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..this... is... a quick sketch?!
WOW>> looks reallllllllllyyyyy proffesional like
how long did it take you?
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Im not sure the exact time it took... but probably around an hour. Thank you for your kind comment!
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..I drew a somewhat realistic picture of my younger brother..
Took me 4 hours..
...and it sucked xD
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I've been drawing all my life... I have good ones and some bad. Practice counts for a lot!
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..I cant draw that much..
I got school work.. and stuff.
Can only draw on weekends.
But hopefully check em' out and tell me what you think they have bad quality I know.. I dont have a scanner
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My main thing about drawing is just to continue drawing things that interest me and try to keep excited and focused about it when I do have time to draw. Good luck! I think you have a good start.
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..Yea.. Probably easy for you to say since you're already an adult
and you graduated and you dont have to worry about school
I dont ever have time D:
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I was fortunate to be in a school arts program way back when too.
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Ah what school did you attend?
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Fine Arts School in Greenville, SC
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Oh yeah, it takes years to draw something within hours 
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Thank you so much!!! You know I really like the fact that so many people around the world can share their experiences through art online now. Thanks for all your notes today. -Greg
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Oh yes, I'm here only for a month (the same as you I suppose
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I hope you stay here for a while to come. I would love to see more of your work.
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You bet! And I would love to see yours. I wish I could draw portraits and human emotions. And I think it will be easier for me when I have such good examples before my eyes.
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It does get easier with practice.
Here are my steps.
1. REFERENCE: Find a reference in my own photos or find one online. I pick my subjects based on what is in the news, who died, who was born or whatever pops into my mind.
2. OUTLINE: I have a lot of methods for outlining. Grids, print out a photo and put graphite on the back and trace it, or use a light table to get my light outlines.
3. VALUES: I lightly move from area to area in the drawing and build up shadow values.
4. EMPHASIS: the next thing is to go back over the darkest areas of the face and make bold areas of the eyes, nose, mouth, ridges in the face that give it character. Those are the key points that create the likeness.
5. BLEND: Depending on what I want, I may or may not blend. Not blending some drawings gives a different texture that help give a gritty look that might not look good on a woman, but gives a man weathered character.
6. HIGHLIGHT: I may not save highlighting for last always, but this step helps to make some areas pop and look more 3D.
7. VALUES FINAL: Rule of thumb is that blacks should be black and whites should be white. Grayscale range should hit everything from 0% to nearly 100%.
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THANK YOU, Greg!!! I'll try to remember all this when doing a portrait.
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haha... yes... I know you will. I just happened to be writing a step by step process for our graphite fan art portrait group. Thank you for joining!
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That was just a sketch. I try to do a daily sketch to keep in practice.
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That's great. And how much time do you usually spend for a sketch like this?
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That one was less than an hour. The more detailed drawings are more like 3-4 hours
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