I am so glad I could come back with an amazing post on the @Sketchbook community page. May you always be in good health and protected by God Almighty.
How was your weekend? I hope everyone is doing great!? And I hope you had a productive and fruitful weekend? I'm here again with another photorealism realistic charcoal portrait. I want to present to you a realistic portrait drawing of my cousin Akanimo Samuel Inyang which was commissioned by himself
I will say this is one of the work that brought me to limelight, for so many of my family members didn't know I was an artist until I did this portrait.
Though it was a rushed project but I did well, for all my artworks are representing me.
Materials
| Paper | Pelican |
|---|---|
| Size | 16 X 20 inches |
| Pencils | Charcoal powder and charcoal pencil |
| Eraser | Tombo mono zero and nataraj vynil eraser |
| Camera | Infinix mobile phone |
| Duration | Approximately 29 hrs. |
| Location | Home |
Here are the steps on how I did the portrait.
I drew my grid lines and made my sketch then started shading it gradually as usual. having a grid for sketch has been so good to artist because it gives you 100,% of accuracy when it come to the need for exact proportion. Starting with one side of the face which was the eyes, eyebrows and other features of the face. Then gradually move from left to right. this is how many artist draw to prevent smudging. Now to achieve that realistic skin texture and skin pores I had to sharpen my charcoal pencil for detailing and use my tombo mono zero eraser to erase lights, highlights, pinpoints, making it real and accurate.
Progress shot 1
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Progress shot 4
Progress shot 5
Finishing
I'm so happy you went through my blog and post as well. thank you so much
Happy Hiveing stay tuned. I'm coming back with more works, to drop this Ember months season, though I'm not feeling fine for the moment, so just stay tuned. I pray we all stay alive to see all that. I love you all and thanks once again. I'm Tempest Art™