I create my pencil drawing in layers. Building up layers and layers of graphite. Fixing a letter and starting again with the lighter grade. I brake the rules with my drawings. I scratch into the paper making a tougher grade and rub it away and shade over it to get the darkest of a grade of pencil...there's lots of tricks and rules iv learnt through the years of drawing and I think this picture is going to require most o them. Below is an example of the first layer...I look at the image I'm drawing and work out witch grade of grey runs through out the image.
On the right hand side you can see 2 to 3 layers of pencil and techniques. On the left is around 7 or 7. Both sides are the grade 2b but I'm able to make a real real dark 2b with scratching the paper and rubbing it away and working on the damaged layer of paper.
You can't really tell on this picture but the picture is starting to come alive its starting to have realistic elements to it. Hole thing is around 9 to 10 layers now and pushing it with the damage in the paper. ( but still looks a clean sheet) I'm starting to rub in areas to capture realistic lightiting and shadows.
On the right hand side of the torso on the lats. ( armpit and breaths area.) you can see caster shadow, a reflective shadow, circumference sphere lighting, highlights. Its areas like this in the image that are allowing it to become realistic looking and have depth.
When it comes to drawing the head I needed to firstly get the proportions right. To do this I over lapped a piece of paper over the place were I'm going to draw the head. As I would if I was going to trace it. I drew a very basic understanding of Jessie's head to get place,net and proportion right.
When I got the proportion right I then placed another paper over that one and started to draw a more accurate image o Jessie's side profile using the image underneath as guidelines...my template.
I use lines a lot in my planning and design, I line thing up on the face to get an accurate reading. On Jessie her ear lobe lined up with her top lip. Her eye brow front lined up with the crease in her lips.
Once I was happy with the placement I used another piece of paper and layered it over one more time and drew one out line around the hole head. Making a out line of a silhouette. I then used that to add in a little more pencil work to work out last min adjustments. Making sure I have the right angle of the gaze of Jessie. Getting that feeling and impression is vital for this piece.
Using the drawing I just did for the head I light boxed the out line on to my main piece. And started to add the layers as I did before. Looks tight to me. Happy Jack.
Further work on more layers really concentrating on exaggerating the darker tones.
Now iv got the head in place and started the shading. It's got to the point were I need to start matching the levels up, witch is kind of hard now, I can be slightly rough and out of the edges with the body but the face has to be spot on, if it's rough or I scratch into the paper too much I'll lose the smoothness in the face, I'll get texture and if it's got a grit texture It won't be able to look realistic.
Iv got the layers of the face and hair matching the layers on the body. There's a couple more layers to go on through out the image but I can't do them until I finish the leg and the hands. The last couple of layers are the final cast shadows, and the bbl (bringing back the light)
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