Double Portrait 9 by helanker
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No AI - This artwork was created entirely by hand or with traditional digital tools.
Description
Just another doodle, but this time with graphite.
Have a lovely day/evening.
Has been grey and cold all day. 2C.
Thank you so much for your kind comments to my prev posts. :-)
Comments (11)
This one to me is so far the best Helle - very nicely done.
Wonderful sketching!!!!!!
Excellent! I like using graphite too.
Fabulous drawing once again... Fantastic portrait also !!!
Very well done!
Excellent work, love it!
Amazing work Helle. God bless.
Helle, I really love this beautiful portrait featuring this couple.
Well done!
There seems to be an interaction here, or perhaps it's just my imagination. He has made his point, and is feeling satisfied and justified and oh so right. She doesn't think it's worth arguing about, even though she's offended and hurt. So! A story everywhere! :P
with graphite, your shading gets softer and less "pointed"---as graphite would allow. So the man feels soft, and his facial features have that shading that only graphite can give. (Did you know that graphite has "graph" as its root---ie, to write or draw? Thus a "graph," or "graphic". It was named for its ability to draw with, unlike "ink" or "paint"...) You use a mix, here, of line and cross hatch---a very 'ink' phenomenon---with shading with grays---a very graphite phenomenon. The woman has a kind of leaning-in look, like she's listening intently or wondering something, or wants to ask something. You're really good at catching these "in between" moments in this series: You've caught so many of them. They're not out-and-out strong expressions, but passing expressions that fill up so much of our days. You catch them one after the next in this series, and so tellingly. And I noticed a small thing---you have your initials in both drawings, I assume because you didn't draw them at the same time, so you initialed each drawing. It's like an insignia on their clothes, as if everyone who wants to get into this series has to be "stamped" with your initials (like in summer camp, lol). They're barely noticeable---I'm not complaining!---but I just noticed. Anyway, I bet your figure drawing will deepen and get even better than it already was, from doing these sketches over and over. I'm so glad you shared them with the world.