Drawing A Portrait [1874]
Hello everyone!
Today, I want to share with you my new art work. It's a random portrait drawing of a shirtless young man with grey hairs which were sprayed.
The portrait was done with a blue ballpoint pen on a cardboard paper. I used scribble technique to create this piece.
Below are my step-by-step processes:
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@maxwellmarcusart you're here again 👍 with another wonderful art work oooo i want to run this community but i don't know how to draw
Thank you bro✌
love how the blue ballpoint on cardboard gives its own midtone, so your scribbles can build shadows without heavy pressure. The sprayed grey hair reads realy well, that soft haze against the tighter line work feels so so intentional. As someone who counts things all day, I admire that clean control of value, like you balanced the highlights and the deep tones just right :)
Yeah, different ink with different tip range but this time, I tried to use one particular ink for the tone on his face but didn't turn out as I had wanted, so I had to switch to using two inks while working on the body.
Yeah, he has afro hairstyle and sprayed with grey color.
Switching to two inks on the body actually works, the planes pop more while the face stays calmer. The grey spray on the afro gives that soft haze that sits over the scribble' texture so nicely :) Do you ADjust the value by layering the second ink only in shadow plaens, or give it a light wash across everything first? Either way, the control is coming through strong, nice save on that midtone switched approach.
I've always wondered if pen art is easy. I'm an artist, but I've never tried drawing with a pen because once you make a mistake, you can't fix it. And you guys are doing great.
It is not easy but with the knowledge of pencil work, you can still do it but you will need be more patient and careful here.
Yeah, that's where carefulness comes to play.
Do you work with both paper and digital? That's much better. I tried digital, but it takes me a long time, sometimes hours, and while I like the final result, the community doesn't really value it for the time invested.
That's why I mostly do crafts and draw by hand ✍️. Greetings, bro, what you do is truly spectacular. Have a great day!! 🤝😉👏