04-28-2015, 08:54 AM
Stardust Thanks, I need to work on stamina too - spending like 3 - 5 hours on a single piece is really tiring for me! I get so far into it and then just want to hurry up and finish... usually make bad decisions after that and screw up what was a solid start. It's all practice though, always moving forward ^^
Fox I used a whole bunch of different kinds of pencils to try different approaches, but mostly I used 3H for light undersketch, 2B for shading then 6B for darker places and very occasionally an 8B for really dark places (could mostly do it with just 2B and a 6B tho, pressing very lightly for the undersketch). For the last couple I also tryied painting graphite powder over my undersketch to darken the whole page, then it's easy to go a step lighter for highlights and bright places with the eraser, instead of having to darken everything else around it.
Master studies this week. Some composition studies of golden age illustrators:
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Fox I used a whole bunch of different kinds of pencils to try different approaches, but mostly I used 3H for light undersketch, 2B for shading then 6B for darker places and very occasionally an 8B for really dark places (could mostly do it with just 2B and a 6B tho, pressing very lightly for the undersketch). For the last couple I also tryied painting graphite powder over my undersketch to darken the whole page, then it's easy to go a step lighter for highlights and bright places with the eraser, instead of having to darken everything else around it.
Master studies this week. Some composition studies of golden age illustrators: