Hello Evertone!

I've been a bit busy, but I was finally able to make a new post and what better than my entry to the @juliakponsford contest, ART EXPLOSION WEEK.

This week's theme is NATURE. I am not very admirer of nature but if there is something I like about it, it is the peace that it transmits to us. I chose to make a marine animal.

I like to illustrate this type of things because they are somewhat difficult.

I love the sea, I think it's the only thing I like about nature, I always imagine myself living in the depths of the sea, I am a lover of silence and I imagine that it is the quietest place in the world.

This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.

I will show you step by step how I made this illustration:

The first thing is to identify the tools:

• Mechanical Pencil.
• HB Leads.
• Charcoal Pencil.
• Brush.
• Moldable Eraser.
• A4 Bristol.

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• I made the sketch with the HB pencil highlighting every detail and without marking strong.

• I started by highlighting the decorations of the sea, a pile of marine rocks. I made them with the charcoal pencil.

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• I draw the dark parts first and with the brush diffused to blur and give a color tone.

• Then with the moldable eraser I gave them volume by making some lights.

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• Then illustrate the face of the turtle with the charcoal pencil.

• Before illustrating the whole body I wanted to mark all the dark areas, where there are shadows and spots.

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• In this photo we see how to highlight all the dark areas with the Charcoal pencil.

• I made the illustration of the body with graphite powder. With this I made the shadows and with the base of what I had already remarked before I made the areas more clear.
  

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• With graphite powder I made the shadow of the lower part of the body and the shadow that the fin generates.

• I made the shadows of the shell with the base of the charcoal already marked, i ilustred the fin with an HB Mechanical Pencil to make them clearer.

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I add lights with the moldable eraser and i made a light background to simulate darkness at the bottom of the sea and this is the Final Art:

This has been my illustration for this contest. I want to thank everyone for visiting my post!

Until the next time!