Pit Bull Pup - Scratchboard Drawing
Saturday, March 17, 2012
Just a quick blog update today. In my previous post, I shared an in-progress image of this guy. Now he's finished! This is a 5" x 5" drawing on Ampersand Scratchbord. After scratching to block things in, I re-inked with dots (stippling) and a few scribbles to darken certain areas. Then I scratched more to soften the stippling and achieve the final result.
I'm excited about framing this one and the companion piece (his sister, also in the previous post) because when I visited my favorite frame shop (Wholesale Art & Framing in Rocklin, CA), the owner helped me pick out a gorgeous grey suede mat. I never would have thought to go with grey, since I usually use black or white for my scratchboards, but the grey looks wonderful.
Here are a couple of details of the drawing:
Here's a video of the drawing process:
2 comments:
Ann, what did you use for his whiskers? This is amazing, especiallly the dark muzzle but still all of the detail.
Thank you, Jenie! The original has even more detail in the muzzle than this scan. "Dark on dark" doesn't always show in the scans. I used a Rapidograph technical pen for his whiskers.
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