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More Downton Abbey Costume Sketches

January 8, 2013 By Colleen Jorgenson 1 Comment

Little Reminder: Every Tuesday at 6 pm PST I’ll be painting live via Google+. This week I’m previewing the Birds On Branch. Hope you’ll drop by! (If you’re not on Google+, you can watch it here on the blog.)

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If you saw my post yesterday with the first Downton Abbey costume sketch then you saw these three gowns unfinished. You knew I couldn’t leave them unfinished for long, right? Not after watching the first episode of Season 3 last night!

Since I had the color laid down on all three, it really didn’t take too long to add the detailing.

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This is a beautiful gown Lady Edith wore in Season 1. Ahh. Poor Lady Edith.

But I digress.

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Starting out, I tried to make this a very pale watercolor illustration.

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To get the mauve-rose shade, I added a tinge of “Sonoma Wine” to “Harbor Mist”.

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It wasn’t long before I realized I was losing the “watercolor” effect.

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The “apron” stayed light enough but I got carried away with shading on the underskirt. *sigh

It happens.

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I recently discovered that some markers I’ve had for a few years are water-based which excited me to no end. When I found one fairly close in color, I just made some scribbles to represent the delicate appliques.

Not so delicate-looking though.

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Then I tried taking a damp paintbrush to soften the marks.

Meh.

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Next I grabbed the fine tip black Sharpie.

Hmm. Okay.

Since the underskirt was already too opaque I added some white highlights on the folds and just a few dots on the edge trim.

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It’s so much fun – not knowing what I’m doing, trying different things, and seeing what happens. It’s what I’ve always loved about painting. It’s like a giant puzzle and you don’t know what picture you’ll get with all of the pieces.

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This is Lady Mary. Lady Mary has the most gorgeous wardrobe. In my opinion, that is.

But it’s hard to find full length shots of the costumes.

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And then I found this shot. Oh, I see! It’s a sheath over the long skirt.

More appliques.

sheesh.

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Just one color, diluted with water. I added layers to get the shading but tried to keep it watercolor-y.

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Rather than messing around with the water-based markers, I just grabbed the black Sharpie. Doodles = appliques.

At least, until I find some other method.

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Now, yesterday I mentioned that these fashion sketches are just for fun, right? So I was all ready to just leisurely doodle away the day and let my mind wander to England. Then I took a break. And got the mail. And got an invitation. To a baby shower. For my nephew and his wife!

My mind began reeling creating. My nice leisurely afternoon turned into a how-fast-can-I-get-these-done-so-I-can-paint-something-for-the-baby afternoon.

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And you know what? That kinda turns out to be a good “method” for illustrating.

 

But I had one more costume to finish due to the fact that I’m so cheap resourceful and had sketched all three gowns on one sheet of 18 x 24” watercolor paper.

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Lady Grantham. The only American in the lot. (We love Elizabeth McGovern’s portrayal of Cora. She’s wonderful.) Don’t you love her stocking feet? I don’t think that was part of the show, although I have no idea why she has no shoes on.

I love this suit because of the black applique work. But I knew it’d be hard to capture the cream tones on a white background.

 

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I started with a watered down Ivory base.

 

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For shading I watered down a light tan. It’s funny how the Tan shading made the Ivory look creamier.

See what I mean about it all being a puzzle? You just never know what affect a color or tone will have on the other.

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I think before I move on to Season 2 costumes, I’ll have to do a series of hats that are pre-WW1.

But first I have to paint something for a great-niece who is scheduled to arrive in February!

Colleen

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