Sunday, September 6, 2009

Illustration Friday - Strong


A strong padlock will keep your possessions safe. To render this drawing, I used techniques I learned in the book Drawing Realistic Textures in Pencil by J.D. Hillberry. The drawing is on hot-pressed watercolor paper. I used pencil, charcoal, and frisket film to render the image.
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9 comments:

  1. Tami CohenSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:04 AM

    amazing tone values, this is wonderful

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  2. Steve CozartSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:37 AM

    Laurel,
    A solid rendering. I have the same book that I use when I teach high school art courses.
    My heartfelt condolences to you and your family on the passiing of your mother. She seemed like a really neat person.
    BTW, thanks for the kind words at my blog.
    Steve Cozart

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  3. EdrianSeptember 6, 2009 at 8:41 AM

    Wonderful textures. Very nice techniques!

    Edrian | view my blog

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  4. Amy CSeptember 6, 2009 at 9:05 AM

    this is beautiful and incredible and such a great idea for strong.
    I love hot pressed paper too!

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  5. salli s. swindellSeptember 6, 2009 at 9:14 AM

    beautiful rendering + interpretation

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  6. emilayusofSeptember 6, 2009 at 9:25 AM

    wow! that is amazing! what a great drawing!

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  7. MikeSeptember 6, 2009 at 11:25 PM

    Outstanding drawing. Great detail. It definately looks realistic.

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  8. Kristyna littenSeptember 7, 2009 at 9:41 AM

    amazing drawing

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  9. Jo CastilloOctober 20, 2009 at 4:24 PM

    This is amazing for sure. Such descriptive lines.

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