Proceeding through the drawing process, I have finished the bumper and light fixtures, and begun putting in the darks of the shadows under the vehicle. I am using 2b, and 6b lead to get a good saturation of darks but the shading is not simply flat. Though I am working in the darkest portion of [...]
The grills on the front of the truck and the side of the hood have been completed. These areas have so many lines of dark, shadowed metal bars and lights. When looking from the stock photo to the line drawing I found it difficult to see where I wanted dark and light when I composed [...]
With the line drawing transferred, I have begun shading the upper left portion of the truck. I start this way because I am right handed, and it is natural to shade from upper left to lower right. There are of course, exceptions to this rule, but I almost always shade pencil drawings in this manner. [...]
