Hello steemians and my fellow artist/creative minds in @worldofxpilar Happy new year. Welcome to 2025.
I'm back with something different. This year is gonna be great. I got a lot to share with you. Stay tuned.
Let me get down to the business of the day. I'm here to present my most recent realistic graphite pencil portrait of my recent personal piece I did for myself.
The drawing is one of my best. It's a portrait of cow.
I really took a great deal my time and sat down to drew this cow I'm in love with animals now so want to draw anyone that comes into my mind
There's this interesting facts I just found out about cows that really blew my mind.
Here are a few.
Cows have a strong sense of smell. They can perceive smells at a distance of up to ten kilometres.
Cows drink daily up to 100 litres. That almost complies with a whole bathtub of water.
Cow's pregnancy lasts nine months, just like that of human beings. Cows only give milk when they have a calf (baby cow).
Cows don’t need much sleep. Per day they only sleep around 30 minutes in deep sleep that is divided in 6-10 short periods. Nevertheless, the are lying up to 10 hours daily.
Cows have with a visual field of 330° almost an all-around view. They can see the colours yellow, green and blue whereas red is hard to see for them.
That's just a few from the numerous facts that makes the cow unique and special among other animals.
I have other drawings of wildlife and other domestic animals that are waiting. I will share them here one after the other till next month. Just stay tuned. Enjoy the progress shots and never fail to leave a comment telling me how it looks. Thanks for going through. That will be a source of encouragement to me. See you in the next episode.
Materials
| Paper | Alabaster paper |
|---|---|
| Size | 12 X 15 inches |
| Pencils | Graphite pencil |
| Eraser | Tombo mono zero and nataraj vinyl eraser |
| Camera | Infinix Smart HD 2021 |
| Duration | Approximately 3 hrs |
| Location | Home |
Here are the steps on how I did the portrait. I made my sketch then started shading it gradually. Starting from the head, hair down to her face and to the whole work which includes the legs, body and tail.
I made sure I did a very good detailing for a clean finishing.
Progress shot 1
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Finishing
Thank you so much. I appreciate you for checking my blog and artwork as well. Happy new year. Stay safe. Stay tuned. More works coming
Happy steeming 💙