Pencil Portrait-Man with a Cat-Part 2-Finished

Here is the final result of the portrait i have been working these couple of days. 2 days ago i made a post: Part 1 of this drawing:

https://steemit.com/art/@edgarsart/pencil-portrait-man-with-a-cat-part-1
And here is the second and final part!

So i continued the work with a cat. I used 2B for this. Started to draw the eye and then some little pencil strokes around-Just to know where the shape of the cats head end.

Usually, like i do with human portraits also: I draw one eye, and than i also start another one, just so it would be easier for me to see how the drawing develops, and it is easier to make both eyes the same. After that i just continued to draw the fur using 2B pencil. It was just a long time sitting and drawing(around 10 hours)





After these 10 hours i started to use this 3B pencil. Lover body of the cat was really dark, and just because i dont want to use 2B and push it really hard, i used 3B here. I did not have 4B pencil at home point, which i would have used to do this, so i would recommend using that pencil better than just 3B. Still had to push it hard, which is far from what i would like to do. In most cases it will just rip the paper.


After i was mostly finished with the cat, i smudged the background. To do this i use charcoal powder. I do this before the last stage of my drawings-When i do the final work with an eraser. To make those highlights-Wherever they are in the particular drawing.


I started with the cats eye. In the photos below you will be able to see how the drawing changes quite rapidly. At this point i am using just an eraser. Not one pencil stroke at this stage.

After around 2 hours i finally finished this drawing! I don't know how many hours exactly i spent on this, but after part1 it could have been around 13 Hours. Feel free to let me know how you like in the comments below:)

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