Mariam (detail), Portraits At the Pub, Fountain pen and wash, A4 Fabriano Mixed Media Pad

Portraits At The Pub 53: Mariam

Although I’ve been really busy with the hiking channel I have been keeping up mostly with the Portraits at the Pub – here’s one session from November where I struggled to get a likeness of Mariam but I think I got some good portraits nonetheless in my usual mix of media – like this paint stick (sorry ‘Gel Studio sticks’) piece:

Mariam (detail), Portraits At the Pub, Painsticks, A4 Fabriano Mixed Media Pad
Mariam (detail), Portraits At the Pub, Painsticks, A4 Fabriano Mixed Media Pad
Mariam, Portraits At the Pub, Technical Pen, A4 Daler Rowney Graduate Mixed Media
Mariam, Portraits At the Pub, Technical Pen, A4 Daler Rowney Graduate Mixed Media

And as usual a technical pen piece, this seems to becoming a style of mine, continuous line. And unusually a brush pen piece – I think I was practicing all these to make sure the gear was working, as I was off to do a trip the next day. Forgot the paper though.

Mariam, Portraits At the Pub, Brush Pen and wash, A4 Daler Rowney Graduate Mixed Media.
Mariam, Portraits At the Pub, Brush Pen and wash, A4 Daler Rowney Graduate Mixed Media.

The best piece for likeness is this fountain pen piece and wash, still fairly loose but I like the face.

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