Working On A New Piece - Portrait Drawing

Hello Steemains!

Today I want to show you my current drawing I have been working on for a couple of days now (since last week) using graphite pencils and mechanical pencil as my medium.

The pencils are graphic pencil, 4B pencil, 8B pencil and 12B pencils.

I usually start my drawing by making harmonious light strokes repeatedly and cross over with another strokes with graphic pencil (2B) and graphite 4B. Thereafter, I use a more darker pencil (8B) to increase the tone after which I blend with ear bud and appy 12B pencil in areas that are dark to give it a very dark tone.

• Below is my development processes

Step 1

Outline sketching - I made it to be very light in order to not to leave traces of lines when a mistake is found and cleaned. At this stage, I cross check my sketch to see if I could fine mistake. I also compare my sketch with the reference photo.

Step 2

Forehead and hair - I worked on his as well ss his forehead. I used graphite pencil, 4B, 8B and 12B pencil to work on this section. I also worked on his eyes and his right ear.

Step 3

More features of his face have bern added. His noce is completed as well as his left ear. At tgis stage, I am currently working on his chins.

Step 4

Human like - At this stage, the full face have been completed. Every feature has been added. Now I am viewing the full face to see if I could find errors in the shading and placing.

That's all for now. I hope you stick around to see my final piece.

Thank you.