Here’s a drawing of a cat called Texas. This is another facebook request.
This is my 500’th drawing since the 9th September 2014 ! That’s a lot of drawings! Number I did my 100’th, 200’th and 300’th drawings on much bigger paper and with much more effort put it, but these day’s I just don’t have the time to dedicate hours on one drawing, so all you get for number 500 is this sketch – that i hope you like!
It’s in charcoal and pencil. Charcoal is a medium that will take some getting used to for me – My eraser doesn’t work on it (although I’ve got that chewing-gum like thing that’s supposed to work) – so it’s hard to correct like my ballpoint pen sketches, but to me, charcoal is “supposed” to be quick and loose – so I try to work quick. Quick + no possibility of corrections = many errors. The quality of this kind of drawing must be that the state of mind of the artist (and the skill) is captured as it is without any means of correction.
Texas is not with us anymore – I know that this kind of drawing doesn’t fall into everybody’s taste but I still hope that Texas’s owner will be happy with it.
https://www.facebook.com/OneDrawingDaily/photos/a.865478900190862.1073741829.805993672806052/865761810162571/?type=1&theater
wohoooooooooooooooooooooooooooo 😀
Congratulations! :’)
and yesss, even SHARPENING charcoal is so annoyingly difficult :O
Thanks a lot. Yes! Sharpening it is strangely hard!
Lovely memorial for a cat that has gone to “the bridge”. Good way to create #500.
Thank you
You seem to be handling the charcoal just fine. I’m surprised a putty eraser isn’t working for you. I have always been able to create highlights that way. Congratulations on reaching 500!
Thanks… maybe it’s the type of charcoal or the crappy moleskine paper..
Are you using sticks of willow charcoal or charcoal pencils? The latter is great for fine details but neither smudges or erases like the willow.
I’m using the pencil. Mostly because of the detail since I draw on a very small format paper. I have some of the willow type too. Maybe I’ll try how that works
Try the thin sticks of Willow and see if that makes a difference. I like the pencils for tiny details in the darkest darks such as the shadow in the mouth and the pupil in the eye but otherwise willow works best I find. But then I like to be very smudgy with my charcoal drawings, getting really dark and messy and then pulling out highlights.
I’ll try experimenting a little with this ‘pulling out’ the black. It sounds fun to work in this reversed kind of way
Congratulations on 500th drawing! 😀
Thanks a lot!
Yay for number 500!!!!!
Thank you
I think it’s a very sweet drawing…….Texas was one of our friends before the blog stopped – maybe not we know why. I like the “loose” feeling of the charcoal………..Congratulations on getting to 500 – that’s QUITE a feat!
Pam
Thanks a lot.
This one’s really cute. I think it’s a perfectly good 500th drawing. Congratulations :).
Thanks 🙂
OMC now Granny has tears again. Texas was a furriend of us too, but we never saw him again…now we know why 🙁 We remember him like you sketch him. We’re sure his owner and Kitshka are happy we it <3
Thanks a lot. I hope you’re right. He was 14 years old I am told
We love Texas x Very clever x
Thanks !
Congrats! Love that kitty drawing. Purrrfect 🙂
Thanks a lot 🙂 I’m glad you like it !
My pleasure. I know how hard (and messy) charcoal sketching can be 🙂
Do you spray yours after done so it doesn’t smear? 🙂
Beautiful work, and I look forward to seeing more! 😀
Yes – I spray them with hair-spray. It smells odd, but it works just as fine as the fixative the art store carries. Thanks a lot for your comments 🙂
I think it’s quite bold, and a wonderful drawing of Texas! 🙂
Congratulations on reaching #500!
Thanks a lot 🙂