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Shell, Leaf & Pitcher Study - Graphite on Stonehenge Work in Progress

Pencil Drawing on Stonehenge Paper in Progress I decided to start a separate blog to document my fine art training that I have been working on.   I just realized that from my commissions blog which I have not updated sinc February that it looks like I have been up to a whole lot of nothing. Not true! I have been studying the classical method of drawing and painting which takes much more time but I think the results are so worth it. The drawing I am currently working on still needs a fair bit more work but it is getting there.  The darks seem to take a lot more time to build up on this paper and using harder pencils.  I intend to do an oil painting of the drawing once it is completed.  Normally I do a very rough sketch or a mock up in photoshop prior to starting a painting.  I decided this time around I really wanted to work out as many issues as possible before I even get to the canvas.  I may also do a monochromatic oil study and then a full color ...