First try with a quality mechanical pencil and Tombow mono eraser

Hello Steemit Family.

Tools ;

• Mechanical pencil 0.7mm

• GPC charcoal pencil

• GPC Graphite pencil 8B

• Steadtler Graphite pencil 4B

• Tortilions and blending stump

• Cardboard paper.

• Tombow mono eraser

• The mechanical pencil was used for the detailing of the hair, eyes, face and lips.

• GPC charcoal pencil for the dark shades of the hair and parts of the shirt.

• Steadtler Graphite pencil 4B was for the soft lighter tones on the face

• GPC Graphite pencil 8B was to add darker shades to the skin tones of the face and neck

So, I got a WhatsApp message from a stranger in a neighbouring state saying she wanted an artwork done. After bargaining, we set on getting the reference picture. Here, I got a blurry reference picture which I will it post as it's not my creation. A full picture of a man wearing a material sewn attire. I cropped and Gridded.... We're set.

A usual, after representing the image with my Mechanical pencil set to 2h on the grided paper, I started to shade away starting from the forehead. 6B graphite pencil for the lighter shades and GPC graphite pencil 8B for the darker shades. Simultaneously switching between a tortilion and an handmade blending stump.

The focus of this drawing is not on the image now. It's about the detailing as it'd be the first time I'd be using a Mechanical pencil and Tombow mono eraser on a work. (These tools work for skin texturing and detailing and I just got them"

Here, we have the final result. I went through a lot of unexpected brouhaha with this work though. It was worth my while though.

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