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finally finished working on the adjustments to the values on her face. am going to call this finished as she is getting close enough. am pleased with how the darks turned out. No adjustments in photoshop to darken the blacks. this is posted just as it was photographed.6H to HB on her face
HB to 6B to Charcoal on her Hair and Background
Arches 140# Hot Press Watercolor paper
[link] Ref is a photograph from Vitaly Bakhvalov on DA.
You can see why I liked it if you go to this site. Vitaly has allowed me to draw this and I want to make sure that he and Alena get the credit for such a wonderful photo and pose. Please check his site out.
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The details in her hair are incredible - very life like. Her eyes are so expressive and wonderful shading.
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thanks that photo was an experiment--- i used a lot of charcoal in with the graphite... nice darks but it creates a lot of other problems that are hard to deal with..
thanks for stopping by
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No problem. Beautiful work. Did you have problems blending the charcoal and graphite together? I have never mixed the two mediums together before. I have mixed each with color pencil though
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it's possible to blend but many will tell you it's impossible.. I had to add tiny amounts of charcoal using a very very sharp charcoal pencil and then I would go over that with several layers of graphite... you have to be very patient and do that over and over and you can get a very dark look that's deep and beautiful
Merry Christmas-- I hope your stockings are filled with art supplies
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Thank you I hope yours was too!
And it sounds like quite a challenge, but like you say the results are well worth it and are very beautiful
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this is just amazing 
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thanks --- I alternate now between graphite and two color on grey. I'm enjoying the white and black but am not so bold yet with the white... many times I wait too long before I start the white and don't make full use of the grey as the midtone.
I looked up your tutorial but had trouble reading it as the resolution was pretty poor on my machine. '
thanks for looking at my gallery--- I'm just beginning
dr
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the way I work is kind of push and pull. As I work an area, I can always adjust my values. I gradually work up to the brightest white, but if the value relationships look wrong, and it gets too light, I will use a kneaded eraser to remove the white (or black) as needed.
sorry if it the tutorial was hard to read. I was thinking about making it a .pdf so people could view it one page at a time instead of 4 pages at once.
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Stunning and moving!
When you talk about "value" are you referring to the degree of difference in light and dark? Relatively new to this world, am learning lingo (amongst many other things)!
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Utter perfection. Great cropping, amazing execution, successful tones and values, and great textures = mind blowing.
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thanks this one was fun also but here eyes were difficult to make look right
some think she is leaving a boyfriend some think she is going home to him...
probably looking out a bus or plane window.
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Yeah, I get the feeling she's anticipating something or waiting for something good. She's got a hopeful look in here eye.
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thanks I'm glad you liked it
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wow this is absolutely beautiful!!
i dont think theres any wrong in doing a 'auto levels' just to get it to look like the actual drawing, coz usually a lot of depth is lost in photos.. anyway stunning work!!
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Your picture is featured at our club journal
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It's beautiful. So peaceful and calm.
And your skills - awsome. The picture looks like a photo.
Nice hair and marvelous eyes.
I got glued to my monitor for a couple of minutes to watch the details.
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wow what a nice compliment thanks
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thanks for the fav and the nice words
daryl
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The shading on the hair and face is breathtaking!
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A great drawing. Nice shadowing and the hair is beautiful.
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I love the expression on her face; it looks almost as though she's looking off into a distant memory. The shadows and shading are done so very well, and the eyes are beautiful. 
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thanks for the nice words
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thanks so much she was fun to do.
thanks for the fave too
daryl
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