Number 33: Looking back / Memory's ghost

I found some loose pages in the back of my Portraits journal and then I remembered I put a sketch into the envelope pocket at the front of the journal.

It was a sketch from a Misty Mawn's class "Embrace Yourself" that I really liked, but it was a warm-up before the actual sketch book page. The reference image is a vague memory, but I loved this sketch and I'd put it in the envelope with the thought of using it later.

I scanned it in, enlarged it, and then glued the original sketch into the journal with matte medium. This is where I discovered that the pencil I used was actually a watercolor pencil which smudged when I glued it down. Oops.

I used charcoal to trace the enlarged sketch onto the page and then fixed that with sepia ink.

Then I blocked out the background with some dark blue paint from Jane Davenport. It dries matte, so I was thinking of making more marks on the top. I did this painting without a palette. So I would put a daub of paint on the neighboring page and then mix and paint from there. Also, in the photo below you can see where I didn't get matte medium down and the blue paint soaked through.

Here's a list of everything I used:

• Yellow-orange watercolor pencil 
• Jane Davenport dark blue acrylic 
• Charcoal (willow, I think)
• Daler Rowney Sepia acrylic ink 
• Golden Fluid manganese blue hue, titan buff, titan white 
• Neocolor II orange watercolor crayon 
• Faber Castell Pitt pens: indathrene blue, sanguine, green gold, brown/sepia 
• Atelier Interactive artists acrylic in: toning grey pinkish, ultramarine blue, Naples yellow reddish 
• Ivory Posca paint pen 
• Marabu fineliner graphix brush pen (black) 
• Tan Blick Studio marker 
• Brush used (except for larger area): Princeton select filbert no. 4

Here's how it came out. I'm calling it Memory's Ghost: