Oceanic

This piece is called Oceanic. I sketched out the profile of the face with graphite first. I wanted to incorporate nature into the picture somehow. First I was going to do mountains but once I drew the face I decided to make waves. The face stayed in graphite but I filled the waves with colored pencil, watercolor pencil, and marker. I wanted to mix a portrait with a nature scene. I put small birds in the background and filled the empty space with blue pencil smudging, leaving the face empty.