Working in the pencil

Now I have spent some time blocking off the darker tones and starting to add some depth. I may leave the cloth quite loose in the final image so I am using some clear hatching there. Next I need to spend some more time working those darks with this pencil. The col-erase feels soft to work with like a darker 2-4B pencil, but has a much softer shade like a H, but like a softer pencil the shades can be built up with application.

I am glad I scanned the early images as when I looked back I was starting to loose some of the pose that I liked from the original lines so I was able to pull that back. I also seem to have a bit of dirt on the scanner which I will need to clean up for the final scans.

The scanner I am using is an A3 Mustek 1200. It was the cheapest one I could get and doesn't yet seem to have native Linux drivers, but is by far the best digital  art equipment I have invested in.