Drawing a portrait with grid lines

This a drawing I made for my friend as a request, it took me close to 40 hours give or take, I wasn't really timing my self and when I was done I presented to him

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The materials I used are

• greater

• sharper

• Cotton board and cotton wool

• HB pencil

• 2B pencil

• 6B pencil

• 10B pencil

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I used my HB pencil to draw the grid line and also to sketch the outline of my drawing.

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I then used my 2B pencil to do the lighter shading, while I was shading the grid lines were slowly disappearing until the disappeared totally

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I used the 6B pencil to do a more darker shading on the face and hair

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I used my 10B pencil todo the darkest shading and I used my cotton wool and cotton board to blend

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I always step back to see my drawing from a distance to see if I am okay with it I was very nervous about the drawing because it was my first portrait in about a year. When I was done I present it to him and he liked it

​this is a black and white image of my portrait

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