Highlights on Black - Process 4

I apologize for the lack of updates, I have been busy with other work, not art related.

After working today for a good part of the afternoon, this is what I have finished.



I suppose I am thankful for the large white areas, but wow... do they take a lot of white colored pencil. The grandfathers finger continues to be a point of struggle, this is the second time I had to erase it and redo it.



Usually I draw without a grid, so this method is really throwing me off a little bit, my scale is a tad skewed but not by much. I don't have to do a lot of over compensation in other areas, so I am happy about that. I am particularly pleased on how the sock turned out.

Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 3

Over the weekend, I hit a snag. One of the threads that make up the grid broke. Hopefully I did not have to replace the entire grid, considering it was made up of a single continuous thread. Easy fix.

Monday was a day off, and I picked back up today. Just to let you know, I started with 3 white colored pencils 5 years ago... This is what I have left of them:



I am also using an eraser, sharpener, a brush and a charcoal pencil with some q-tips for blending... I am not beyond making mistakes and misjudging the scale (1:2):

At the end of today, this is the progress made thus far with a detail shot (soon, I am going to have to buy 2 more white colored pencils):



Will show more after Thursday...

Highlights on Black - Process 2

It is amazing the progress one makes if they put their mind to it... Lazy Sunday turned into productive Sunday. After one day this is what I have so far with another area in detail:



Until next time...

Highlights on Black - Process 1

This is what I have so far along with a detail of the rendering:



I will post more images once I complete more of it... Stay tuned

Highlights on Black

So I have been working on this piece for the past 5 years. It was an on-again-off-again type of thing mainly because of the lack of time. I used to work full time and now I still do, but suddenly I have all this free time.

Considering that since I was little, I wanted to be an artist, this is a way to make that dream come true. One of my dreams, at least...

This piece is based on this image. A random photograph of a grandfather with his grandchild at a park. I thought this would make a nice revert rendering.

So I began with 3 white colored pencils and a black board.