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My 4th Portrait finished! I didn't have the heart to call it 'Blending and Hair Study', as the model is a beauty!Pic is about 7” by 10” on A4, using graphite pencils 2H – 8B
I've tried to look at blending and hair and try out a few new techniques, some of which have worked better than others! The hair still looks scratchy, so any hints and tips would be really welcome!
I also haven't got the features that well either, as the face doesn't look quite right 
I've tried fixing it as much as I can, but I think I rushed into shading before making sure I was happy with the proportions first! Lesson learned for next time! My works in progress are all in my Scrapbook as usual! [link] (For anyone who's interested)The Reference was: with the kind permission of the amazing =sachtikus .
His gallery is pretty amazing stuff and I saw this photo and thought 'I have GOT to try and draw that!'
Hope you all like it, but it's really a practice piece, as I try and improve, so please give me some tips!
- Kal
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Wow gorgeous fab job on the hair..
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Thanks, this was my hair and skin blending practice piece
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wow stunning, how long did it take to draw?
yeah the model is pretty easy on the eye too
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Thanks bud! This took about....20 hours? Give or take...I'm not sure, but ages hehe! I had several goes at the hair, as it was really about improving hair and blending on the skin, which is a lot better than my previous attempts!
The proportions aren't quite right, but I'm trying to improve that...still my weakest area probably now
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4th portrait? no comment..
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I had done some other types of drawings, so drawing is drawing
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Thankyou!
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Excellent job on her hair and the overall drawing!
Only thing is..... the outer corner of her right (your left) eye looks a bit flat and so do the bottes eyelashes.
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Good points!
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Thanks!
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Hmmm.... I'll look through your favs to find those tutorials. Hair for me is just....
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Yeh it was my hardest bit, although I just found ears quite difficult too heh
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Woohoo, I'm not the only who finds ears difficult (they are 2nd next to hair for me)
Really? lol, the hair in your drawings are my favorite part.
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It's my least favourite to draw
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I really love the hair and background, they look simply amazing
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Thanks! Yeh I learnt a lot drawing that one!
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Hi, you've been featured in my monthly news article for
[link]
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Wow thankyou! It's an awesome feature!
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Beautiful!
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Thankyou!
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Well if you keep this up you will be truly amazing in no time! I mean your work is all ready brilliant
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Hi,
this work of yours was in my June feature for #TheFavouriteShowcase here [link] enjoy and have a great weekend
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Thanks a ton for the feature!
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I can barely tell the difference between the photo and your drawing. O.o
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Oh wow! her hair is...soo amazing!And it is cool, that you even added the background!!
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Yeh I like adding those in...really helps the image sometimes
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your drawing looks exactly like the photograph.
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Wow you did great on the hair and I really love the depth in this drawing ! I can see you really paid attention to the background and it worked out amazing ! I think this is pretty much near perfect, but since you asked for tips .. here is one: maybe you can add some little details to the skin, to make it more realistic, such as little blobs and freckles or little wrinkles, no skin is completely smooth
Keep up the good work !!
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Thankyou for the tips and kind words!
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You are very welcome ! Looking forward to seeing more work from you !
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Really beautiful and really fantastic artwork!
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