This is the secret drawing of my dark 2008 calendar. It's been a very long project, I started the drawing in the summer of 2007 already. The drawing is rather big and I had serious troubles not getting the strong red background smeared into the angelwings. It was some struggle to remove it without erasing too much of the wings. In the end I got most of it away and the result went okay.
I wanted the drawing for my calendar to be a very special angel. The scan lost a lot of details in her skin and angel wings as well as her hands, they look almost unshaded here. I am a bit sad of this as it has so much detail in real life.
In the end I feel happy with the outcome of the drawing.
Click on the image to see the bigger version, it looks a little better and a little more detailed.
Made with soft pastels and charcoal.
(60x42cm/24x17")