The reference image I found for this sketch had a fantastic interplay of bright, pale key light, and a vibrant blue fill light against a blue background. I wanted to use the density of the pastel across the upper left, through the face and shoulder, to illustrate the more intense light, and let the background show through more sporadic, messy, reflected light in the lower part. On the shadow/key side, a darker blue pencil was used, with a purple pencil to handle the warmer, subsurface scattering as the colder colours meet the pale pinks of the direct light. The flash of pink of the outfit made for a bold focal point to ensure the drawing didn’t end up too cold overall, to establish the hints of pink and pale reds in the skin tones.

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