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The Contessa - Sketches

Added 2022-03-15 21:14:19 +0000 UTC

For this new piece, like many others of late, came from a brief image that bubbled up in my brain. I knew the composition of the scene, the angle I wanted to show it from and the content but wasn't too sure how the main character's actually fit together.

(I try to make sure that all the outfits in my paintings actually could work - including the addition of where the seam lines fall - it's a fun challenge to think those things through...and since I have ambitions to learn how to make latex clothing, it won't hurt to do this kind of mental exercise.)

So as you can see from these sketches I worked up a rough silhouette, scribbled around to get an idea of the various layers of the costume, and then, using that as a guide, stripped back to drawing the catsuit that underlies this costume. With that done I built up the costume design piece-by-piece layering everything up on top of each other to get the final outfit.

This helped me solve the costume but also, as I've learned from my other pieces like 'Babydoll' is the easiest and most effective way to paint transparent latex.

Good to be back after last week's little hiatus and back to painting a more surprisingly complex painting than I thought it would be when I started sketchin on the weekend.

Time to start creating all the flats now - I'll post those as soon as I have them.

Hope the week's going well.