HOW TO SEDUCE A SCOUNDREL

As with most of my illustrations, this one went through many versions before arriving at this final one. The models were great and the pose worked just fine. I gave the piece a warm peach,magenta, lavender cast that looked great, but in my earlier version it looked like subtle flames behind them. The art director had a softer feeling in mind and I tried various patterns before settling on this . Because it seemed to me that the girl's expression was carrying the whole piece, i [ut the brightest area near her face to draw attention there. I like his expression,. too, but Ewa da Cruz did a fantastic bit of acting to pull off a sweetly sexy look.