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Study and Teach Fine Art Techniques Charcoal and Pencil Drawings - Techniques by J.D. Hillberry Topic #199

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Sonny
Member since Dec-3-02
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Dec-03-02, 04:48 PM ()

"My son Bradley"

I welcome any constructive critisism. Please excuse the quality of the scan. I can't tell you how long this took, probably close to 20 hours(if not more). I took my time. So far I think it's my best piece. There are more at my web site.

MHK

Member since Sep-28-02
353 posts, 9 feedbacks, 16 points

Dec-03-02, 04:56 PM ()

1. "RE: My son Bradley"

Excellent blending work here! Maybe you could still make it more dynamic by using more dark tones where needed?

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Marc Forest

Member since Aug-23-02
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Dec-03-02, 05:19 PM ()

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2. "RE: My son Bradley"

Hey Sonny. First up, great job! I think babies are so tough to draw. Their softness makes it really tough to capture a likeness, most baby portraits look "lumpy" to me. This one looks really good! Props to you!!

Peace!

Marc Forest.
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sgreeves
Member since Nov-15-02
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Dec-03-02, 06:31 PM ()

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3. "RE: My son Bradley"

Hi Sonny,
Welcome onboard.
Great drawing, babies are tough.
The pupils seem a bit dark for the rest of the portrait, But your over all picture is great.

Steve

absolute

Member since Aug-24-02
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Dec-03-02, 08:59 PM ()

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4. "RE: My son Bradley"

Thats a nice job, it has a unique look to it,...i have strathmore 80 lb that looks white..until i scan it ..then it has a yellowish tint...i was just wondering if this is the same kind of paper or not?

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Melissa_M

Member since Aug-23-02
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Dec-03-02, 09:20 PM ()

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5. "RE: My son Bradley"

Good job! I've never drawn a baby, so I don't know how difficult they are, but I'm sure they would be rather hard. One thing I noticed is that the eyes don't seem to have lines in the center going out, if you know what I mean...the round part looks totally smooth, without any "spokes." (Sorry, I don't know the correct name for them.) I think everone has those in their eyes.
Anyway, great job overall!

- Melissa (aka: Honey Bee)

pencilartist

Member since Nov-7-02
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Dec-04-02, 00:19 AM ()

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6. "RE: My son Bradley"

Ditto!! I think Melissa is talking about the iris. She described it very well. Toby

portraitartist2002
Member since Aug-29-02
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Dec-04-02, 00:46 AM ()

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7. "RE: My son Bradley"

Great work, Sonny -

Here's the portrait adjusted in Photoshop to show how it would look with darker tones...

If you REALLYT want some black, usa an Ebony Black - thats all I use...

Hope this helps... keep it up!

Email me:

portraitart@ev1.net

Sonny
Member since Dec-3-02
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Dec-04-02, 09:50 AM ()

8. "RE: My son Bradley"

I like it dark. It's on a wall now, but when I was working on it I was so afraid I'd screw it up If I tried to go to dark. I see now that I should have put the iris lines in, oops! If I work on a drawing too long I start to loose intrest in it and I hurry to get it to a stopping place. I noticed in some of the step by step pics of other peoples drawings that they tend to just about finish each section before moving on to the next. I work on the entire drawing from light to dark, level by level. Is this incorrect?

MHK

Member since Sep-28-02
353 posts, 9 feedbacks, 16 points

Dec-04-02, 09:58 AM ()

9. "RE: My son Bradley"

Robert, have you tried this ebony black with other pencils? Does it blend well together with other brands? I now you dont blend much, but whatdyathink?
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Sonny, I work the same way as you. I believe it works fine, overall tonal balance is important and I think thats one way it can be achieved well. Of course itd be a good idea to make certain tonal checkpoints onto eyes for example to get darkest value as reference to other tonal changes on a face (hope you understand what I mean).

btw, those stylish frames around the pics on your site are cool... I just dont understand how they are coded, I tried to look at the source but it gave me no answer..

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Sonny
Member since Dec-3-02
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Dec-04-02, 10:26 AM ()

10. "RE: My son Bradley"

The frames are just .jpg. I can e-mail some to you if you like.

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