As always, I'm far from happy with this and will try to improve some area's when I've completed some of my commissions.

I had a real struggle with the blanket texture but saying that, with so many long breaks between drawing sessions the whole thing was a struggle.

Edit Due to numerous complaints from whining deviants I've increased the size of this.

Time taken: Roughly 50 hours over about 4 months, 20 bacon sandwiches, 30 cups of coffee and 5 sessions with a psychiatrist.

A4 Mellotex
Staedtler Mars Lumograph & Tombow Mono 100, 5H to 4B
0.3 Mechanical Pencils HB & 2B
Blu-Tac & Tombow Mono eraser.
Q-Tips

Ref used:[link] With kind permission from CathS

WIP


I'm entering this into the Improve Yourself Challenge at

I'm using this both to encourage me to start drawing again, to develop my level of realism, improve my rendering of hair and tackle at least one new texture such as fabric.

Any one found using my work without my permission will be forced to listen to the Barney song on a continuous loop for a full week. YOU HAVE BEEN WARNED.

..:: Me & my Guitar ::..

Reference Image
Wallpaper floating on the net


Staedtler Mars Lumographs : H2, B, B2,B4,B5,B6,B7,B8
Staedtler Mechanical Pencils : 0.3, 0.5 and 0.9
White Gel pen
Tombo Mono Zero
Kneadable gum, gum pencil
Tortillons
Tissues
Brush
A3 Canson Bristol Smooth
Reference on iPad

About 80 hours...

Work-in-Progress

Funny portrait speed drawing of "The Rolling Stones 1978 Guest".

One day a businessman, leader of a company and Rolling Stones fan asked me to draw a huge picture of Bob Marley, Mick Jagger and Peter Tosh.
After 7 weeks of drawing the first portrait was almost done when suddenly a half-full can of coke flew right into my open window and all over the drawing!
Half a year later when i started again on a new sheet of paper i had the idea to make a speed drawing of this picture.


You can watch it on my profile page or journal
or at youtube:[link]

Tools used:
mechanical pencil 0,5mm
B1 leads (about 24)
kneadable eraser
soft brushes to undust the finished drawing

detailed info about this drawing on my website at www.8DFineArt.com

Charcoal-drawing for a friend who's getting married.

This is my third charcoal-drawing so far and I have to say i get more and more in love with the medium - its just fantastic to work with

Time : don't know
Tools: charcoal-pencils, -powder, brushes, blenders, papertissue, stylus, blu-tac, kneadable eraser, "tuff-stuff" eraser-pen
Paper: Mellotex ultra-white
Size: the drawn area would fit on an a3-paper

was an Austrian-American actress celebrated for her great beauty who was a major contract star of MGM's "Golden Age". Lamarr also co-invented – with composer George Antheil – an early technique for spread spectrum communications and frequency hopping, necessary to wireless communication from the pre-computer age to the present day.

5H, 3H, H, HB, B, 2B, 4B, 6B, woodless graphite 9B
Kneaded Eraser
Electric eraser
Mars Rasor
A4 (21x29'7 cm) (8,25" x 11,7")

Video tutorials: [link]

Blog: [link]
Twitter: [link]
Google Plus: [link]
Youtube Video tutorials: [link]

Size 23x23 cm
Automatic pencils Sensi - Grip: 0.7 2B, 0.9 2B; 6B; 7B; 8B;

Original photo (by Hamry Wabula):
[link]


Time: 16 hours.
Done: February 12, 2012

Thank You for the fave!

I love the reference for this piece, so had to draw it. It took 37hrs on Bristol board extra smooth, using mechanical pencil B2 + H2 to B4 pencils, tissues and erasure.

I had real fun with the jumper and sand!! LOL

Thanks for looking.

I've decided to re-scan this image as the first didn't do the original justice. Still need to get a A3 scanner though, as you can see the link lines. This scan actually shows up more errors than the first, but i guess i can live with that.

charcoal on A4 paper
8hrs maybe more..

Female getting out shower done in graphite

WIP1 - [link]
WIP2 - [link]
28.0x40.0 cm
Mechanical pencils 0,35 - В; 0,5 - В, 2В; 8B