She's The Summer

Now when the first snow has fallen to the ground, it's time to look back to the summer and the memories it holds.

For the first time, I used a paper specifically meant for drawing and thus this piece was an adventure for me to try something technically new, and I liked it a lot. The paper made a huge difference in speed and feel of working, and I feel it affected the overall outcome in a positive way. This may have been the most enjoyable drawing for a long time for me, which is good since this concludes my drawings for this year.

For the skin I used a technique new for me, and made it mainly using circles which overlap each other. The hair is still a pain but the paper helped to make it more bearable.

I still haven't quite found a technique to make an outcome which I'm completelly happy with, so the practicing continues.


Tools:
- Daler Rowney 220g/m2 A4 paper
- 6B, HB, 6H pencils & hard and soft mechanical pencils
- soft eraser, kneaded eraser
- model: original photography by EleMi

Edit 30th December 2011: Re-scanned, kept the background this time.