Jan 31, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, drawing, Drawing fur, Drawing hair, drawing wrinkles, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
Winston is beginning to gray ever so slightly. It is of course most evident in his muzzle which requires saving some white hairs amongst the dark. Some of this can be obtained by negative drawing, but for stray singular hairs, it is best to use a stylus to indent the paper and preserve the whites. [...]
Jan 29, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, drawing, Drawing fur, Drawing hair, drawing wrinkles, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
With the eyes completed, I have moved onto the right ear, the nose and beginning of the muzzle. The union of the dark ear with the light hair has me relying on both negative drawing and the use of a stylus. The Kimberly 9xxB pencil allows me to get the dark fur of his ears [...]
Jan 27, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, drawing, Drawing fur, Drawing hair, drawing wrinkles, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
In this third step, I have continued in much the same way as I began in step two. The second eye has a very different pattern and even a different shape. It is also a bit larger than the first eye. Winston is clearly not going to win any dog show trophies, but we love [...]
Jan 24, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, drawing, Drawing fur, Drawing hair, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
Since I am right handed, I usually begin shading a drawing in the upper left portion of the subject, and work down and to the right. Even though I always protect the drawing with paper shields, it is always a good idea to leave a completed area alone until it comes time to fix the [...]
Jan 22, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, dog, Drawing hair, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, materials, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, pug, realistic, shading
It has been a while since I have done a pet portrait, and with a short break in my commission schedule I thought I’d take the opportunity to do a portrait of my own pug, Winston. Pugs are very finely haired dogs, and Winston, as one quarter black pug has a great deal of “salt [...]
Jan 16, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the added layers of graphite, I am now happy with the level of tone saturation. Throughout this portrait I have only used a brush to blend the graphite to try and get a soft focus effect without over blending. With a low resolution source picture I want to have some of the graininess the [...]
Jan 12, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the face completed, I now move onto the uniform. I will add several layers of graphite until I get the right richness of tone I am seeking. Here you can see the beginning of the coat looks washed out and not in a correct value range to compliment the rest of the portrait. This [...]
Jan 10, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
With the hat complete and the value range set I have continued to shade the face. Since this is a portrait from a low resolution photo and the picture will accommodate a less detailed overall appearance, the eyes are not as important as they are in most of my portraits. I can get away with [...]
Jan 6, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform, values
The image was transferred, and now I set to work establishing a the values of the portrait. It is easy to go too light when first starting a portrait on white paper. The graphite stands in stark contrast with the very bright paper. It takes some getting used to, to start with dark enough values. [...]
Jan 4, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: drawing, Graphite, graphite drawing, Graphite portrait, memorial, MP, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, posthumous, realistic, shading, uniform
Materials: Fabriano Artistico hotpress watercolor paper, Kimberly graphite in grades: h, b, 2b, 4b, and 9xxB, small angled taklon brush for blending, and matte fixative. This portrait is a posthumous portrait commissioned by the deceased son as a gift for his mother. I get a lot of memorial commissions of loved ones and I take [...]
