“Self Portrait”
7x11 on paper
Materials: Graphite transfer paper, charcoal stick, charcoal pencil, black ink, brush
I started with a basic pencil drawing of me. The thing that really jumped out – man that guy has got a big head. …too bad that doesn’t equate to smarts. Once the drawing was complete, I utilized graphite transfer paper to copy the drawing to other sheets of paper. This enabled me to play around with different media and ideas. This can be an effective tool for experimenting without having to redo the sketch each time. Once the drawing was a reasonable likeness, I could use it over and over again.
You will find 3 examples above:
1 Original drawing used for transfer
2 Charcoal drawing
3 Brush and ink rendering
You are an artist.
7x11 on paper
Materials: Graphite transfer paper, charcoal stick, charcoal pencil, black ink, brush
I started with a basic pencil drawing of me. The thing that really jumped out – man that guy has got a big head. …too bad that doesn’t equate to smarts. Once the drawing was complete, I utilized graphite transfer paper to copy the drawing to other sheets of paper. This enabled me to play around with different media and ideas. This can be an effective tool for experimenting without having to redo the sketch each time. Once the drawing was a reasonable likeness, I could use it over and over again.
You will find 3 examples above:
1 Original drawing used for transfer
2 Charcoal drawing
3 Brush and ink rendering
You are an artist.
Matt, Very nice. Middle one looks like a seen from the "Take on Me" video by the Norwegian band Ah-Ha
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Love the ink rendering!
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I will with the inks but no more self portraits...
ReplyDeleteMatt, that brush and ink rendering is awesome.
ReplyDeleteWhy no more self-portraits?
ReplyDeleteIt just seemed odd drawing a picture of myself. I can check it off the list of things to do and move on. I would like to explore the ink option some more.
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