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| I like to sketch with watercolor sometimes, so after drawing with an elegant writer here and there over a pencil sketch, I then added color with watercolor. To make the letters, I used an archival permanent marker- Staedtler Mars Dark brown |
vi·gnette
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1.a brief evocative description, account, or episode.
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2.a small illustration or portrait photograph that fades into its background without a definite border.
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1.portray (someone) in the style of a vignette.
Today’s challenge will be to take some of what we’ve been learning and use it to create a vignette. As you can tell from the definition above and my example in the photo, these images fade into the background and don’t really have a definite border. This is a style where WATER is your friend. A drawing stump or tortillion (or your trusty finger) can also accomplish the smudgy edges that would be typical of a vignette. Lots of subjects can be treated as vignettes, and I will leave the subject for you to choose.
Here are some photo ideas that might inspire your drawing today:
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| In this photo, everything but the forward elements of the rose are softened away. ©Rebecca Zdybel |
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| https://s3.amazonaws.com/red_3/uploads/asset_image/image/52053af826465a7948000b48/central-subject_with-vignette.jpg
This is a more subtle vignette. The background is much less developed and only the subject is treated fully. |
Hint: What the dictionary says is true, but what they don’t tell you is that the smudged edges of a vignette can become a border of sorts, almost framing the image. Your vignette can be gradual as in my image above, but it can also be dramatic as in the photo ideas below.
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| http://www.gemmiev.com/uploads/5/3/6/9/5369688/3402950_orig.jpg
Haha! I couldn’t resist including this one! Note how the light untouched background is darkened at the corners and softly contains the light field behind the head forming a frame of sorts. |
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| http://www.photoshop-dragon.com/Tutorials/Photography/Images/vignettes/final.jpg
So cute! Note the background just fades away into a light area which becomes a frame or a mat for the image… |
With these ideas in mind, have fun taking a subject and softening edges to create a vignette. =)
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| Day 15- Draw with something you haven’t drawn before…Charcoal! |
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| Day 15- Elegant Writer- This is the Blue Ink version? FYI the Elegant Writer comes in Black, Red, Brown, and Blue |
I’m already looking ahead to later this week. I will be breaking out my Tombow marker in burnt sienna color -947 for a sketch or two during the final couple of weeks of this challenge. If you would like to get one, it’s around $5-6. Here is a link: Tombow 947 Marker- Amazon
Happy Drawing!!
Rebecca Zdybel
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