Monday, July 22, 2013

2. Andy




Andy is one of my oldest friends.  We’ve known each other since 1st grade and did the whole growing up thing together.  In fact, he’s Lucie’s godfather.  He is a very unique and intense individual and a great guy. Friends to the end.

First, I laid out a flat grey middle tone to act as a base and used an eraser to carve out the white areas and build up the composition.  I tried to do as much as I could with just the eraser, and then went in with pencil to darken up the eyes, nose and mouth.  I wanted the whole drawing to be just tone, no lines.  But since I laid the initial grey tone on pretty heavily, I couldn’t erase it back to a clean white and as a result the drawing looks grey and foggy. Live and learn.

So – not my best work by any means.  Draftsmanship is bad, the drawing is stiff and dour, and the rust is showing.  But hey, that’s why I’m doing this right?  I need to get better.

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