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LucaTedde — Stellina WIP_05
Published: 2005-06-16 14:27:00 +0000 UTC; Views: 3694; Favourites: 20; Downloads: 601
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I've added hair on the left side of 's portrait, maybe I'll work more on it... I don't know if I'm totally satisfied with it, though I like the fact that it's not so realistic and it still looks like a drawing
Now I'm using a thin paintbrush to draw the outlines of her lips.
Reference picture --> [link]
Pencils on paper:
* Derwent pencils (from 3H to 5B)
* Black watercolor pencil
* Arches hot-press watercolor paper
24 hours
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Comments: 48
Wow - your work is amazing. How much of the image do you do with a brush? The tone blending is perfect.
I LOVE the eyes too.
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Every single shade/blending/tones' adjustment is made with brushes. I think 70% of the image is done with brushes
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You're technique is beautiful. I've heard about using graphite dust for painting/drawing but I've never been brave enough to try it.
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hey so did u outline every exact shape how long it took u?
this is mad profesional!!! u should get paid with this lolz
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thanks a lot, to complete this portrait I needed around 45 hrs.
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wow... you are so...so good! i hope to achieve your level of realism oneday.
i was wondering if u could help me, because your pictures seem to end up so smooth. mine always get the papers texture, is hot press watercolour paper smooth? because i always find smooth paper doesnt hold alot of pencil work.
and do u blend your pencil with water? to get that smooth look?
i love your stuff 
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so I don't use water.. never mix water with graphite!
I use brushes but in a dry way, like girls when they put on their make-up
and yes, ARCHES hotpress watercolor paper is really smooth yet captures graphite amazingly. I don't know if other brands do the same...
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VOCÊ DESENHA MUITO............................................................
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im only 14 so i dont know anythign really yet ive only been using one pencil and stuff...... i had no clue you could use a paint brush x_X how do you do that with a paint brush?
my goal is to get as good as you since drawing like you was my all time dream since i was like 5 and if you have the time to, maybe you can look at some of my picture and give me advice
it would be GREATLY appreciated by someone of your level ^^
yes im a suck up lol
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i think it's great!
i'm confused! what do you do
with the brush! what technique is that?
thanks!
keep up its really cool!!!!
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Hey, hi...
uhm... I use brushes instead of blending stumps or tortillons... I just use brushes to spread graphite all over the place and create shadows and gradients...
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oh... i get it! thanks!
i used to do that with my finger, but i'm gonna try that
for shure!
thanks again! keep up the good work!
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Great work on the hair, eyes especially, and her skin!!! I sooo wanna learn how you did that amazing drawing. I'll be buying my pencils sooner, which is the better one for drawing portraits like this? Staedtler or Derwent?
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Well, I used to use Staedtler pencils many years ago and I remember I loved them much!
I'm using Derwent pencils because I received them as Christmas gift one year ago...
Just buy one of both and try them doing some sketches... then choose the one you like more.
But, as you can see here on DA, many people use mechanical pencils and do beautiful works...
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heheh.....yeah mechanical pencils are cool, but you hafta change the lead one at a time...too time consuming...i still like it so
thanks for the advise!! i think i'll try staedtler first hehe
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Wow, now that I've seen the reference material, this is so amazing...
Very life-like, especially her eyes
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this keeps getting better and better all the time - she feels as though she's coming out of the paper
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It's looking awesome, I love the way you do the eyes ! and that hair, truly magnificent
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Thank you so much!
I'm really putting so much effort in this portrait, even though I'm using my pencils and brushes on it just once a week...
I don't wanna go fast.
Each drawing is a great experience to me.
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welcome
all your patience and effort is really paying off !
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Oh my god, Luca!!! 
This is looking SO incredibly good and I'm about to split in pieces of excitement!
Just look at that hair... *reaches out to touch*
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amazing!
you are so talented. love to watch the progress on this! keep it up
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Keep it up? ... I'll do it!
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It's coming along nicely
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Just yesterday I talked with a friend in the PencilChat about that ribbon-like quality of the hair...
...I'm not totally satisfied with it, it's been a long time since I've worked on smooth paper, I must say that rough paper help a lot in giving hair a more realistic effect.
So I must become confident with smooth paper again. I making a few changes to hair, adding some lines just to have a little more complicated effect to move the viewer's attention away from it.
I want people to look into her eyes.
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*smile* I'm glad you are staying with it. It's always good to stretch your talent as far as it can go, though that's easier said than done. Many times we are our harshest critic, and then sometimes that motivates us.
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I think this is a fantastic drawing, one of the best I've seen in a while; I'm really looking forward to its completion. Interesting technique of using a brush to draw with, I'm going to have to keep that in mind.
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Oh thank you so much indeed for your comment and for the 
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Okay, although in chat i told you how i wasnt gonna comment until this was complete (to save you from yet another comment indenticle to X amount of people)
but i do have to say well done so far. I am really looking forward to seeing this completed.
I love how presice you are, you even have her faint frekles.
Just.... one thing i wanna point out on. Her eyes. You've done them beautifully. They are georgous. However, because they are light...i thought she had maybe green or blue eyes, not brown eyes. Perhaps its just me. but yea, maybe darkening the eyes a little?
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Thank you so so much for the comment, I really appreciated it.
Well, I know I've done her eyes so luminous, and that's how I drew her hair too!
She has darker hair than how I've rendered it.
I'll adjust all the tonal values at the end, where I can see how all the pieces are balanced.
Maybe I'll make it all darker... maybe not!
I think a portrait must capture someone's personality... not just be exactly equal to the reference photograph.
But time will bring changes...
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Youre welcome.
And yea your right about catpuring the personality. See... for me... i see peoples "personality" in their eyes (thats why my main attention is fixed on the eyes when i look at images.) When i saw how her eyes are light in your piece, (along with the other features) i saw innocence but with the dark border (sorry, i cant think of the right word) it was like... there is a sweet girl, but also, a maybe dangerous sweet girl. It makes me think of that rhyme about a girl with the girl in the middle of her head.
And when i saw the ref photo, i still thought her eyes held innocence. She seems like a sweet cheeky girl, instead of dark.
if that makes any sense. lol i babble to much.
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I still can't get over how amazing those eyes are, even though they are the first done....
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Yeah I always try to do eyes a bit better than the whole portrait... I think they must be the focus point, they must capture the viewer's attention...
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That's wonderful, and it definitely works for you!!
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Incredible
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that is beautiful, even if you don't finish it it's still beautiful
i love the way you made her eyes look 'alive'
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No, it -does- look very realistic! If it is finished it will even look better
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