Portrait of Eddy Lamarr made with pointillism technique.

in WORLD OF XPILAR2 years ago

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Hi everyone! 😊

Today I show you a portrait that I made of Eddy Lamarr. She was one of the greatest movie actresses of all time, but not only, she was also a brilliant inventor.

At the beginning of World War II, she and avant-garde composer George Antheil developed a radio guidance system for Allied torpedoes that used spread spectrum and frequency hopping technology to defeat the threat of jamming by the Axis powers.
Wikipedia

I choosed, for this drawing, to use the pointillism technique.
I expected that it would take a lot of time, but surprisingly it doesn't take me so much. That is for sure because I didn't had enough courage to draw the entire hair with dots lol.
But, it wasn't only by laziness, it is also because I wanted to give contrast and big dark values on my drawing.
So, for the hairs, I paint it with a dark ink brush.

Photo reference :
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Process

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I start by making a sketch with pencil. The first attempt makes me think of Scarlett Johansson, didn't it ?😄

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After finishing my sketch, I start to do dots, more and more to simulate shadows (the more numerous and closer the dots, the stronger the shadow illusion)

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And so, I finished by painting the hair with the black ink brush.
I also add more details with dots.

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I hope you will like it! 😊

I really liked to use this technique. I am always trying and exploring in art, I'm very curious to discover new ways to paint, and new tools to use.

Did you ever test the pointillism method, or do you want to ?

Anyway, see you soon for others creations.

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 2 years ago 

I thought I knew the names of old actresses, but somehow I missed this one. A real beauty.
Great art, as usual :)

 2 years ago 

Thanks. :)

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 2 years ago 

You lose the possibility of guaranteed support for posts. Where are your new posts? :-)

 2 years ago 

I'm very busy on my personnal life but I had some post ideas for when I'll have more time :)

 2 years ago 

Time flies fast :)

 2 years ago 

much too fast 😄

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