22 June 26
Graphite
There was a massive thunderstorm in Philadelphia today, which delayed the start of the second half of the France-Iraq match. We decided to walk downtown to the local art store and buy some graphite pencils.
I haven’t spent too much time with graphite, being a damn-the-torpedoes-and-just-draw-it-in-ink kind of gal, but I’ve signed up for a graphite hatching workshop next Saturday. I looked through my supply of pencils and it was pretty paltry: plenty of colored pencils and even watercolor graphite pencils, but few pencils in the graphite ranges on the materials list.
Testing out these Faber-Castells with a quick drawing of my left hand, I realize I have learned something from my colored pencil work — you have to build an image up with layers. Start soft (or hard, in terms of lead) and darken as needed.
This drawing is nowhere near done but I would do shading all over the hand to indicate the contours and light source. I’m looking forward to this workshop.
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