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09 17th, 2009| 
Working on my pencil renderings for a future post on the topic. Done with 4H, 2H & HB mech pencils and a bit of 4B 2mm from my lead holder. Used a camera instead of the scanner. A bit better….
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Pulled out her maw a bit too far past her nose, the whole head has a wonky shape. But whatevs, all the lines were the first take if you know what I’m saying. Only had to use an eraser 4 times.
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Tackling the three hardest parts of the human body: hands, feet and faces….
Hands are the worst, but probably after the face (and maybe posture), the most expressive part of the body. Did these after doing some blind contours, which usually solves my angular line problem…
Feet are deceptively tough to draw well, almost as tough as the hand, with which it goes hand in hand. Awesome play on words. Back to point, if you can draw feets, and toes especially, you can draw hands. And my scanner sucks, so the shading on the first foot is lost.
Faces. A woman’s face is the hardest to draw, especially in line. Dudes are easy, all cheekbones and brows. Women, a lot less to hang your pencil on. You have to develop an economy of line – overrender a woman’s face and she’ll look old or like a dude. More on the sex differences of the face in a later blog… Also, blind contour comes in handy! Did one right before the second face I drew to get familiar with her face.
See you next time.
Sep
7
Eye’s off your paper! The brussels sprouts of art class is back and it’s good for you, I swear.
Sep
5
Copic? Prismacolor? Tombo? Garbage. The best marker on the market only costs 44 cents.
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4
When starting any work of art, ask, “what do I see first?” Whatever that answer is, get that down first.
Sep
3
I was bad then I got less bad, which can only mean I got gooder. Here’s how I did it….
