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Mike Theuer

12-03-2013 10:28 AM

Girlfriend drawing

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More detail. This 8×10 pencil portrait of a girlfriend was commissioned by the woman’s boyfriend and shows more photo-detail than I usually put into a drawing. I prefer looser pencil strokes for fun. But I felt compelled to draw her skin like it appeared in the reference photo. I used a Blackwing pencil which is 4B on Canson pure-white paper.

larger version here

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Mike McCarty

12-03-2013 10:40 AM

Very nice job on the hair. No small matter, the hair. From what I know about women (which after a long life is very little) it's all about the hair.

You have a knack for saying a lot with an economy of effort.

Mike Theuer

12-06-2013 08:20 AM

Thanks, Mike. I hear you about the hair.

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