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Saturday, February 7, 2009

Modern Mona Lisa

The title may sound a bit preposterous, but for some reason, there's something about this drawing that makes me think about Da Vinci's masterpiece. Not because it's anywhere near that good of course, I'm not that deluded. Anyway, it needed a name and that's the one that came to me, so let's move on. It's the first (completed) drawing in a while and it didn't quite manage to do justice to the model, but then I find they rarely do. I still find dark hair difficult to do, it always seems to end up as a greyish mass, though this time it seems to be better. The lighter section towards the top isn't quite as light in real life, part of it is a trick played by the work-scanner I used. At least it's pretty, and that's always a good thing. :-)