dali portrait

[tugg]

heres one I 've been working on , I struggle with hair on portraits anyone got any tips.?
also has anyone any tips on what paper I should be using?
this was done on the cheapest Tesco value printer paper.I8518 really need to use something better.
cheers in advance

[nivek]

Read "drawing with the right side of the brain" but still thats dope

[tattoosbychriselement.com]

8536nicee man heres my pic of the tattoo i did of that

[casey]

Hiya Tugg mate, get yourself back to tesco and buy a reeves cartridge paper sketch book, about £3.50 oop north, it is a vast improvement over printer paper. you will notice the difference instantly bud, great sketch by the way!

[tugg]

Hi Casey ,tried my tescos and they don't do it , must be a northern thing like mushy peas. ;)

[casey]

Not a fan of mushy peas Tugg brings me ferrets out int rash!:) This is the stuff, never use anything else for my pencil work https://www.craftyarts.co.uk/acatalog/Reeves-55lb-Cartridge-Paper-Pad--12-x-9-16530.html suppose theres other makes just as good out there.

[tugg]

Not a fan of mushy peas Tugg brings me ferrets out int rash!:) This is the stuff, never use anything else for my pencil work https://www.craftyarts.co.uk/acatalog/Reeves-55lb-Cartridge-Paper-Pad--12-x-9-16530.html suppose theres other makes just as good out there.:Dcheers . I know what to look for now. sorry to here about your ferrets

[wildboy]

Try this its very thick drawing paper and its tinted a bit if you want to add white highlights to the picture

[tugg]

Try this its very thick drawing paper and its tinted a bit if you want to add white highlights to the picture
try what? :)

[CajunDave]

for pencil portrait hair advice , id put down the values in the hair and blend them nice and smooth, then remove graphite with a kneeded eraser and an electric eraser. then adjust the values of those leaving some light tone and some highlight. i let my erasers do a ton of the work in hair.
heres a sample of some hair ive done with this method

the chin hair in this one
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[Tattoo-Rat13]

wow that's really nice

[PaleoJohn]

1071610717107181071910720I hadnt touched a lead pencil in 30 yrs. Someone turned me onto Prisma Ebony's and I went crazy with them one week. Its the plain old printer paper that works the best for me. Seems to have more than enough tooth. I will try and post a couple of portraits I did that week.

[Sage Oz]

Man some of those look like photos!! If that's 30year rusty then I can only imagine warmed up. Awesome job:)