Color Drawing of Aishwarya Rai Bachchan from 'Ponniyin Selvan: 1'
So back in 2022 pictures of Aishwarya rai Bachchan’s look from the movie PS1 were all over the Instagram. I was also so much mesmerised by those but at that time I was not Drawing actively so it didn’t came into my mind to draw it. So finally I got back to drawing in 2022 end and call it destiny that one post of the movie stills again came across me. I immediately saved those and researched more For some good quality versions. I loved this reference a lot. I wanted this piece to be perfect. I chose faber castle polychromos and a paper size of 9x12inch to create this one. I drew each and every detail very patiently. I wanted it to be my best because I was going to draw something like this after a really long time. The reference image had a simple background but I changed it to bokeh (my USP , lol). Honestly, I thought it would enhance the overall look of the portrait. For me the toughest part of the drawing was those white highlighted hairs. I don’t use white gel pen in my drawings so creating sharp highlights is a tough thing for me. Also as I was going with the bokeh background the highlights were supposed to be more prominent. To be honest this piece was really tough for me. I was not drawing for a long time and working on a detailed portrait for long hours exhausted me. But my excitement to finish it kept me going. Would love to hear from you all about your take on how this turned out:)