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Traditional Art

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This is my fifth charcoal drawing so far. I disliked the medium at first but I'm starting to enjoy it more and more ๐Ÿ˜„.

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[โ€“] Bunnylux@lemmy.world 9 points 8 months ago (3 children)
[โ€“] BirbSeed@lemmy.world 6 points 8 months ago (2 children)

Ty, I worked hard to get all those hairs in there.

[โ€“] Jakdracula@lemmy.world 4 points 8 months ago (1 children)

Howโ€™d you do the hairs?

[โ€“] BirbSeed@lemmy.world 1 points 8 months ago

After the main values were blocked in I erased lines with erasers. Then just back and forth between adding charcoal and erasing to get the right values/textures.