TGV Passenger, v2

This one was done on the Biarritz -> Paris TGV train. I called my subject a Bordeaux business woman, because she dressed like one and got off at Bordeaux.

This one is a good candidate for colored pencils, IMHO.

[10/05/2006 Update] Actually, watercolor seems to weaken the drawing (and I’m not talking about the damage it did to the paper). I’m not sure why. Maybe something should just be left alone.

[10/08/2006 Update] I discussed the problem with David, and he raised 2 problems:

• not enough color contrast, and
• the skin tone was so [pale] yellow that it looked almost green.

So I added more French Ultramarine to the seat and pink (Yes, pink! Thanks to 永沢まこと Nagasawa Makoto.) to the skin. Still not quite ideal, but at least now I don’t get put-off by it anymore. There is much to learn about skin tone!