Henri Matisse was well known for his painting. Throughout his long career, he created hundred of drawings. Through his drawings, he strove to capture the essential character or form of a person with a few elegant strokes.
I used a painting by Tamara deLempicka titled The Dream to execute Matisse's technique of capturing the essential lines of the subject. I like the woman's form but wish I had kept the background simple in colour and form. The texture that apears throughout her flesh was applied using a watercolor sponge effect with Microsoft PictureIt!