JOLLA | CHARCOAL DRAWING | ENTRY ON @SETHLINSON'S PORTRAIT DRAWING CONTEST

It has been a long time since I made a Charcoal Drawing. Then I saw @sethlinson's contest, Portrait Drawing Contest. And since I bought a new sketchpad and have been wanting to draw some sketches, I have decided to join the contest. So my today's post is an entry to his contest.

So I chose to draw my cousin, Jolla.

I already mentioned Jolla on one of my posts. She is my Mom's niece. My parents adopted her when her father died when she was 1 year old. And she's 11 years old now. She was like a sister to me.

I have been wanting to draw her ever since I started Steemit. But I was lack confidence and art materials. And it has been a long time since I tried doing a charcoal drawing. But now I have decided to do it. Maybe I've gain some self-confidence. :)

MY ARTWORK

Let me show you guys the process of my artwork. I won't elaborate too much details about the process but I will show you guys each step of the process.

MATERIALS:

Sketchpad
2B 6B 8B
Ruler
Brush
Charcoal Pencil
Eraser Pencil
White Gelpen

PROCESS

1. I drew the gridlines and the outline.
   
   
   
2. Next is her eyes using charcoal pencil then brush it to blend. Then white gelpen for highlights.
   
   
   
3. Her eyebrows. I used the 8B pencil then brush it to blend.
   
   
   
4. Her nose.
   
   
   
5. Her lips. I used 8B pencil. Then 6B on her upper lip, then I used brush to blend. Same on her lower lips.
   
   
   
   
   
6. Hair. I used first the 8B for the lighter part of her hair. Then charcoal pencil for the darker parts. After that, I brushed it to blend.
   
   
   
   
   
7. Her face. I used 6B and brush in her face. I sketch the pencil in a light and circular motion then brush it also in circular motion to blend.
   
   
   
   
   
   
   
8. I did the same process on this side of her hair as I did on the other one.
   
   
   
   
   
9. This is the final output of her hair. I added some strands of hair using 2B.
   
   
   
10. Her shirt. I did the same process as I did on her face.
    
11. Same in her hand.
    
    
    

Annddd that's it! I added some finishing touches and my artwork is done.

Here are some photos of my artwork. I took some pictures in different angles.

And this is a photo of me doing my artwork. @trishy took this photo of me. :)

Hope you liked my artwork guys!! Specially to @sethlinson :) Thanks to this wonderful contest, I had to reason to myself to get back to doing some charcoal drawings again. 😉

THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR SUPPORTING AND READING MY POST!!!

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