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Monday, July 8, 2013

Elephants in graphite and charcoal

version 1

version 2

I've been fooling around in graphite and charcoal for a month or so and started this portrait of two elephants. It's going slow, slower than I thought. Their skin is so complex! I started with pencil and now I'm adding charcoal to get the tone right. Lots of blending with a stump as I go along, and removing highlights with a kneaded eraser. I'll keep posting as I go along.
version 3

7 comments:

Alex said...

Great drawing!! :D Love it

Unknown said...

I liked how the elephant slowly appeared out of seemingly no where as the W.I.P. carried on.

Jane said...

Fabulous elephants!

Unknown said...

wow that's really really great!

The Art of Phil Davis said...

Great , love em

Unknown said...

Very nice! I personally dislike charcoal (and pastels)because it's so messy, but you seem to have the medium under control.

Unknown said...

Very nicely done! I personally don't like charcoal because it's so messy, but you appear to have the medium under control.

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