Olivia

The original Olivia was the niece of a friend who made the mistake of leaving a scan of her on a shared computer. Secretly, I first penciled my version of Olivia onto a 9" x 12" piece of white bristol board. The original scan was in full color, but I wanted my version to be a more stark black and white rendition.

I inked the image with a Windsor Newton series 7 sable-haired brush using FW Black India Ink, what they call Acrylic Artists Ink. As I performed the brushwork I continued to keep in mind the black and white nature of the final piece.

After scanning the image into the computer using an HP ScanJet IIc scanner the image was placed in front of a pale-colored background for presentation purposes.

Categories: Illustrations

Set Tags: child