Draw Lil Wayne- Extended Portrait Shading Tutorial

Draw Lil Wayne- Extended Portrait Shading Tutorial Video Clips. Duration : 14.83 Mins.

Facebook- facebook.com Twitter- twitter.com Website- merrillk.com (Merrill) Supplies I Use- http Music by Kevin Macleod- incompetech.com Rules- http Thank you Kevin! 0:39 It is vine medium charcoal. I broke a stick and used the side to block in the masses for the hair. 0:55 There is a shadow that stretches across his neck. You can slightly see both sides of the neck. Under the lips is very dark. 1:24 Notice that I used a dry paper towel to blend the background (as well as the brush). 1:40- I am now adding pencil hatching directly above the charcoal. 2:01 To me, it is important to hatch over the charcoal, to UNIFY the surface of the drawing..... HUH? What do you mean?- Charcoal is MATTE (Not shiny) and pencil is SHINY. -Charcoal MOVES and pencil is STABLE (doesn't move) 2:26 I am now using a graphite stick. Graphite sticks are really just BIG PENCILS!!!!! They come in different tones like drawing pencils (HB, 2B, 4B, 8B, etc.) 2:51- Notice that I am holding my drawing in place with a paper towel in my hand. Try not to let your hands touch the surface of the paper (I always struggle with that. 2:51 I don't like to fasten my drawing with tape because I usually shade my background and the tape leaves white triangles in the corners where the tape was.....Maybe someone could give ME a tip on that!!!! 3:38 Eventually, the hair, the eyes, the area under the mouth and the area under the hands will be the darkest in tone. 4:03 The paper under my hand prevents my hand from touching ...