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Submitted: December 30, 2012
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Gandalf the Greyby *Joel-Wade

Traditional Art / Drawings / Portraits & Figures

Nov' 2012
A4 Pencil
About 8 hours
Please do not use any of my artwork without my permission

Just for fun, hadn't worked with traditional media for a while and really missed it. Had trouble with the hair and would love a few tips in the right direction!

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=BiBiARTs Jan 9, 2013 Digital Artist

amazing...

*Joel-Wade Jan 10, 2013 General Artist

Thank you so much!

~raggy-baggy Jan 6, 2013 Student General Artist

amazing!!!

*Joel-Wade Jan 6, 2013 General Artist

Thanks so much!

~raggy-baggy Jan 6, 2013 Student General Artist

no prob !!

*blanket86 Jan 2, 2013 Professional Traditional Artist

This is so beautiful! Great work! Nice shadding!

*Joel-Wade Jan 2, 2013 General Artist

Thank you very much! I'm glad you like it, thanks for checking it out

~Henzu Dec 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Lovely detail on the face. But the hair are a little too detailed for my liking. Above all they are not single strands but locks of hair, larger masses of shape that cast shadows and reflect light. As the face is the central, most informative part of the piece, the surrounding hair can be out of focus, not so pronounced as to compete with the expressiveness of the face.
The technique looks more like charcoal with the shading and use of eraser, I like it when the possibilities of a medium have been explored- in this case I'd expect to see at least some pencil work, but I guess everybody have their own method. All in all, I can say that it's 8 hours well spent

. Good job.

*Joel-Wade Dec 30, 2012 General Artist

Thanks loads for the kind words and critique!
You can see from my other works that hair is always an issue of mine,
your advice really helps, I think I need to stop trying to draw every
strand of hair and think more on how it forms as a whole.
I'll definately be considering what you've said next time I pick up
the pencil, thanks for the help

~Henzu Dec 30, 2012 Student Traditional Artist

Glad I could be of some help. Keep up the good work and don't be afraid to make mistakes. No amount of time doing what you enjoy is ever wasted. I suggest trying some live model study if you want to really get everything looking right on paper as well as in your minds' eye. When you see the shapes that for instance hair makes, it's a lot easier to get the shading etc. right on paper. Everything has a shape and an inner tension- a photo just shows a moment- a drawing can capture the essence of that moment through the experience of the mediator, the artist.

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