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Captured-In-Pencil — Commission - Border Collie
Published: 2013-12-25 22:45:01 +0000 UTC; Views: 3274; Favourites: 88; Downloads: 29
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Commission completed December 2013. Mechanical pencils 0.3mm, 0.5mm and 0.7mm HB and 2B. Lots of cotton wool, tortillions and several rubbers. Was drawn on A3 heavy-weight cartridge paper, but finished drawing measured 11"x11" internal mount (15"x15" frame). 10 hours over the course of a week.It was a wonderful pose of 'Cassie' the border collie. I love the hair detail, and was impressed by the photo quality of the eyes and nose. Thoroughly enjoyed drawing her.
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Fantastic. I try so hard to get the white lines to be that good in mine. I just don't know how. It always tends to rub and blend in..cotton wool? Tortillions? I need to check those out. What's the hardest part to draw for you?
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The hardest part is the initial layout. Once it starts to look right after an hour or so, then Im happy and just draw till I drop! As for the white lines, get a firm rubber (but not a horrible plasticy one) and use a sharp blade to cut a fine edge. You will be able to rub very fine lines with it. Also, I dont know how I drew without my electric rubber. They're great
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Oh thank you ever so much! I'm definitely going to do that!
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wonderful, I got a border collie and u made a great work with his expression, love ur art!
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great work with the fur of this one,it looks very realistic!!
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Amazing detail!!!
Really awesome work, keep it up!
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Beautiful. The detail on the fur and nose are incredible, I always find noses difficult o.o
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Thanks. Ive always struggled with the nose, but tried something dirrerent. I usually try and draw the speckled detail in with the nose, but this time just did a solid block of grey/black, then just before the final layer of black, i used an electric rubber to do lots of small white dots, then drew the lines between them with the last layer.
The electric rubber is a great find, I dont know how I coped before
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I must look for one, they sound great, thanks
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They're dead cheap, the one I use is a brand called Jakar. Make sure you get a refill too (I think its 30 in a box). Im using them all the time and use atleast 10 refills for a drawing.
I also use a blade to get the rubber to a point then use it against sandpaper to get a really sharp, fine point. Its handy for the nose dots and for the reflections in eyes
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Thanks, I just kept adding streaks of pencil then fine rubber, and layering it up. Very happy how it turned out
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You're welcome
Ah~
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