Vanias 26 finished! (01-13-2021)

Today I finished the drawing "Vanitas 26". I decided not to add any detail or texture to the falling feather. Better that way because it visually unites the blank feather with her face where her eye is absent, and the lack of texture creates an illusion of "glow" as if the light from above went through it and hit her face. Initially I was thinking about working on a wider composition, almost square with lots more feathers floating in the air, but I decided to take a minimalist approach drawing only one feather. I think my decision was sound. Why do you need to use a whole bunch of the same stuff when you can say what you want to say even more effectively with just one?