I hadn't used colouring pencils since about '96 (no exaggeration) and the original set of pencils i used are older than the majority of my classmates, but i dusted them off to produce a composition featuring depth and a viewpoint.
I was ill on the day of this task so had to play catch up, for that reason i hadn't produced many roughs for this one. I haven't had a cooked breakfast (or any other type) since xmas and it;s been on my mind a lot recently, so that was the driving power behind my subject of a greasy spoon cafe.
I'd only forgotten that the image had to include 3 figures! So i added them into my roughs. I wanted the main focus to be on the breakfast, the big delicious breakfast so i positioned the people in the back ground and just the hand of 'myself' giving the image a POV angle - like those computer games Doom, or Call of Duty if you're New Skool.
As you can see the final image is started,but incomplete. I intend to finish it up, as think i was enjoying using the pencils after all this time? I mean i had to constantly sharpen my pencils as i didn't want my colours to be too wishy washy, but it was beginning to give the picture a certain sweaty cafe aesthetic. I tried not to reference my objects too much (at all), as in my past task i'd almost completely referenced it. This image has suffered slightly as a result as some of the elements are a bit undersized i.e: the glass is possibly as bit too wee, the hand too big. More development of my roughs could've solved this issue however.
I'd forgotten the simple coloured pencil has a certain charm - i can't say i'll be incorporating into a whole lot of my work in the future, as it still reminds me a lot of the scribbly, animated children's horror film, The Snowman. Untidy.
I'm still awaiting my fry-up.
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