Ballpen Art: Quick Unfinished Sketch

in #curation6 years ago (edited)

Hey! Steemitians how's your day going? Let me share with you how my day is going
I started out a freehand sketch today....Yeah NO GRIDS nothing major just to relax my mind and stretch my hand muscles a bit but my black pen ink got finished :( and this beauty came to be.....I think there's beauty in imperfections or unfinished works
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Here's how I started out
First light outlining with pencil HB
Starting with the eyes first and the nose
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Then I moved to the lips the ear and then start bringing out the shape of the hair
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Now to the Interesting part Shading I start out with Hatching giving a base layer first like so
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The tricky part is Crosshatching this helps in detailing and giving an even tone and based on the fact I'm drawing a white guy the tone has to be even.....no much shadow and values to work with. I also shaded a bit of the hair so as to bring out his light skin tone.
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I then proceeded to shade more of the hair, the ear and the beards. This was where my black pen gave up I'm gonna miss her LOL
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I may probably get a new pen later in the day and finish it up but I kinda like it like that!
Thanks for viewing. Enjoy the rest of your day

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I feel sorry for him that he is missing half of his hair. Guys are very often touchy in regards to this topic :) It's a great and realistic portrait. And I'm sorry to hear that you couldn't finish it..

Thank you for sharing and have a lovely weekend!

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Nice portrait, @ebene06 :) The shading is so nicely done and it is amazing that you can just freehand this picture without a grid or anything !

And yeah, sometimes unfinished works have their own charms :)

Thank you! :)


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Amazing!!! Hopefully you can score a black pen like the one you lost today. Lol. I can’t believe this was done with a ball point pen. Great job!!
Hey @splatz come take care of this artist would ya?

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You are a great artist and I hope that you will find good and beautiful results here on Steem Blockchain!!!✌️
I would like suggesting you that I will have a contest on my account soon: on March, 3rd I will have my First Steem Birthday and I will make a contest where I will show all my portraits: there will be a lot of prizes and if you would like to partecipate with a drawing (also easier that this one) it could be a pleasure to me to join you!
It could be a good way to show your art all over Steem Blockchain😉👍
Let me know!!!
Thank you and Steem on!!!

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