Apr 26th: Graphite Portrait

Hello art blog. It's been awhile. I'm very sad about how much I work, but the paychecks aren't so bad. For now, as long as I have this job with its 10 to 11 hour days, I'm just going to post when I post. Once a month. Once every 2 months... I don't know. All I do know is that I'm meant to do art and I won't have this job forever. God has a plan. I prayed for a full time job and I got it. Be careful what you wish for I suppose.

Tonight I picked up on the graphite baby portrait. I really need to get on it! My fiance is gone for the week and the wedding stuff is almost done so I have spare time. I figured that I'd better start on the knitted part of the portrait, which is most of it. You know, I thought it was going to be hard and a huge pain in the ass, but as it happens, it's not so bad. Go figure.

I took one of my more ground down stubs and made smudges in a line. I alternated big smudges and little smudges along with making them lighter where the knitting curves. It gives the illusion of texture and softness without me having to draw every single little knit hole. It worked pretty well. I would like to add some more definition around the baby so he doesn't blend in so much with the surroundings but we'll see how much time I have. I'm glad the knitting isn't taking forever!