graphite

Charcoal And graphite

Frenchtown Station looking fro Slim’s Bar-B-Q in Paducah, Kentucky. From a beautiful @frenchtownstation photo (hope my friends there don’t mind). Pen: LAMY Safari Pencils: STAEDTLER graphite and Prismacolor color pencils Sketchbook: Moleskine

emulating different styles in sketches to learn how other people do their things

Progression 5 of 5. Final Drawing. Overall, satisfied with how this came out. I should have done a better job of the hard lines, especially around the skin. Also, my vision for the background didn't come out quite as planned, but I didn't want it to draw the eye more than the main focus, so I left it lighter and vague. There were a lot of Nike symbols in this piece!

Progression 4 of 5. Nearly done at this point. I liked how the light and shadow played out under her foot. The muscle tone of her legs really popped out with the dark pencil.

Progression 2 of 5. Spent a lot of time working the wrinkles/creases in the shirt. Tedious, for sure.

Progression 1 of 5. Found this image and felt it captured the power a beauty of the sport. Also, this piece I did with out any blending or smudging, which is my usual go-to technique.

Love the part where you get the feeling of being a part of something which is bigger than yourself.

A little messy, but still, turned out...sort of okay. An echorche (cut away drawing) of the legs for my figure drawing class. We had one hour with a model to. Time: 1 Hr. Medium: Charcoal and graphite on paper

getting practice with more extreme values

Final drawing. Progression 5 of 5. This piece had its share of challenges, but I’m happy with how it came out.

Progression 4 of 5. The drawing really started to come together here.

Progression 3 of 5. Added more shading and detail. I noticed I got his mouth wrong and fixed it.

Progression 2 of 5. In this one I added shading to his face and neck and scetched out the hair. His ears were a bit tricky too since they are as distinctive as his eyes.

Progression 1 of 5. Happy with how this one began. Mesut is all in the eyes so those were my initial focus.

final for drawing class

Not a terribly good piece, but I had fun drawing it. It is a take on the Spirit of '76, originally painted by Archibald Willard. I did it upon request, but I did not charge anything. I think it would have been better in color.

Some sketching I did while in Melbourne.

An earlier drawing from a Mark Crilley how-to. https://youtu.be/yPQV7rwUKrM This might be one of those I try again at a later date.

Final Drawing. Progression drawing 7 of 7. This is an earlier drawing of a how-to video from Emmy Kalia. All credit to her. Link: https://youtu.be/80ewdDwAVk4

Sketching with graphite pencil, waterproof drawing pen and Faber-Castle colour pencil.

Progression drawing 6 of 7. This is an earlier drawing of a how-to video from Emmy Kalia. All credit to her. Link: https://youtu.be/80ewdDwAVk4

Progression drawing 5 of 7. This is an earlier drawing of a how-to video from Emmy Kalia. All credit to her. This one may not seem like a lot of progress from the last upload, but I did manage to lighten up that dark spot on her cheek. Link: https://youtu.be/80ewdDwAVk4

Progression drawing 4 of 7. This is an earlier drawing of a how-to video from Emmy Kalia. All credit to her. Link: https://youtu.be/80ewdDwAVk4

Progression drawing 3 of 7. This is an earlier drawing of a how-to video from Emmy Kalia. All credit to her. Link: https://youtu.be/80ewdDwAVk4