"Humanity had been sailing the Black Silent for centuries, pushed along by thrust hundreds of years old in its design. Nothing changed and nor was there reason to think that it would...."
After several years without life drawing, first because Tuesdays were too busy and then my free class was discontinued, I recently discovered figure drawing online!
The power was out for a few hours today. Thankfully, it didn’t go to waste as I continued to work on this pencil illustration! Behold orcs and goblins, the mallard is airborne! #fantasyart #pencil #illustration #orcs #goblins #demons #dragons #darkfantasy
#SillyCuratorPrompts gave me something to work on over lunch. Please enjoy this #CozyGecko. It's warm here so I thought he would enjoy sitting beside a pool with a fruity drink.
#MastoArt #Art #Pencil #Gecko cozy". The picture is in a sketch book and you can see a placeholder ribbon by the spine." title="This is a sketch of a gecko drawn in pencil. He's sitting (human-style) on a chair lounging by a pool (not shown). He's got a drink in his hand with a straw coming out of it. There's an umbrella above him for shade. The chair is slatted. Below his feet is a beach towel with some folds in it that reads "#cozy". The picture is in a sketch book and you can see a placeholder ribbon by the spine.">
Here goes, attempting to finish this big drawing, been on hold for at least a year. Photo is of a section #art #drawing #pencil #sciencefiction #nature
Just to be clear - my avatar is not me. This is a #Pencil drawing using 2B and HB pencils. This toffee-nosed gentlemen is the type of character seen in the Punch Magazine, although my rendition somewhat differs from the original. #Art #Drawing
And here comes Wednesday with a new batch of sketches.
I'm so excited! Despite trawling many museum websites for portraits I hadn't found a consistent source for portraits of Black people in late 1800s yet. Then I came across Mangum Hugh's work. https://repository.duke.edu/dc/hmp
Unfortunately names and dates were lost to time, but at least it's not on purpose. He seemed very respectful of his subjects.
#park #scene #Pencil #sketchbook. From my photo. There is an actual hole through the tree. I thought about sketching it out but decided not to. #drawingart
Small pencil drawing trick to get deeper shadows. Besides the pencil you'll need a white gel pen or similar.
When the paper can't take it anymore or you need to push the graphite down a value you can apply a white ink layer, remove the excess, let it dry then draw over it. It'll be a colder hue, but it soaks up the graphite very well with minimal force.
I'm not entirely sure how it holds up on the long run, but two months in it seems good so far!
Happy new year! 🎉 🥳 This is an old grim reaper sketch from the early 2000's that I'm pretty sure I did between college classes out of boredom. #pencil #sketch #happy2023