Apr 15, 2013 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: cover art, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, portrait, Published
One of my drawings, Sturdevant, has been recently featured as the cover art for a lovely choral piece of music. You can see the online version and learn more about the music here: http://www.elizabethalexander.com/works/one-more-redeemer
Apr 11, 2013 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Charcoal, charcoal drawing, Charcoal Portrait, drawing, Drawing hair, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, stallion
Following the familiar theme in this drawing, I am striving to get the deepest value saturation in order to make the highlights pop. By laying a wash of charcoal and burnishing with the blackest graphite I know of, the Kimberly 9xxb, I can almost get a dark as black as charcoal that still melds with [...]
Dec 13, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Charcoal, drawing, Drawing hair, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pet, portrait, realistic, shading, stallion, values
The glossy sheen the hair on the neck creates a neat rippling effect. It’s a beautiful, clean, and wonderfully natural look. However, this look is very difficult to give justice using graphite as a medium. I must get enough contrast to make the off-white of the paper look like reflected sun. I need a little help [...]
Oct 13, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, bridle, Charcoal, charcoal drawing, Charcoal Portrait, drawing, Drawing hair, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, shading, stallion
Continuing the shading process down the muzzle, I also work on the leather straps of the bridle and the beginnings of the upper neck . Leather, especially shiny, yet worn leather, requires some intricate work to pull off the look. You tend to think of minor elements of a drawing are more or less one [...]
Oct 10, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Charcoal, charcoal drawing, Charcoal Portrait, Contrast, drawing, Drawing hair, farm, filly, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, shading, values
Here I continue down the muzzle, again reaching for very deep darks for the necessary contrast this drawing demands. The whitest I can get is the white of the paper so those blacks need to be fully saturated. Again I utilize the Kimberly 9xxb to burnish over a wash of charcoal. This horse’s white star [...]
Aug 31, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, burnishing, Charcoal, charcoal drawing, Charcoal Portrait, drawing, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, shading, stallion, values
Since I am right handed, I generally begin shading a picture from the upper left of a drawing and work my way down and to the right. Often I need to rework areas, but I try to limit how much my hands will come into contact with shaded areas. Even with a paper shield, smudging [...]
Aug 25, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, begining, Charcoal, charcoal drawing, Charcoal Portrait, drawing, equestrian, equine, farm, filly, gelding, Graphite, graphite drawing, graphite pencil, Graphite portrait, Horse, mare, materials, pencil, pencil drawing, pencil portrait, pet, portrait, realistic, stallion
Every time I receive a commission, it inevitably comes with a back story. Most often, someone will have a portrait commissioned to commemorate a special occasion. Whether that be a new addition to a family, a memorable moment capturing the essence of a childhood, or a wedding, an anniversary, or a posthumous memorial. They are [...]
Jul 3, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Chicken, farm, oil painting, oils, portrait, rooster
I’ve been somewhat distracted lately and allowed this painting to be put on my back burner while I worked on other projects. However, I focused some attention on the canvas this morning and finally finished. I could add a few more glazes to get a more refined and realistic painting, but I prefer to leave [...]
Jun 4, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Chicken, farm, feathers, glazing, Liquin, oils, portrait, realistic, rooster
When applying glazes, I usually wait for the underlying paint to be more or less dry. I often use liquin as a medium which hastens drying time a little bit, but it does generally take a few days to get to the point where I am comfortable in applying a thin even coat of liquin [...]
Apr 27, 2012 by Patrick Entenmann in Blog Tags: animal, Chicken, farm, oils, portrait, realistic, rooster, Under painting
I’ve just laid down some base colors here. It really is not even a complete under painting as I am using quite a bit of medium and really thinning down the colors to make the base coat go quickly. The image quality here is rather poor and the colors are a bit more intense in [...]
