Mar 21, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, colt, drawing, Drawing hair, farm, filly, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, hatching, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, shading, stallion
The deep darkness of the ears is mirrored in the eyes to catch interest and direct the focus onto the face. For these darks I am using Kimberly 9xxb pencils along with 2b Staedler Mars Lumographs. I am keeping conscious of the desired contrast here, and not over doing the darks giving a nice transition [...]
Mar 15, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, barn, colt, drawing, Drawing hair, equine, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mane, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, ranch, realistic, shading, stable, stallion
In drawing the neck I do not overemphasize detail. I want to get a good roundness to the form and accurately depict the shapes and shadows of the muscles, but I want the focus of this drawing to lead forward to the face. The ears will have some deep shadows which will be a convenient [...]
Mar 12, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, begining, colt, drawing, equine, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, materials, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, ranch, realistic, stallion
Horse’s are a perennial favorite subject for many artists. The copacetic relationship mankind has shared with equines goes back to the dawn of civilization. From an artistic perspective, there are many attributes that make drawing and painting these animals both challenging and rewarding. The intense muscularity, sheen of the hair, and expressive faces tug at [...]
Feb 21, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: algae, broken, delapidated, farm, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, lichen, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, shading, Truck, vehicle
This is the completed drawing. I decided to shade the background lightly to bring out the highlights of the body of the truck. I also seated the vehicle into the grass, but didn’t add too much vegetation. The remaining parts of the tuck bed, gas tank and rear wheels were put in, but I simplified [...]
Feb 19, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: algae, broken, delapidated, drawing, farm, glass, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Headlights, lichen, moss, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, shading, Truck, vehicle
Moving onto the interior of the truck and the weathered wooden boards I am using b, 2b and 6b pencils to get the grain of the wood as well as the interior of the cab. The cab’s interior is one of the aspects of this subject that attracted me to draw it. It is basically [...]
Feb 17, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: broken, delapidated, farm, glass, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, grass, Headlights, lichen, moss, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, shading, Truck, values, vehicle, weeds
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 [...]
Feb 16, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: algae, broken, delapidated, farm, glass, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Headlights, lichen, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, shading, Truck, vehicle
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 [...]
Feb 14, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: algae, begining, broken, delapidated, farm, glass, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Headlights, lichen, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, shading, Truck, vehicle
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. [...]
Feb 8, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: algea, begining, broken, delapidated, drawing, farm, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, lichen, materials, moss, pencil, pencil drawing, pick-up, realistic, Truck, vehicle
While visiting Tillamook, Oregon I saw this dilapidated broken down truck parked on the property of the Blue Heron Cheese Factory (which has a lovely tasting room for their superb cheeses and other products) along with several other similarly degraded vehicles and tractors. I was drawn to this truck in particular because of the streaking [...]
Feb 2, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, drawing, Drawing fur, Drawing hair, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
This is the completed portrait. I continued to shade in the shadows of the hair on his neck. I thought about continuing further down his neck and perhaps a little more of his body, but I chose to let the fur fade into the white of the paper. I think sometime in the future I [...]
