Another image from this excellent book. I have to mention that the book is primarily landscapes. There are fewer than 4-5 nude images. I have chosen to try them for drawing since I thought they are a good place to start. The tone is even and that lets me focus primarily on the shapes and lighting. I suppose landscapes are more simpler for some but to someone starting out, the varied textures, earth, sky, trees, leaves, rocks make it very challenging. I am not sure how I can bring the variety of textures using pencil / charcoal.

Seems to me that the nudes are more a neutral place to start as I have to bring out only the skin tones. I am not pleased with the outcome yet as the original image has a very nice sheen in the highlights… Maybe with  more practice and trial, I will get to understand how to make the shine work.

The images are not very clean as I drew them using charcoal on paper and took a picture with my iphone in fluoroscent light.  Not the best of conditions but atleast, I can share the latest work.

Related posts:

1. Nature study

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