A coworker friend commissioned this 10x8 portrait of her twin 2 year-olds. Having drawn the boys once before (and always a fan of toilet humor), I was excited at the opportunity!
We agreed that instead of the same old paper, claybord might offer us something special to work with, and I took it as another great opportunity to explore shading techniques. If you click to enlarge the full image or detail shot below, you'll see that the boys themselves are primarily stippled (shaded using small dots, individually 'tapped' on the surface), whereas the background is hatched (shaded with lines). In the case of their hair and the rug, I shaded with curves and squiggles. All in all the process took about 9 hours.
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My favorite detail of all is where, at the last minute, I took my scraper-tool and re-introduced those highlights on the left edges of the boys' skin. Every project seems to find me trying something new with the materials, and I'm wondering how I ever survived without the ability to push and pull values like I can here, alternating between pen and scraper-tool on the claybord. Can you tell I love Ampersand products? I should be sponsored, wink wink!
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