Lemonade Photo-set: Smudge (Ellie) (Patreon)

This second 'Smudge' photoset contains a simple series of sequential hand/face interactions - our model Ellie gazes fixedly at he viewer, her fingers smudging lipstick down her face, pulling her lower lip down and stretching the skin. This unconventional and surprising portrait reference offers fresh opportunities to to draw the human face, and tackle challenging hand and face interactions. The rich colour palette of purples and deep magenta pushes the hues of the skin towards the cooler end of the spectrum, a move away from the neutral whites and greys background of previous Patreon photo sets. 

Recommended:

• To look at: Painter Malcom Liepke
• To listen to: Why do we dream? A podcast with Ricky Gervais & Sam Harris.

- Laura

ps. You can find a full schedule of future releases and accompanying teaser images of each set here.

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Use the Draw Patreon Navigator to find any of our past photosets and take a look at our blogs on how to gather, manipulate and translate photo reference.

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Please do:

• Download these pictures to your own computers and devices, downloading the Zip files for all images, or saving individual photos.
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Thanks!