These two sketches are both made from a photo I took of a balloon seller in San Miguel Allende, Mexico. They're created s part of a my monthly "Sketching Together" group sketch meet on zoom, where we all do a take on a single image in a half hour.
While this first piece was fine, I got far into it before I realized that I'd focussed almost all my problem-solving skills ( and time) on making the figure read in reverse against a dark background because that's how the photograph was.
While there is some drama to doing this, the story would remain the same and it would be much easier to capture if I eliminated that background. So I did a second 30-minute version. (below)
Leaving out the dark background let me create a less "trapped" effect and let what attracted me to this scene: the color of all those toys and balloons- leak out into the background space.
You can see a sped-up version of that second take here.
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