VALENTINE COMMISSION

It’s tough as a self trained artist to try improving every day, but I do my best and I can say I’ve paid my dues. I think it’s safe to say that the best method of skin blending is by the use of tissue paper wrapped around the index finger. All my drawings have either been blended via tortillions or cotton buds. I really liked how this picture came out, as from now on, tissue paper all the way. I wish I had a scanner to capture exactly how all my drawings are but oh well, the reference image for this artwork was kind of blurry, and I had to change their attires with imagination and a few facial shadings. In conclusion, another happy customer.

I used 8B pencl for most shadings, 2B pencil for light shadings and blended with a tissue paperand finally, removed highlights with normal Tikky eraser.

PENCIL ART ASSESSMENT

To truly be great and awesome as a self-trained artist, I assess myself every month by setting an exam involving drawing from a reference photograph. Such a photograph must contain details of art that I haven’t yet encountered or that scares me. Photographs that would naturally make me say “Hell no! I can’t draw this without it looking wacky”. So, It was Halloween season and I saw this really nice picture, used 8b pencil grade on A3 paper.

WHITE CHARCOAL ON BLACK PAPER ART OF BATMAN

Got bored one day, thought of spicing things up. this was my very first artwork with a white charcoal pencil, saw a reference photo and voila!

CHARCOAL PENCIL ART REPLICA OF "MONA-LISA" PORTRAIT

I never ever thought the day would come whereby I would have to make a replica of a great artist’s artwork, not to mention the all-time greatest painting made by Leonardo Da Vinci. I was working in my art studio and then I overheard my step-grandma reminiscing her visit to France, Louvre museum to be exact. How she wished she could purchase the painting (like hell would that ever happen). So, I thought about making her a replica, monochrome form of course (it’s still killing me that I haven’t learnt painting yet). I got to work, took me a month due to my very busy schedule of teaching and working for my NYSC state magazine group, Ibadan, Nigeria. Used a combo of pencils and charcoal pencils, eventually I finished. Then my granddad saw how good it was and claimed it for himself (The Joker’s chuckle). Now I have to make another one, (sigh).

CATEGORY ARCHIVE: JOKER PROGRESS REPORT

So just like my role model artist John Di biase, I concur that many budding artists would like to witness works in progress and that's just what I've done. Drew this in the midnight, woke up pretty late for work. Started a little bit with pencil at first till I bought my black pen.