Charcoal portrait of Reddit user gfykay, using Procreate on the iPad, based on this photo. I have a thing for coffee cups. I don’t know what that’s about, it just is. Her picture was a delightful tease, and she gave me permission to do a painting of it.
I think the results are reasonably good. I took a shot at doing this with paint, which you’ll be able to see in the process video. I was quite happy with the coffee cup, invented color and all, but when I went to apply the same methodology to her skin, I was let down by my brushwork. I wound up ditching the paint layer for charcoal again, where I have better control. I learned some stuff, though. Eventually I’ll get a good application of “paint” though.
