Wicked Witch Of The West Multi-Color Pen & Ink Celebrity Drawing #369A

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Wicked witch 369A of the West multi-color pen & ink celebrity drawing with green face by artist Stephen Condren.

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Wicked witch 369A of the West multi-color pen & ink celebrity drawing, with green face by artist Stephen Condren.

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Wicked witch 369A of the West multi-color pen & ink celebrity drawing by artist Stephen Condren, with her green face, matted white 11″x14″.

Celebrity Portraits & Drawing Genres

Below are three links to genres of celebrity and drawing genres that I have done to help you understand my process:

1. Pen & Ink sketch & wash:  #305A
2. Color & lead pencil illustrations:  #289A
3. Watercolors and tempera:  #1253A

Celebrity

This celebrity rendering of the Wicked Witch of the West is a multi-color pen & ink drawing. Margaret Hamilton is the actress that play the historic performance of the Wicked Witch of the West. In the beginning I did a preliminary sketch in pencil because it works as a guide for the pen & ink that follows. When you put the ink down it is permanent because pen & ink is very unforgiving. If you make a mistake with the pen & inks it is over.

Wicked Witch 369A

The celebrity drawing is done in fine point pen nibs that offer the thinnest lines. Thin lines are important in a celebrity drawing because they can show all the details of the image.

Drawing Characteristics

Characteristics of this celebrity drawing are the many different colors of ink on a black dress. I made a point of not making the enter gown of the witch in black. Even though the material is solid black, it would not render well as a drawing. To make the drawing work you have to show the folds in the material of the gown. Thus the colors are the solution for showing this imagery. I have used light color for the lighted areas because they suggest light.