Hook

She's hooked.

This was another col-erase on on Bristol board project, this time with plenty of loose cross hatching. This turned out to be quite a difficult project.

As before I started this using the easy grid method.

I then started to add the background. This was in order to outline the figure as the centre of the image would be light with mid tones I wanted to make sure I didn't need to add dark lines later.

As the main figure has light hair I put that in next. Here I was aiming to draw the space between the hairs and keep it light where it wasn't in shade.

I then added the top hand as it had some dark contrast tones and helped to provide a boundary for the hair.

Then to balance the first hand and to add a context for the chain I started adding tone to the second hand.

Once the second hand was in place I added the black strap, again to provide contrast. I have also darkened some more of the background.

Then to complete the first pass of the hands I added tone to the chain. I preserved a lot of white here which was covered later.

The hook sets the centre focus of this image. I moved on to the hook, keeping light areas for the highlights.

Once the hook was in place I added the mid tones to the legs and shadow areas on the bed.

Then to finish I passed over the whole image a number of times deepening the darker tones and defining the boundaries more without using hard lines.

Through the Hatch

Take a peep inside...

This was a really relaxing draw. Col-erase on 220 gsm Bristol board.

As before I started with the easy grid method.

Working top left to bottom right, I started with the hatch border. It was a little strange starting drawing from the immediate foregound, but as this was a border with a dark edge it worked out fine. I also started on some of the darker background here too.

Though tempted to move on to the main figure I put in the left side background here. I left the looser cross hatching to give a rough gain effect.

Next staring on with the hair. It is slow going but gives a satisfying finish. I left it a bit light here to come back later with some darker tones.

Finishing off the hair frames the space for the face nicely.

 So as not to loose the facial features when I start adding the face skin tone the eyes and brows were added. There was a nice light reflection I wanted to catch here. The eyes were also made a bit darker than in the ref.

Starting on the left I added the darker skin tones and again made them darker than in the ref to give more shape. At this stage the edge of the face was not well defined.

I then added some more background to mark out where the edge of the figures body is places as it is mainly well lit.

I really liked the effect of adding the gag bar, as it brought contrast to the image and helped to define the contours of the face.

Adding the loops to the gag bar provided the final definition for the sides of the face.

Finally I finished the border for the hatch and darkened the tone across the image.

On the Rim

The result of a slow draw...

Another project using col-erase and Bristol board.

As normal I started this project with the easy grid method.

I started adding tone with the hair in the upper left corner. This allowed me to avoid resting my hand on the drawing. Also the hair had some of the darkest tones and so helped to set the range of tones early.

Taking the hair in sections I then continued to build it up keeping the pencil strokes aligned. I also tried to blend the boundary where the hair thins towards the face. There is also a shaded area here so getting the balance right took a few attempts later as more of the hair is added.

The stands of hair were also added, but in smaller sections.

The latex top took a lot of work. I completed this in sections. The sections were chosen from the sections of latex as they would have been glued from. This helped to give areas of consistent tone but in small manageable stages.

The back and shoulder was added, built up from layers of cross hatched pencil and then blended with a circular motion. I enjoyed building this up as it really had a three dimensional fell.

I then added the pale seam and completed the visible upper sleeve, and the hoop detail on the front. I also added the earring as it is in the foreground and was built up in the same was as the metal loop.

To consolidate the skin on the first figure I added the shadow tones from the hair, followed by the lighter skin tone layers.

Leaving the first figure, the back and top strap of the second figure was started. Again I was working top down here to avoid resting on the image, and also trying to show the line of the first figures face using the shadow tones on the back.

To complete the top of the image and to set the tone of the lighter latex material I added tone to the arm and waist band.

The bum area didn't have much tone variation and covered a large area of the images so I started to break  it down with soft shadow tones.

The skin tones were built up in layers with the dark tone near the thumb proving a dark reference tone. The shadows caused by the clutching hands were also added carefully to avoid harsh edges.

A final pass over the whole image was make to enhance the darker tones.