Pencil sketch of an EaglesteemCreated with Sketch.

in art •  7 years ago 

Hi Steemians,

Today I am uploading my pencil sketch of an Eagle... below I go through the steps I took.

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I first found a decent Royalty free picture online to use as reference. I then started to sketch loosely the outline of the bird. I used a decent set of pencils with varying hardness from 4H to 6B.

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I then started to add detail to the eye which I think can make a big difference to the result. The anatomy of the eye itself can be difficult to see so a good image is needed for reference.

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I then started to detail the beak , firstly the detail was a bit sketchy but then I smoothed the shading using my finger.

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Then I started to add in detail of the feathers which was very tricky as there was an awful lot of detail in them.

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Then more feather details. The feathers on the head, wing and back all have their differences and had to be approached in a different way. I had to simplify the details somewhat as on the image as there was incredible detail.

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As you can see this bird is a Magnificent creature..
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I hope you enjoyed this blog as much as I enjoyed creating it and if you did please remember upvote, resteem and if you have n't done so already please follow.

P.S I had a few problems uploading the images so I hope they displaying well!

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