The Eighth Drawing in my Series of Tap Dancers

Popping in here during my hiatus to post some in process shots of the tap dance drawing I just completed. This is the eighth drawing in the series and the ninth piece overall. (There is also one watercolor in the series.)

In process scan 1

tap dance drawing

©2011 Stacy L. Rowan

The image above is the first scan in my series of in process shots. You can see I put in quite a bit of work before thinking to stop and record my progress.

In process scan 2

tap dance drawing

©2011 Stacy L. Rowan

I started my work by focusing on the pant legs because I wanted to establish that large area of dark values so I would have both lights (the white of the paper) and darks to compare against when establishing my mid-values.

In process scan 3

tap dance drawing

©2011 Stacy L. Rowan

Above I did more work on the pants, but also started the background. The background was the least interesting section of the drawing to work on. However, at times it was a welcome break from the challenge of the other sections.

In process scan 4

tap dance drawing

©2012 Stacy L. Rowan

In the image below you can see that I finally working on my favorite parts - the floor reflections and the shoes. Fun!

In process scan 5

tap dance drawing

©2012 Stacy L. Rowan

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Now I'm off to continue my hiatus with more fun in the sun. Hope you are having a great July!