Thanks everyone for your nice comments. You all really made my day. I don't feel lonely anymore!
Jimmie, I've seen your "failed attempts." You can't fool me. Actually, I've used you as an inspiration for my drawings, particularly how you fade out the image, the "unfinished" parts of your drawings. It's always been my achille's heel. The rendering part for me is the easy part. Time consuming, tedious - yes. But I always have trouble knowing when and where to "give it a rest." You do it beautifully.
Jean, the size is approximately 16 X 20." I'm sorry, I'm not sure what the paper is. I often just grab a color or tone I like and don't pay much attention to what it is I'm using. (I know I should!)
I use a hard (HB) charcoal pencil (General's) sharpened often to a fine point. I don't smudge it at all, I don't use a blending stick. I just render it by laying down values, a little at a time. I never mix the white with the charcoal (you know that
). I do sometimes smudge the white highlights, but never the charcoal. I guess I'm too much of a control freak!
Jean, I just saw you newly revised "Gary" and it is absolutely stunning, beautiful, gorgeous, masterful. Bravo. I really like it!
David
Hybrid Mode
