This month I’m focusing on developing my graphite technique. I began with a drawing of a rose but am not happy with the blending result. To gain additional practice with blending, I decided not to use any tissue or tortillon aids and create the drawing using only pencils and erasers.
I used the same technique on the sneaker, forgoing any additional aids to pencils and erasers.
Both studies were initially drawn by hand from photographs – no tracing or projection was performed.
Lee Hammond recommends doing “mini” texture studies using a 3 to 4 inch “viewfinder” over a drawing. I like this idea and am going to try this next. I think I’m going to challenge myself to a daily exercise for this.
