Couch drawing
Mar 18th, 2009 by J. O'Brien
This is a sketch for an illustration I’m working on this week, for a story about a woman reconnecting with her daughter. The woman’s face started out as a drawing based on Marc Chagall’s Bella in Green (now in the picture frame) but I noticed one of my bus sketches worked better and a profile better represented the tension between the woman and her daughter. The floral pattern in the dress is sampled from a section of the upper left corner of the Chagall painting. Tonight, I worked on the couch, refining its shape and adding some leg detail.
Sweet stuff Jimbo. I love the little couch legs and wheels. Will you show the finish? Please do.
[...] is the final couch illustration, previous post is here showing the sketch with collage. The client liked the idea of no background so I went with just the [...]