Natalie Portman (Goauche Wash)
Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn
This is from an in-class demonstration I did on March 14th for my Illustration students at the Art Institute of Las Vegas.
It is Natalie Portman as Anne Boleyn. It took about two and a half hours to get to this point. The media consists of nu-pastels on Arches watercolor paper with a gouache underpainting.
Here is what the sepia underpainting looked like before the pastels went on top.
The goauche underpainting
Alex Ross (Goauche)
Wonder Woman (In the style of Alex Ross)
On of the most popular technique requests illustration students of mine want to see is that of Alex Ross.
I assure them that first and foremost, Alex Ross is a conceptual genius and that his unique vision can’t be taught (nor should it be attempted,) but I do have a nifty demonstration (taken right from Ross’s own book) on his materials and methods, so I teach them essentially how he works the medium.
I use identical compositions of Ross’s for a couple of reasons, mainly to save time, but also so that students can see for themselves how you get to the final look from a sketch.
Superman (in the style of Alex Ross)