Congratulations...this is amazing!

A beautiful Pastel drawing! I love the posture and your color choices are very inviting. I'm never sure what to do with backgrounds, but your idea in this drawing is lovely.

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Hi Mike...thank you for the Riley link. I watched the video several times and it was very helpful. After seeing your other videos and then watching Riley I think that I now have a clear understanding of your technique for drawing dog hair.

Best Regards, Lyle

Hi Mike... yes I did indent all the hair...long and short. I'm not a fan either. I did this as a study to see just what it would look like when completed. It has some charm but it does omit a lot of the little peculiarities in the hair. I like your idea of using a dash of it in places. I have looked...

Thank you for the kind comments. I was not sure if I captured the eyes in the right position... for a 3/4 head turn. I have found that using a graphite pencil, charcoal and a black colored pencil to be very useful. As Mike mentioned in one of his wonderful video's charcoal over graphite is a bit tri...

Portrait...
Charcoal & Pencil... study.

Greetings, I'M just starting to draw portraits and this is my first one in mixed media.
All comments are welcome.

Lyle