Hey there, welcome once again to my featured art for this week. I will share with you the process I've done for my latest abstract portrait sketch. I used a playful blend of hues and strokes and I hope you would like it.
Checkout my previous post from last week here. As well as a time lapse video of this digital sketch.
I find that creating this abstract portrait to be thrilling in a sense that I am free to play around with colors and not get too serious, worrying about the final outcome. It's just like doing whatever comes into mind and going with it.
First step that I do is to create guidelines. I need this to later help me align the facial features. By the way I am drawing this using an iPad Pro on the Procreate app.
For reference, I used a random photo of a Korean girl I found from google search. Her facial features and clothing serves as guides on how I want the portrait to somehow appear.
I simplified these features into basic shapes and lines. As it was suggested on an art article I was reading, abstract art often involves simplification and distortion.
I'm not an art expert, and haven't trained in any art school but it is one of my hobbies. That said I don't really know the style of abstract style I am applying here. Maybe it is expressionism, as I just wanted to express freedom in creating this artwork.
After completing the sketch, I proceed with creating the outlines using solid black lines. My aim here is to simplify and cleanup excess lines and strokes coming from the pencil sketch.
For me, abstract work is all about creative expression; pushing the boundaries of traditional process. It's fun to experiment, and let my imagination go places.
In this one, I applied colors in a bold and expressive manner. Experimenting with shades and hues to achieve my desired effect.
One suggestion that I saw which I tried to do here is to let my imagination run wild. Deviate from standard process and don't think and just draw and color.
I still paid attention though to the composition of my portrait as I am nearing its completion. I still wanted to have a sort of balance in elements and colors to create a harmonious portraiture.
Done and dusted.
