July 2015 Sgraffito Challenge - Week 3 - Human Figures

Ok, this challenge freaked me out so much that I procrastinated for two weeks!  Once again, all I had to do was start and it rolled along just fine.  First, I searched for images.  I kind of wanted to do multiple people, originally thinking a women and a child. The more I looked, the less I was able to find "suitable" images.  So, I settled on this one - a couple on the beach. 

Then, I literally started out with stick figures:

 

I continued the procrastination by working on it in about 3 or so sessions. (Still freaked out!)

 

And, finished:

Note: I did not add any shading as I have no intention of firing this.  Their joined hands need a bit more work, too.  As sgraffitos go, I think it's good enough to fire (though his neck's a bit long!), but I don't think it's saleable.  Such a picture would only be meaningful to the people it represents.  Even still, it's nice to know I could do this from a photo.

 

Compared to source photo: