Here are the WIP's for the beautiful Friesian. He was such a lovely subject.
The first ugly stage of working out shading. I tend to do very little detail when I do the initial drawings
Drawnwild
This painting was done on commission by a surgeon who purchased my graphite painting "No So Different". He wanted to hang the two together to compare the two hands.
First the outline with a smudge stick
Here's another example of a WIP. I tend to start of with a very simple outline with not a lot of detail. I do this just to get the dimensions correct and things in the right place. The details come later.
DrawnWild FAQ
The Frequently Asked Questions (FAQ) bit (and if you have other questions that you'd like to ask then please feel free to contact me and I'll see if I can put an answer to them here).
Are you a professional artist?
Why do you call your work "Graphite Painting"?
When I first started drawing, I entered one of my works in an art show and it was classified as a "painting" and judged alongside Oils, Watercolours and Pastels. Producing art works in Graphite is every bit as difficult as these other forms and so I (along with a lot of other Graphite Artists) call my works "paintings" instead of drawings or sketches.