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Pencil portrait of an Egyptian girl

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Graphite pencil portrait of an Egyptian girl on A4 Daler Rowney Airbrush Bristol board.
 
Pencils: Various Mars Lumograph (6H to 8B), Faber Castell 9000 (6B to 8B), WH Smith 9B woodless, mechanical pencils 0.3mm/2B, 0.5mm/4B.
Blending: Blending stumps from Royal Langnickel, cotton buds and Kleenex paper tissues.
Erasing: WH Smith kneadable eraser, Blu-Tack and Tombow Mono Zero Ultra-fine eraser.

I owe my thanks to Richard Messenger for allowing use of his beautiful portrait  Egyptian Faces 01 through a CC BY-NC 2.0 Licence.

This drawing was particularly challenging, even though I had adjusted the original photo to reduce the contrast.  The bright highlights in the hair and the eyelashes and their shadows made this a picture that I really wanted attempt to draw.

Some more of my portraits Pencil portrait of Sarah by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of Alyzza by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of a Tibetan Girl by LateStarter63  Pencil portrait of Dru by LateStarter63
Image size
3790x2656px 3.65 MB
Make
Panasonic
Model
DMC-FS10
Shutter Speed
10/300 second
Aperture
F/2.8
Focal Length
5 mm
ISO Speed
200
Date Taken
Apr 16, 2015, 4:59:36 PM
© 2015 - 2024 LateStarter63
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Michaelhalvers's avatar

Wow! your art is very realistic. How much time does it take you to complete one?