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Bloody Mary

by Shelly Bedsaul

Kitsch Art Gallery


Art: Bloody Mary by Artist Shelly Bedsaul
Healthy goodness with a kick. LOL! Cocktails are fun to draw, a perfect oportunity for a still life. Might have to get out the Mr. Boston Bartender's Guide, sample some recipes and see how many are worth drawing. I imagine there will be quite a few. My technique, though time consuming, is simple. I start with a preliminary sketch in graphite. When my design is satisfactory, I ink the sketch, using a black, 05, pigma micron pen. I use Prismacolor pencils. Each area is a layering of about 5 different colors, going from dark to light, until the paper is totally burnished. Once the coloring is complete, I re-ink to make the line work a true black. It is then sprayed with workable fixatif to seal, protect and prevent wax bloom.

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