For this task, we had to take a virtual tour of the National Portrait Gallery and choose a colour palette from one of the paintings to use in our personal drawing. The colour palette that I personally liked the most was the one from the 18th Century Galleries, with very vibrant colours, dominated mainly by oranges and shades of greens and blues.
As a result, I decided to make the portrait of a ginger woman.
The first step was getting right the angle of the face and adding the guidelines accordingly.
After that, I started sketching the features of the face and slowly making my way to the final sketch.
When all of that was done, I slightly erased the sketch and started colouring each element, using different shades of every colour to get a realistic effect.
With the portrait finished, I added a turquoise background that matched the colour of her eyes, adding a very nice dimension to the drawing.
I really like how this drawing turned out to look like and I will for sure experiment with different colour palettes in the future!
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