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Man with white beard - Graphite pencil drawing

Artist:: Matthew Taylor
Medium:: H Graphite pencil
Date:: 1 March 2006
Creation time:: One hour

Comments by the artist

This portrait was really hard to draw because the model's large white beard was concealing his jaw line. When you can't see the shape and extent of someone's face then it's hard to map out all the anatomical features accurately.

But I guess its good practice to draw poses like this because it helps you to visualise the important anatomical landmarks underneath hair and clothes. We don't always have the luxury of drawing naked, hairless people!

I drew this picture with a grade H graphite pencil and it was so light on the page that it was very hard to see. After I scanned in the sketch I increased the contrast in Photoshop so you could see more detail in the linework, as a result the tooth on the paper is more apparant too.

See a more detailed version of Man with white beard (Graphite pencil portrait) on my new website.