Saturday, November 10, 2012

Pushing the Pencil Beyond Limits

This pencil drawing was 20 x 30 and was made using my free hand drawings as source material.

Using 4h pencils to begin and working with increasingly softer lead until the final drawing was finished with 6B pencils, I worked laying down graphite and picking up with a kneaded eraser and spray fixative on each layer.

It is labor intensive to say the least. Nothing like this can be done without dedication and vision for the final product. My best work began after I graduated from college and worked independently.