#241 Black Umbrellas 10/4/19

I've had this jumbo sized canvas board sitting next to my desk for over a month now, waiting for the courage to put something on it.  Tonight was the night.  I went scouting through the internet looking for another umbrella photo.  Found several I liked and chose this one as it fit the rectangular shape of the canvas.  It went down quite fast, plus (again!) I sketched it by hand.  It was quite the limited palette, black, white, brown, blue, yellow and red.  Although now that I type out that list, heck, I could make any color with just those 6, so perhaps calling it limited is incorrect.

The woman kind of happened by surprise.  There was a reddish blob in the photo, very blurry.  As I was sketching it, I sketched the blob loosely to make it look like another person with an umbrella, with the intent they'd be heading the same direction as the main character, ie no faces.  But when I looked at the scribble, I saw an elbow, and voila - the scribble became a woman walking in the opposite direct (but with the umbrella pulled down low, to shield her face, yeah!)  She was quite in-focus at first and that didn't sit well, since she's further away (and it's a rainy foggy day).  So gingerly I took a fresh hard paint brush and blurred her out, a little at a time.  I'm not a fan of the black streaks surrounding her, now that I look at the photo.  As soon as I sign off here, I'm taking those out.  I think I also need to take out the blue near her.  Gotta go!