After watching Journal Artista, or Paula Phillips, demonstrate and review Pam Carriker ' s Mixed Media Faces book, I decided to give it a try. I order Neo II Watercolor Crayons and picked up some graphite tracing paper.
Step one was finding a reference photo or drawing to trace main features onto tracing paper.
Step two is to use the graphite tracing paper to lightly transfer your drawing to the watercolor paper. I generally spray it with water and stretch overnight at this point.
Step one was finding a reference photo or drawing to trace main features onto tracing paper.
Step two is to use the graphite tracing paper to lightly transfer your drawing to the watercolor paper. I generally spray it with water and stretch overnight at this point.
Step three is the process of using the Neo II colors to lay in the shadows using ultramarine blue using water to blend and setting with liguid gel medium.
After heat setting, I added a layer of white all over the face immediately going back into the shadows with Ocre blending out with water, then gel medium. I repeated this process using the white again and scarlet in the highlighted areas of the face.
I added in a base layer to the knit cap and sweater (brown & scarlet) before coating the entire drawing with mod podge.
I used Faber-Castell Pitt Markers over the gel medium to add shadows and more depth to her face, clothing and background finally coating with a final layer of Mod podge.