Each of the drawings took me about a week to draw, a couple hours here, a couple hours there. I really have no idea how long each of them took but I am guessing that the goose took maybe 8-10 hours total drawing time while the Ram took around 15 to 20 hours. The Ram is on a larger sheet (11X17 I think). I'm sure everyone feels the same way, but the pics don't do the originals justice.If I could find the right picture, (I have one in mind, but not totally convinced yet) I would like to do a drawing with lots and lots of detail that takes a couple of months to complete. I'm just not sure I have the patience. When I start a drawing, I just want to finish it. Does anyone have any tips on how to slow down and take your time? When I get "in the zone", I just start going and making lots and lots of progress, then I'm finished. I may play around with it a little more, but only minor tweeks. I would like to do a drawing and when I'm finished say, "That's the best I can do". I'm not sure that's possible with anyone? Is it?????
Thanks again for the words of encouragement.
By the way, the frame around the goose was done as an afterthought to hide my FINGERPRINTS!!! I was blending the background and was not careful enough and I looked down and my fingers were directly on the edge of the drawing. No matter how hard I tried, I could not get it blended there. I had not drawn the goose yet (had frisket in place) and almost started over. Then I thought I would just use a very dark/black background. I started darkening on the edge where the fingerprints were and when I went over a couple inches, I thought it kind of looked like a frame. Anyway, I lightend that edge up and thought I would see if I could draw a frame and you see the finished product.
