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Girl portrait

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For more of my work here's my "website" link https://sagafinearts.000webhostapp.com , my "deviantart" account   http://sagafinearts.deviantart.com This is graphite and charcoal drawing, on a 25 ×35 Canson paper. This is also one of my old studies that I finished back in 2015, and it took me about a week to finish it. It was my first time combining charcoal with graphite, and since that drawing I always love to combine them. Charcoal improves the contrast of the drawing so much, and I love my art to always have high contrast (personal preference), cause it gives it so much depth and life.

Graphite Portrait - old work

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This is one of my really old work when i was just starting to learn and practice art. At that time i didn't have any drawing tools or supplies, i didn't even know what they are. I only had a sketchbook (not a fancy one at all), my mechanical pencil and eraser. I wanted to share it with you so can some how see my progress over years, and perhaps i can give any one just starting the motivation to always improve and to never give up.  I always say that "If you love it, you can do it"; that's all it takes in my opinion.

Drawing materials: Essentials to start drawing

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If you wanna see my work here's my "website" link https://sagafinearts.000webhostapp.com , my "deviantart" account   http://sagafinearts.deviantart.com If you love art and you want to start learning it, my personal advice for you is to start with graphite drawing. It's the key to mastering art. Starting with it has several benefits: ·         It's the most ancient and popular drawing medium: that's you can find many sources to learn from; books, videos, blogs….etc. ·         You can afford it even if you're on budget. ·         You can use it to draw with different styles: realism, mange, comics…etc. ·         You can draw from really quick sketches to super detailed wok. ·         You gain incredible knowledge about: lights and darks, contrast and values, highlights and shad...