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.