Grid Drawing (Friday)

So yeah, we did these grid drawings.

I still much prefer free-handing it. More flexibility that way.

But here's a shot of the progress and then the finished piece.
Matt Smith, everybody.... I tried....

His shirt was a pain in the butt.

So was his hair.

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I started with graphite pencils, doing the outlining of his face and shoulders.

Then I went and fixed everything.

I used a sort of smudgery to shade his face.

By that I mean a colored this really dark spot elsewhere on the page, rubbed my finger in it, and used that to shade his face. Some of the darker spots I had to use a pencil then blend it, and then some work with the eraser to sharpen some shadows.

I used graphite on his hair, laying down a general shade then darkening it where needed and using my eraser to do highlights.

The pattern on his shirt was pencil too, shaded by charcoal (and my finger).

I only used vine charcoal on this; I started with hard on the jacket, but then I went and got the soft stuff to really shade it.

(Soft charcoal gets darker than hard charcoal.)

The bowtie was all soft charcoal.

I worked off a picture, but I can't be bothered to put it up.

The grid was drawn on the picture too, the drawing is about twice the size of the original.

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I might post again soon.

Teacher let me draw a dragon in class and I've continued to work on it.

Growing fond of it.

When I get an adequate amount done on it, I'll post a photo.

Go with God,

~Allie