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Baby Sleeping....In Graphite
Hi All,
It's been quite awhile since I posted anything on SOG. Been busy with two new endeavors. After my heart attack 7 months ago.....I never got my graphics job back. So, I started my own business. Got a new website going a couple of weeks ago...(It's still in demo mode). I've done a few commissioned pieces since then and this latest piece is the subject used on my new instructional video I'm doing.
It's still in progress, and this shot is just after I've finished pulling out highlights.
My method is quite layer intensive as I rub down graphite several times starting out with soft graphite being used to draw on with fingers, chamois, stumps, and rubbed or "buffed" out with tissue.
I then come back with sharpened click erasers and BluTack to bring sharp highlights and smooth tones back by controlling the light exposure underneath. Sort of like sculpting. Giving and then taking.
This reference photo was one of 6 I took while on vacation to visit this little guy.....he's my grandson, Scout, at age one.....born exactly on my birthday, incidentally.
-Geary
Graphite on Bristol Smooth 11x14
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