Went back to my art class again today and had to draw a tiger. I find faces very difficult because I can never seem to balance the eyes. Had two attempts.
With this one I was practising drawing eyes so didn't bother with too much else. As you can see they are not the same shape. I used coloured pencils and then blended them with a blending pencil. I think this works well. I tried to make the eyes stand out a bit with a burnishing pencil but I don't think the effect is very noticeable.
I also tried a full head.
I'm not convinced I like this one. It's not quite right. I do use a bit of coloured graphite for the shadows and deeper shades. I like the effect. The graphite ones really need fixing though so I have a spray can of Winsor & Newton Artists' Fixative for charcoal, pastels and pencil drawings. This works really well. It doesn't crinkle the paper or produce blobs.
Next week we are going to draw a whole tiger. Today it took me two hours to draw the face!
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