LindasPencils wrote: βSun Jul 11, 2021 1:21 am
not the art that I could be proud of...
You should be proud of this work, it has a fluid style and represents the cat well. You should also be proud of stepping outside your comfort zone and achieving a good result.
I do agree dear Linda what you said ...
It's just me, person who always appreciate to dig into detail
You right, I remember I felt happy when sketching those cats in charcoal, but also I thought it was looking like chaildish attempts if you know I mean...
Therefore I never felt ok with the final pieces
Question - did you use a tortillon or a shaping tool to move and soften the fur?
I'm not sure Linda if you aware this cat isn't drawn with charcoal
You could easily have missed this short info placed at the first post.
This is graphite pencil sketch, my first one, to see if I can be more happy sketching those cats for my sister...
Yes I am using brush technique and tortillon too, and eraser the way you just have mention.
I'm sure the eraser technique is handy, as you suggest, but I'm not sure if it will lift equally same amount of graphite throughout whisker's length...
It's because random places of the fur can be pressed harder by me, so this is my worry at this point...
But I'm not much after have the whiskers white TBH, black whiskers can do as well...
It's just meant to be relaxed sketch you see, first one in graphite to let me find out if I enjoy it more while drawing with MY medium
I like it so far, it's much more detailed and realistic compared to those previous charcoal sketches
Thank you very much for keen words and advice!