unedited Greta

Unedited Gretz
Rar. I used Copic and Prismacolor markers, white gel pen, and pan soft pastels. The picture took me around 8 hours from start to finish, which is the longest I've ever worked on a marker picture. I even did it spread over two days which is actually unheard of for me. I like to finish the picture I'm doing right after I've started it~

I never actually thought of using pastels with markers until I saw this tutorial. Another tutorial which I found helpful because I love the "lineless style" is this tutorial. Then I realized she uses pastels with her work too. Ha. The crazy things you learn.

I think you'll see a lot more traditional work from me now that I feel like I've gotten a pretty good handle on the markers :]]
Greta © Mandy Gamache
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Random tidbit: these earrings actually inspired me for the background! ^__^;;