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markstewart In reply to oMimic [2016-04-29 18:15:31 +0000 UTC]

Thanks, i will do the next part soon ... I am slow on this.  Not so much a tutorial but a "how i do it" as i get asked quite often and this will hopefully show it better than me trying to explain it in a few words in a note as I usually do.

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oMimic In reply to markstewart [2016-04-30 11:06:37 +0000 UTC]

Take your time, these are very helpful!

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markstewart In reply to VesaiasTheValiant [2016-04-14 23:08:05 +0000 UTC]

I just hope it all makes sense  

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markstewart In reply to NJWarmisham [2016-04-14 23:05:42 +0000 UTC]

Yes i've had to get used to using a mahl stick to rest my hand on to keep off the paper. That's actually quite an important fact I totally forgot to mention here

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NJWarmisham In reply to markstewart [2016-04-15 07:06:21 +0000 UTC]

Thanks for the reply I'm not sure what a mahl stick is, but I'm guessing it's the long sticks you see sign writers using?

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markstewart In reply to NJWarmisham [2016-04-15 10:44:15 +0000 UTC]

Yes that's it, i made my own (i got a nice smooth stick and stuck a sponge on the end and wrapped it tightly in Chamois leather) and it took a little while to get used to but it did free me up to work on the whole drawing in an academic way rather than getting restricted by left to right drawing. This gives me more freedom with interpretation and creative input ... this allowed me to interpret this drawing with a greyscale feel rather than a straightforward copy. It works for me and keeps my grubby little hands off the paper and i would say that it did help a style develop pretty nicely since i started with it

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NJWarmisham In reply to markstewart [2016-04-15 19:13:46 +0000 UTC]

Great reply! Thankyou very much, I find info like this very interesting and helpful!

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