Cherries

Cherries.... graphite on canson sketch paper.

Jade...

 Small Jade plants in my garden. The ceramic pot is just about the size of a small tea cup. Had a tough time trying to pot this plant. Only two of my fingers would fit into the pot at any one time.

Reactivating

Back to this blog after a gap of two years. Baby break. Hopefully will able to draw and post here more frequently. That is if my two year old lets me do it.

Daisy

Reference Photo from a website

Enjoyed playing with the background with this painting.

Lotus

The reference photo for this painting was on a magazine cover with the name of the magazine on the upper portion making it difficult for me to clearly see the details of the upper leaves and the water. Lesson learnt : Choose a clear reference.

Leopards

Reference photo from a Newspaper
Have been working on this the whole of this week. Am not sure how many hours it took. I used .5 mm mechanical pencils HB, 2B, 2H and a 4B wood pencil.

Goose

Reference photo from a magzine
A quick sketch done a few months back.

Black buck

Reference photo from a newspaper article

Black buck is a species of antelope found mainly in India. This drawing took me around 10 hours to complete. The pencils used were .5mm 2B, HB and a 2H clutch.

Tutorials

Reference photos from Diane Wright Fine Art


Diane Wright is an graphite artist living in Iowa US. Her website Diane Wright Fine art has some fabulous tutorials. The above sketches are from her tree, rock and landscape tutorials respectively

Charcoal and Graphite

Reference photo from a newspaper
Trying a combination of charcoal and graphite.