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Submitted: May 29, 2011
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Ryszardby *Crystalline174

Traditional Art / Drawings / Portraits & Figures

HB pencil on sketchbook 8"x10"
Based on reference image by Lauren F-M @ wetcanvas

This was done for the May-June 2011 Portrait Challenge at the portraiture forum at wetcanvas.com

It's a pretty rough portrait. This was supposed to be a speed drawing exercise for me since I get way too obsessed with detailwork. Unforunately, I still ended up taking my time anyway, but still not as long as usual, so I guess that's good.

This was done entirely with just a single HB pencil and a kneadable eraser. I'm too reliant on my large range of pencils and that's partly what takes me so long to complete a drawing, so I wanted to try going back to only an HB pencil.

Using a single pencil is also good practice for controlling the pencil pressure. I usually don't vary the pressure much nowadays because the different grades of pencil (hard to soft) handle the tones well enough. It's hard going back to this style, but I think it's good to cultivate that skill again so I can use it at any time where needed.

*jitterbuglove May 29, 2011 Hobbyist Traditional Artist

I love the roughness, the expression is great, great work!!

*Crystalline174 May 31, 2011

Thanks!

Glad you liked it!
I found this one relaxing to draw, since I decided ahead of time that I will not shade and blend this one to death like I normally do. I'm still tempted to go back at it and push the dark tones, though, but I'm trying my best to resist the temptation! ....must... leave....drawing... alone....

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