Monday, May 2, 2011

May 2nd: Graphite Portrait

Ah! Finished! After work today I got to work smudging and darkening and lightening. I emphasized the shading around the baby by making it darker. He was fading into the background and that's no bueno. I smudged a whole bunch of knitting holes all around the drawing and added a wrinkle or two on his hand.

Honestly, I think I could have done better on the face. It's too wide I believe. But, because of time constraints, it's going to have to do. Plus, half the time when I see things that are wrong, no one else does. Sometimes it's better to leave things be instead of trying to fix them last minute and making a huge mess out of a perfectly fine drawing.

My quest for artistic perfection is just going to have to wait until I find more time somewhere, but I'll keep on it when I can. The next paid order I have is a Winnie the Pooh ornament. I don't know if that'll be the next post or maybe something else. We shall see!