I finished drawing the door of the oven. The door is made of cast iron with a steel latch and handle. The metal plate in front of the door is made of steel. I worked the steel plate with 4H to smooth the paper. The surrounding wall is a very pourrus crépie. Kind of like stucco I guess.
Those who know the oven well will notice that I fixed the latch on the door in the drawing. It's still broken though.
One of my objectives with the drawing was to draw the Four de Renges with none of the little imperfections that we have not gotten around to fixing.
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Moving from left to right I have finished the initial shading of the stone support and the ash bin.
The ash bin is a steel bin with a steel cover. The discoloration on the bin is from oxidation. This oven is over three feet in diameter. It takes several days to heat it to temperature. On the last day all the coals and ash from the wood burning must be removed from the inside of the oven and placed into this bin
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This close-up shows how I used light to give a curve to the concrete that meets with the wooden cross beam. You can see in the previous update that this area is flat. I also worked on the tones of the wood and stone.
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This is my first update of the shading. I have tried to lay down the full range of shades that I will be using in the drawing. This is an important step in planning the rest of the drawing. I now have a good understanding of how I will be able to produce the different textures, wood, stone and metal.
The paper is lending itself perfectly for the stone. The tooth of the paper produces the texture without any additional work. The difficulty is in producing the other textures. In this image I have not worked the wood enough but as I lay on more layers I will flatten the tooth of the paper to get a smoother texture. In some cases I will do this "flattening" with the pencil and when I need a very smooth surface I will "flatten" the tooth with the back of a spoon using a circular motion.
To get the etched images "FD, FJ and some difficult to see dates, I used a technique of indenting. I indent the paper with a hard graphite. In this case 6H. The harder graphite simply repels the softer graphite. It works best when using at least 2 grades softer than the indenting graphite. In this case 6H and F.
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It was a little cloudy today but I wanted to get the sketch posted for the Four de Renges drawing. I had to play with the levels in Photoshop so that you could see the lines. The sketch took around 2 hours to draw. Although I know the four very well, I had to use several reference photos to sketch in some of the key details like the initials carved in the stone and the positioning of the chaudron as it hangs.
I used a 3B graphite for the sketch because it is easy to erase unwanted lines. I'll be taking photos as the drawing progresses. Don't hesitate to post a comment or ask a question.
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