Hi steemians, hope you all are feeling great today.
So kinda took a different twist on this one,I tried pulling some art realism stunts here mehn..
I Did not exactly take much progress shot pictures on this,guess I could not just wait to get done with it. Let's take a brief look at what we've got tho.
Medium:Graphite pencils,Charcoal pencil,White Pastel Pencil,Grey paper,White Gel Pen & Brush to Blend
Here,so sorry I have got just one progress shot to share,including the steps i took to achieve a dope outcome.
Progress shot
Step 1
So I sketched out the outline first and as usual started detailing afterwards..Since I didn't use my regular white paper here, didn't shade the regular way..
Taking a deep study into the Paper being used ,I realized it could assist in attaining a middle skin tone(because of its colour) without much time and stress..
Step2
Basically I detailed the eyes with my charcoal pencil then I shaded the areas with dark tones on the face first,scribbled out some obvious skin textures with my graphite pencil. I shaded the hair with charcoal pencil and used white pastel and white gel to represent the grey hairs.
Step 3
I left out light toned spots as the grey toned paper helped to serve as the middle tone,I blended the shaded areas a little into them tho, to prevent a flat appearance,since the aim was Realism,then I applied my white pastel pencil on the lighter spots..I did all these on all the facial features,and the neck afterwards..
Step 4
Applied my white gel pen on the shining areas of the skin,for enhanced highlights..
Then I used my white pastel to shade the cloth..
All this steps did I take to achieve an encouraging outcome...