Pointillism has always been a passion of mine. Something about making a picture out of millions of tiny little dots really intrigues me. The only draw back is it is a technique that is very time absorbing. To the left is the first stage of my self portrait which was completed on Jan. 27th 2011. I am only using a fine point black pen on watercolor paper (the watercolor paper prevents the ink from bleeding). I focused first on the face then on the darkest parts of the hair so I could build the bends and twists around it.
The second stage was to fill in the hair details varying from light and dark to capture the light reflecting on the single strands on the right side and the top left. I didn't get to finish the hair due to the fact that I had already put in about 10 hours. This stage was completed Feb. 4th 2011.
The rest of the hair and finer details were completed on Feb. 17th 2011. I also started the detail in the hand. The next part will be the cowl neck sweater. Hopefully in the next two weeks I will have the sweater done and then I will do one last sweep for highlighting.
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