemented with a couple of the etchings that hadn't worked so well. I added brusho to the top one, and then drew into it with a blur biro to highlight the darker areas and create more contrast.

The second picture has been drawn into with pencil, but rather than shade everything, I have gone round the outlines to set certain parts of the picture further back, in order to create a more 3D looking picture.