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Published: 2017-03-02 16:06:25 +0000 UTC; Views: 5362; Favourites: 193; Downloads: 85
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Graphite pencil portrait of Tam Nhu on A4 Daler Rowney Airbrush Bristol board.
Pencils: Mars Lumograph (H, B, 3B,5B, 7B), Faber Castell 9000 (6B and 8B), mechanical pencils 0.2mm/2B, 0.3mm/2B, 0.5mm/4B and 0.7mm/HB with Ain Stein leads.
Blending: Blending stumps from Royal Langnickel and Boldmere, cotton buds and paper tissues.
Erasing: WH Smith kneadable eraser, Tombow Mono Zero Ultra-fine eraser, Jakar battery electric eraser.
Photo adjustment using GIMP: Removal of barrel distortion; Cropping to A4 ratio and removal of perspective distortion; Cropping unfinished edges of drawing; Adjustment of histogram.
My sincere thanks go to Réhahn Photography for permission to use his photo of Tam Nhu as reference for this drawing. His photo is Copyright Réhahn Photography.
Tam Nhu is from the Cơ Tu ethnic group in Vietnam.
Here is a link to the drawing process: fav.me/db1soxu
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Comments: 87
Thank you very much. It is one of my own special favourites. The reference that I used was such a lovely photo of a lovely child. I have my drawing framed and displayed in my living room and often go over to look at it and wonder how I ever managed to draw it!.
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Thank you very much, and thank you too for the fave.
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she is so beautiful, she has no clothes so pass for slantyeyeslove. i understand hmong people swim in the river, i like to reference off of them too.
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Thank you very much, Luke, and thank you too for adding this to your favourites.
The reference photo that I used was probably taken at the same time as the one that I used for my 'Tam Nhu with a fence' drawing, in which she was wearing just a pair of shorts. I have noticed that the links to the reference photos in both these photos no longer worked, so I have remade them just now. Unfortunately I am no longer a Core member so the thumbnails of other drawings have gone!
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interesting stuff , it seems like you know your subjects names did you go to Vietnam to study the indigenous hmong tribes
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No, I get the names of those that I draw from the photographer. For these Vietnamese photos the photographer is Rehahn, whose link is given in the description above. He kindly allows me to draw from his photos.
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well, i draw indigenous people from places i have never been as well,
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Thank you, Bernie, and thanks too for the fave.
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So, may I ask a question? Did you scale first or just free hand drawing?
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I have not drawn entirely freehand, or at most using a finger on a pencil to judge distances, for some years now since I saw only just in time that I had put an eye in a slightly wrong position (Pencil portrait of Zhang Ziyi as Moon) . After trying several techniques to get an accurately proportioned sketch I now always do my initial sketch using a modification of the 'Slip and Slide' method ( THE SLIP AND SLIDE METHOD with intro to Embossing ) aligning my reference over my drawing paper, hovering my pencil over a key position (corner of eye, mouth etc) before withdrawing the reference and marking that key position on my paper. I use the marked key positions as a guide to get an accurate initial sketch. I also mark lines by rehearing over the reference before withdrawing the reference an marking on the paper.
I feel that I have to resort to some means of ensuring an accurately proportioned sketch as most of the work in a drawing comes with the shading and this will be wasted if the initial sketch is wrong.
Thank you very much for adding this drawing to our favourites.
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I see,thank you for replying. I've just heard the slip and slide, but that's really a clever way to sketch the outline
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Thank you very much and thank you too for adding this drawing to your favourites.
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Of course. I hope you can make more for you and for other people to enjoy. Never give up!
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Indeed she is. I have made three drawings of her.
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I'm really impressed with your drawings ...Excellent, impeccable, perfect. I do not know what else to say. .
How can you achieve it?
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Thank you very much, Jose. It is just a result of practice, patience and an eye for detail.
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Thank you very much, Jan.
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This Masterpiece is truly beautiful, i love how you shaded and blended these grey tones. It looks like a photo *_*
I love this Artwork because it brings me happiness and joy. Great job
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Thank you very much, Valentina, and thank you also for adding this to your favourites.
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Most welcome, you did an awesome job!!!
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Thank you again, Roberto.
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Thank you so much, once again, Anizza.
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Oooh! It's wonderful. i love it. It's so realistic...good work!
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Thank you very much, Isabel.
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Thank you very much. She certainly is lovely, hence this is my third drawing of her.
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Thank you very much, Lynne, but it is not talent, just a skill that I have learned.
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Thank you very much, Agnieszka, and thanks also for adding this to your favourites. Amazing artist? No - I am merely have a technical ability to make drawings from artworks of others!
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And you're too modest!
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Extremely beautifully done and photo-realistic portrait, as usual !
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Thank you very much, Liviu, and thanks also for the fave.
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Fantastic! Im glad to see more of your work!
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Thank you very much.
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Thank you very much, Noelia.
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I wonder if she knows she's so famous! Once again your masterful work has inspired me! Perfection!
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