Pink Woman

6x4 alcohol inks and India ink on acid free foamcore done yesterday of another imaginary woman in a series. First a background of pale pink was put down then the next day a stronger hue.  Black India ink was used to sketch with a chopstick the main features, then green for her eye.
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Pensive Woman

9x8.5 alcohol inks on white freezer paper sketched today using only a wooden chopstick.  The woman was one of the models we had used before during a workshop I took in south Texas named Karen and this looks nothing like her.  Just another figure in my woman series.
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Femme Fatale

9x6 watercolor, Brusho and black India ink on Canson 140 lb cold press paper done today.  Yesterday I started the underpainting background that was thalo blue brushed onto semi-wet paper.  After that dried, quinacridone violet was scattered about, then a stencil used with transparent pyrrol orange/Peachy Keen mix; the orange Brusho crystals were next sprinkled on top.  Today I used black ink to do only the darkest darks from an old movie star photo of Garbo. It's for the August challenge on WetCanvas' abstracts and contemporary forum where I asked participants to make an abstract background then use line to add parts of a face, etc. 
Definition:

A femme fatale is a stock character of a mysterious and seductive woman whose charms ensnare her lovers, often leading them into compromising, dangerous, and deadly situations. She is an archetype of literature and art. Wikipedia

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