Lingerie

I wanted to create a piece showing the overflowing bulging of flesh over constricting clothing. Lingerie is helpful for that kind of look.

When I began this piece, at the face and shoulders, I had a specific pencil technique in mind, but I left the piece for a while and when I came back to work on it, I forgot what I wanted to achieve! So I continued down her body in a manner that I am versed in, namely, trying to achieve realistic tonality using a slightly soft grade pencil and a blending stomp. Maybe that's what I wanted to achieve from the beginning, but the way her face is shaded is a little different, with more of a focus on areas of value and drawing attention away from contours.

I like this piece in spite of its flaws (flaw #1: her underwear looks less like it's constricting the roundness of her butt and more like it's following curves that were already there). I don't mean to be arrogant, but I usually am dissatisfied by my work, so feeling and recognizing appreciation from myself is surprising. I hope you enjoy it, too!

Check out a preliminary sketch here: [Unfinished Lingerie]