work in progress: ladies who lunch - in ink

The last medium we used in drawing class was ink.  I wasn't crazy about pen and ink, but I did find that I liked using brush and ink.  One of our assignments for class was to find inspiration ink drawings and practice copying them in order to learn different ink techniques.  I loved this inspiration drawing and practiced it for class.

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I like how the eyes look like sunglasses because it is really hard for me to draw eyes.  I thought this idea might translate well to an Audrey Hepburn big sunglasses look.

I won't claim that my painting look like Audrey, but she was my inspiration for my fancy "ladies who lunch".  Of course I also had to try ink and brush on fabric, so I cut some muslin fabric squares and got out my bamboo brushes and india ink.  

First I copied my original inspiration photo onto a scrap of muslin fabric so that I could see how the ink went onto the fabric.

Then I practiced some smaller Audrey inspired ladies.

My first lady was a little long in the face...

These lips got a little crazy, but I added a necklace which was nice...

Next, I just went for it and painted some bigger ladies on 17 inch squares of fabric.

My first bigger lady.  I decided to do my next lady with a little tilt in her head.

I might wash my test ladies in the laundry to see how they hold up in the wash.  I can't decide if I should make these ladies into pillows or bags.  Maybe I'll do one of each.  

Don't want to make it?  Buy this is my shop (as a pillow), 645 workshop!