Dancers from the Nutcracker

Today I refined some of the sketches I made yesterday at the dress rehearsal for the California Ballet’s Nutcracker. Because I worked rapidly in the dark yesterday, trying to capture the gestures of the dancers, the sketches were raw. So today I added color and detail to figures and backgrounds to some of the sketches. I took no pictures so  I worked from imagination and memory.

I used gouache and the app Procreate.

Nutcracker Dancers

Nutcracker Dancers

Nutcracker Dancers

Nutcracker Dancers

Nutcracker Dancer