Art society workshop

This month's Monday evening workshop challenge was to work from an uninspiring, black and white reference image supplied at the start of the session.  Members could interpret the subject either realistically, abstractly, as a whole or just in part, with the aim of producing something more interesting.

There were a couple of really imaginative abstract pieces which I admired, but I opted to try out a sketchy image on black paper.  I used a white gel pen to pick out the features I wanted to include, adding oil pastel and gouache to inject some colour.

This was our reference image

I used the Hahnemuhle Black Book -
 really nice, sturdy 250 gsm pages, ring-bound 9" x 9"