(Sold) Every so often, I make these drawings on location. 2b, 4b, and 7b pencil are used, and the pencil is continuously moving for about an hour.....drawn in the front seat of my car....
I used to make these sitting in the front seat of my car, and will likely resume that again when the weather gets colder. In the summer, I'll often take my little portable chair and do these right on location. 2b, 4b, 7b pencils are used...a razor is kept for sharpening, and a white eraser is used less for removal and more as a technique. Each drawing usually takes about an hour of continual work...the pencil is always moving....
2 b, 4b, 7b pencils....an interesting process for my AP students to try. Keep the pencil moving, hatch, scribble, line, hold the pencil by the tip, look for line variety, layer and over layer in varying directions, create connection between parts, balance black/white/grey, use the eraser as a technique......
Acrylic and pencil on archival paper, 11 x 15 inches. A lovely, calm early December afternoon. I'm not sure what makes for a motif that impresses me, but I've painted this gentle hill a bit north of Port Hope several times.
These 4 pencil drawings were completed in one long sitting. Each took about 40 minutes. I started off with a 7B and 5B drawing pencil, but found after the first one, that the 5B was enough....many sharpenings with a sharp razor. About 7.5 x 11 inches, on heavy archival printing paper.