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Three Portraits of Dayris

Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10"x8.5"
Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10″x8.5″

I’ve had so much fun painting and sketching the lovely Dayris from Sktchy in oil (above), and before that, in pencil and then doing a digital sketch in Procreate (below). Also below you’ll find a slide show of the work in progress. Doing the two initial drawings really helped me quickly get a pretty accurate drawing for the oil painting. You can see her reference photo on Sktchy here.

Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12x9"
Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12×9″
Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate
Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate

Below are the steps in the process of making the portrait.

  • Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12x9"
    Initial pencil drawing of Dayris, 12×9″
  • Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate
    Digital Sketch of Dayris in Procreate
  • Umber underpainting
    Umber underpainting
  • Some background and shirt
    Some background and shirt
  • Some paint on face
    Some paint on face
  • Icky background in with palette knife
    Icky background in with palette knife
  • More work on background, still icky
    More work on background, still icky
  • Background better but not happy with shirt or hair
    Background better but not happy with shirt or hair
  • Almost done
    Almost done
  • Scraped off shirt and some hair to redo
    Scraped off shirt and some hair to redo
  • Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10"x8.5"
    Portrait of Dayris, Oil on Arches Oil Paper, 10″x8.5″

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