I am Yuyanda

I was recently compelled to revisit the work I'm currently doing for a commissioned portrait after reaching the moment when I'd decided it was ready to be painted when it wasn't! It needed, no demanded more attention. My last post concluded the step by step drawing process at the stage seen below now with 4 new additional steps to the drawing process. Enjoy: Step 14:  Using the stencil line motif as a guide I created a rough drawing on tracing paper of the patterns I wanted to fill these areas. It was important to work out the ebb and flow of the stippling technique before putting any ink to paper. This tracing was then placed behind the main sheet and worked into the portrait using my lightbox. I used a Linex circle template for a consistent size and outlined the motif lines to emphasize their partitions. Each circle was drawn with a 0.5 fine liner pen. Step 15:  ... I continued working with the trace beneath the main