Another figure study. Been putting off including faces with the white-on-black and this time the contrast is not so high as the previous rim-lighting, and so lacks the impact of the other figures, but some good practice on working with tone using the white charcoal.
Archive for October, 2014
Glow
Monday, October 27th, 2014Fur
Sunday, October 26th, 2014Lots of lots of fur!Usually I don’t like hair or fur — so hard to get right. So I thought it would be an interesting challenge to draw something which was almost all fur!
Still enjoying the look of white on black and keen to try more!
Keeping Warm
Monday, October 13th, 2014Laughter
Sunday, October 12th, 2014Sun King
Saturday, October 11th, 2014Fascination
Thursday, October 9th, 2014Shine
Sunday, October 5th, 2014Yet more white charcoal on black paper! Still enjoying the look of them and the relative speed of finishing them.
Silence
Saturday, October 4th, 2014Another quick white charcoal on pastel paper!
The level of detail is so much less with the white, but somehow the flow or look of it appeals to me, despite the lack of detail. It has some power with just the rough lines.
Escape
Saturday, October 4th, 2014Another white charcoal on pastel paper. Unfortunately I mistakenly picked up the white graphite pencil to sketch in the outlines — white tinted graphite is much harder to remove! Hence some of the lines still being visible. That’s the second time that’s happened – I will need to hide the graphite pencil away
Hunter
Saturday, October 4th, 2014Mist
Friday, October 3rd, 2014A 2nd white-on-black attempt (white charcoal on black pastel paper)
I still like the ethereal sparkle of using white, and I’m still amazed by how quickly it comes to life (perhaps because it’s still new to me, so I’m not looking so critically at every imperfection). Looking forward to doing more like this.
Ring tailed thoughts
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014Testing out the new 70-200 and enjoying the creamy brokeh!
Cuteness
Thursday, October 2nd, 2014Very cute tiny meerkat at the Blair Drummond Safari Park