Wonderful, lovely ink work Paul. I used to watch nothing but black and white movies and you definitely captured the look and feel of the actresses (as ink can be sometimes, brutality for women) Now I want to revisist watching them.
Thanks, Jody. You won't see the less successful sketches which are indeed brutal. One swipe of the brush for a shadow on a cheek and it ruined - looks like a gash - ouch! That's the challenge with these quick sketches of women, what with no under-drawing: balancing working fast and expressively while being deliberate to capture some sort of likeness/unique quality - that spark that made these actresses shine on-screen.
Gorgeous!
ReplyDeleteI vote for Jean Arthur, too! (I love her voice).
DeleteThanks, Tim!
DeleteJean - she's great in those Capra flicks, and I especially love her in Hawks's "Only Angels Have Wings."
Especially love the first one, with that cute li'l nose in profile.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Hilary. That's my fave, too.
DeleteWonderful, lovely ink work Paul. I used to watch nothing but black and white movies and you definitely captured the look and feel of the actresses (as ink can be sometimes, brutality for women) Now I want to revisist watching them.
ReplyDeleteThanks, Jody. You won't see the less successful sketches which are indeed brutal. One swipe of the brush for a shadow on a cheek and it ruined - looks like a gash - ouch!
DeleteThat's the challenge with these quick sketches of women, what with no under-drawing: balancing working fast and expressively while being deliberate to capture some sort of likeness/unique quality - that spark that made these actresses shine on-screen.